Chords for Kenny Rogers - The Gambler
Tempo:
86.6 bpm
Chords used:
E
Eb
A
Ab
Bb
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Ab] [G] [Ab]
On a [Bb] warm summer's evening on a train bound for [Eb] nowhere
Met up with the gambler.
We were both too [Bb] tired to sleep
So we [Eb] took turns staring out the window at [F] the darkness
[Ab]
boredom [Eb] overtook us and
[Bb] He began to [Eb] speak.
He said son.
I've made a life
out of [Ab] reading people's faces
Knowing what the cards were by the [Bb] way, they held their eyes
[Eb] So if you don't mind my saying I can [Ab] see you're [Eb] out of aces for a taste of whiskey
[Bb] I'll give you some [Eb] advice
So I handed him my bottle and [Ab] he drank down my [Eb] last swallow
Then he bombed a cigarette and asked me [Bb] for a light [Eb] and the night got deathly quiet
[Ab] And his face lost all [Eb] expression
Said if [Ab] you're gonna play the game boy, [Bb] you gotta learn to [Eb] play it, right?
You got no when the whole
[Ab] No [Eb] when the fold up
[Ab]
No [Eb] when to walk away
And no [Bb] when to run you [Eb] never count your money
[Ab] When you're sitting at [Eb] the table there'll be time enough
When [Bb] the [Eb] deal is done
[E] Every gambler knows
[A] It's a secret to [E] survive in knowing what to throw away
Knowing what [B] to keep
[E] cause every hand the winner and
[A] Every hand [E] the loser [A] and the best that you [E] can hope for is [B] dying
[E] Sleep and when he finished speaking [A] he turned back toward the [E] window
crushed out a cigarette
Faded off [B] sleep and [E] somewhere in the darkness
[A] The gambler he [E] broke even
[A] But in his [E] final words, I [B] found an ace that [E] I could keep you got
No
[A] when [E] the fold up
[A] No [E] when to walk away
No [B] when to run you never [A] count your [E] money
When you're sitting [E] at the table, there'll be time enough
When the deal is done you got no when the whole
[Db] No when the fold up
No when to walk away
[B] And no when to run you never count your money
When you're sitting [Gb] at the table, there'll be time enough
When [B] the [E] deal is done you got No
[A] No
[E] [A] No
[E]
[B] When you [E]
[A] sit [E] at the table there'll be time
[B] When the [E] deal is done
On a [Bb] warm summer's evening on a train bound for [Eb] nowhere
Met up with the gambler.
We were both too [Bb] tired to sleep
So we [Eb] took turns staring out the window at [F] the darkness
[Ab]
boredom [Eb] overtook us and
[Bb] He began to [Eb] speak.
He said son.
I've made a life
out of [Ab] reading people's faces
Knowing what the cards were by the [Bb] way, they held their eyes
[Eb] So if you don't mind my saying I can [Ab] see you're [Eb] out of aces for a taste of whiskey
[Bb] I'll give you some [Eb] advice
So I handed him my bottle and [Ab] he drank down my [Eb] last swallow
Then he bombed a cigarette and asked me [Bb] for a light [Eb] and the night got deathly quiet
[Ab] And his face lost all [Eb] expression
Said if [Ab] you're gonna play the game boy, [Bb] you gotta learn to [Eb] play it, right?
You got no when the whole
[Ab] No [Eb] when the fold up
[Ab]
No [Eb] when to walk away
And no [Bb] when to run you [Eb] never count your money
[Ab] When you're sitting at [Eb] the table there'll be time enough
When [Bb] the [Eb] deal is done
[E] Every gambler knows
[A] It's a secret to [E] survive in knowing what to throw away
Knowing what [B] to keep
[E] cause every hand the winner and
[A] Every hand [E] the loser [A] and the best that you [E] can hope for is [B] dying
[E] Sleep and when he finished speaking [A] he turned back toward the [E] window
crushed out a cigarette
Faded off [B] sleep and [E] somewhere in the darkness
[A] The gambler he [E] broke even
[A] But in his [E] final words, I [B] found an ace that [E] I could keep you got
No
[A] when [E] the fold up
[A] No [E] when to walk away
No [B] when to run you never [A] count your [E] money
When you're sitting [E] at the table, there'll be time enough
When the deal is done you got no when the whole
[Db] No when the fold up
No when to walk away
[B] And no when to run you never count your money
When you're sitting [Gb] at the table, there'll be time enough
When [B] the [E] deal is done you got No
[A] No
[E] [A] No
[E]
[B] When you [E]
[A] sit [E] at the table there'll be time
[B] When the [E] deal is done
Key:
E
Eb
A
Ab
Bb
E
Eb
A
_ _ [Ab] _ _ [G] _ _ [Ab] _
On a [Bb] warm summer's evening on a train bound for [Eb] nowhere
Met up with the gambler.
We were both too [Bb] tired to sleep
So we [Eb] took turns staring out the window at [F] the darkness
[Ab]
boredom [Eb] overtook us and
[Bb] He began to [Eb] speak.
He said son.
I've made a life
out of [Ab] reading people's faces
Knowing what the cards were by the [Bb] way, they held their eyes
[Eb] So if you don't mind my saying I can [Ab] see you're [Eb] out of aces for a taste of whiskey
[Bb] I'll give you some [Eb] advice
So I handed him my bottle and [Ab] he drank down my [Eb] last swallow
Then he bombed a cigarette and asked me [Bb] for a light [Eb] and the night got deathly quiet
[Ab] And his face lost all [Eb] expression
Said if [Ab] you're gonna play the game boy, [Bb] you gotta learn to [Eb] play it, right?
You got no when the whole
[Ab] No [Eb] when the fold up
[Ab]
No [Eb] when to walk away
And no [Bb] when to run you [Eb] never count your money
[Ab] When you're sitting at [Eb] the table there'll be time enough
When [Bb] the [Eb] deal is done _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] Every gambler knows
[A] It's a secret to [E] survive in knowing what to throw away
Knowing what [B] to keep
[E] cause every hand the winner and
[A] Every hand [E] the loser [A] and the best that you [E] can hope for is [B] dying
[E] Sleep and when he finished speaking [A] he turned back toward the [E] window
_ crushed out a cigarette
Faded off [B] sleep and [E] somewhere in the darkness
[A] The gambler he [E] broke even
[A] But in his [E] final words, I [B] found an ace that [E] I could keep you got
No _
_ [A] when [E] the fold up
[A] No [E] when to walk away
No [B] when to run you never [A] count your [E] money
When you're sitting [E] at the table, there'll be time enough
When the deal is done you got no when the whole
[Db] No when the fold up
No when to walk away
[B] And no when to run you never count your money
When you're sitting [Gb] at the table, there'll be time enough
When [B] the [E] deal is done you got No _
_ [A] No
[E] _ _ [A] No
[E] _
_ _ [B] When you _ [E] _ _ _
[A] sit [E] at the table there'll be time _
[B] When the [E] deal is done _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
On a [Bb] warm summer's evening on a train bound for [Eb] nowhere
Met up with the gambler.
We were both too [Bb] tired to sleep
So we [Eb] took turns staring out the window at [F] the darkness
[Ab]
boredom [Eb] overtook us and
[Bb] He began to [Eb] speak.
He said son.
I've made a life
out of [Ab] reading people's faces
Knowing what the cards were by the [Bb] way, they held their eyes
[Eb] So if you don't mind my saying I can [Ab] see you're [Eb] out of aces for a taste of whiskey
[Bb] I'll give you some [Eb] advice
So I handed him my bottle and [Ab] he drank down my [Eb] last swallow
Then he bombed a cigarette and asked me [Bb] for a light [Eb] and the night got deathly quiet
[Ab] And his face lost all [Eb] expression
Said if [Ab] you're gonna play the game boy, [Bb] you gotta learn to [Eb] play it, right?
You got no when the whole
[Ab] No [Eb] when the fold up
[Ab]
No [Eb] when to walk away
And no [Bb] when to run you [Eb] never count your money
[Ab] When you're sitting at [Eb] the table there'll be time enough
When [Bb] the [Eb] deal is done _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] Every gambler knows
[A] It's a secret to [E] survive in knowing what to throw away
Knowing what [B] to keep
[E] cause every hand the winner and
[A] Every hand [E] the loser [A] and the best that you [E] can hope for is [B] dying
[E] Sleep and when he finished speaking [A] he turned back toward the [E] window
_ crushed out a cigarette
Faded off [B] sleep and [E] somewhere in the darkness
[A] The gambler he [E] broke even
[A] But in his [E] final words, I [B] found an ace that [E] I could keep you got
No _
_ [A] when [E] the fold up
[A] No [E] when to walk away
No [B] when to run you never [A] count your [E] money
When you're sitting [E] at the table, there'll be time enough
When the deal is done you got no when the whole
[Db] No when the fold up
No when to walk away
[B] And no when to run you never count your money
When you're sitting [Gb] at the table, there'll be time enough
When [B] the [E] deal is done you got No _
_ [A] No
[E] _ _ [A] No
[E] _
_ _ [B] When you _ [E] _ _ _
[A] sit [E] at the table there'll be time _
[B] When the [E] deal is done _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _