Chords for Kenny Rogers - The Gambler
Tempo:
87.15 bpm
Chords used:
E
Eb
A
Ab
Bb
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[Ab] [Ab]
On a [Bb] warm summer's evening on a train [F] bound for no way I met up with a [Eb] gambler
We were both too tired to sleep
So we took turns of staring [F] out the window at the darkness
the boredom [Eb] overtook us and
[Bb] He began to [Eb] speak he said son.
I've made a life
Out of reading people's faces and 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 out of [Eb] aces for a [Ab] taste of [Eb] whiskey
[Bb] I'll give you some [Eb] advice
So I handed him my bottle [Ab] and he drank down my [Eb] last swallow
Then he bombed a cigarette and asked me [Bb] for a light and [Eb] the night got deathly quiet
[Ab] And his face lost all [Eb] expression said if you're gonna play the game boy
[Bb] You gotta learn to [Eb] play it right you got no hold
No, when the folder
No, when the walk away and no [Bb] when the run you [Eb] never count your money
[Ab] When you're sitting [Eb] at the table, there'll be time enough counting
[Bb] When the [Eb] dealings done
[E] every gambler knows
[A] That the secret to [E] surviving
Knowing what throw away knowing what [B] to keep
[E] because every hand's a winner and
[A] Every hand [E] a loser [A] and the best that you [E] can hope for is [B] to die and [E] sleep
And when he finished
He [A] turned back toward the [E] window
Crushed out a cigarette
Faded it 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
Wait, hold [A] no [E] when the folder
[A] No, [E] when the walk away
And no [B] when the run [E] you never count your money
When you're sitting at the table, there'll be time enough counting
[B] When the dealings done you got no
No [Ab] No No
And [Abm] no when the run you [Gb] never count your money
When you're sitting [E] at the table, there'll be time enough
When the dealings done you got No
[A] [E] No
[A] No
No, [E] when the walk away
And no [B] when the run you [E] never count your money
[A] When you're sitting [E] at the table, there'll be time enough
[B] When the [E] dealings done
On a [Bb] warm summer's evening on a train [F] bound for no way I met up with a [Eb] gambler
We were both too tired to sleep
So we took turns of staring [F] out the window at the darkness
the boredom [Eb] overtook us and
[Bb] He began to [Eb] speak he said son.
I've made a life
Out of reading people's faces and 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 out of [Eb] aces for a [Ab] taste of [Eb] whiskey
[Bb] I'll give you some [Eb] advice
So I handed him my bottle [Ab] and he drank down my [Eb] last swallow
Then he bombed a cigarette and asked me [Bb] for a light and [Eb] the night got deathly quiet
[Ab] And his face lost all [Eb] expression said if you're gonna play the game boy
[Bb] You gotta learn to [Eb] play it right you got no hold
No, when the folder
No, when the walk away and no [Bb] when the run you [Eb] never count your money
[Ab] When you're sitting [Eb] at the table, there'll be time enough counting
[Bb] When the [Eb] dealings done
[E] every gambler knows
[A] That the secret to [E] surviving
Knowing what throw away knowing what [B] to keep
[E] because every hand's a winner and
[A] Every hand [E] a loser [A] and the best that you [E] can hope for is [B] to die and [E] sleep
And when he finished
He [A] turned back toward the [E] window
Crushed out a cigarette
Faded it 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
Wait, hold [A] no [E] when the folder
[A] No, [E] when the walk away
And no [B] when the run [E] you never count your money
When you're sitting at the table, there'll be time enough counting
[B] When the dealings done you got no
No [Ab] No No
And [Abm] no when the run you [Gb] never count your money
When you're sitting [E] at the table, there'll be time enough
When the dealings done you got No
[A] [E] No
[A] No
No, [E] when the walk away
And no [B] when the run you [E] never count your money
[A] When you're sitting [E] at the table, there'll be time enough
[B] When the [E] dealings done
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_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Ab] _
On a [Bb] warm summer's evening on a train [F] bound for no way I met up with a [Eb] gambler
We were both too tired to sleep
So we took turns of staring [F] out the window at the darkness
the boredom [Eb] overtook us and
[Bb] He began to [Eb] speak he said son.
I've made a life
Out of reading people's faces and 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 out of [Eb] aces for a [Ab] taste of [Eb] whiskey
[Bb] I'll give you some [Eb] advice
_ So I handed him my bottle [Ab] and he drank down my [Eb] last swallow
Then he bombed a cigarette and asked me [Bb] for a light and [Eb] the night got deathly quiet
[Ab] And his face lost all [Eb] expression said if you're gonna play the game boy
[Bb] You gotta learn to [Eb] play it right you got no hold
_ No, when the folder
No, when the walk away and no [Bb] when the run you [Eb] never count your money
[Ab] When you're sitting [Eb] at the table, there'll be time enough counting
_ [Bb] When the [Eb] dealings done _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] every gambler knows
[A] That the secret to [E] surviving
Knowing what throw away knowing what [B] to keep
[E] because every hand's a winner and
[A] Every hand [E] a loser [A] and the best that you [E] can hope for is [B] to die and [E] sleep
And when he finished
He [A] turned back toward the [E] window
_ Crushed out a cigarette
Faded it 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
Wait, hold _ [A] no [E] when the folder
[A] No, [E] when the walk away
And no [B] when the run [E] you never count your money
When you're sitting at the table, there'll be time enough counting
[B] When the dealings done you got no _
No [Ab] No _ No _ _
And [Abm] no when the run you [Gb] never count your money
When you're sitting [E] at the table, there'll be time enough
When the dealings done you got No _
_ [A] _ [E] No
_ [A] No
No, [E] when the walk away
And no [B] when the run you [E] never count your money
[A] When you're sitting [E] at the table, there'll be time enough
[B] When the [E] dealings done _ _ _ _
On a [Bb] warm summer's evening on a train [F] bound for no way I met up with a [Eb] gambler
We were both too tired to sleep
So we took turns of staring [F] out the window at the darkness
the boredom [Eb] overtook us and
[Bb] He began to [Eb] speak he said son.
I've made a life
Out of reading people's faces and 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 out of [Eb] aces for a [Ab] taste of [Eb] whiskey
[Bb] I'll give you some [Eb] advice
_ So I handed him my bottle [Ab] and he drank down my [Eb] last swallow
Then he bombed a cigarette and asked me [Bb] for a light and [Eb] the night got deathly quiet
[Ab] And his face lost all [Eb] expression said if you're gonna play the game boy
[Bb] You gotta learn to [Eb] play it right you got no hold
_ No, when the folder
No, when the walk away and no [Bb] when the run you [Eb] never count your money
[Ab] When you're sitting [Eb] at the table, there'll be time enough counting
_ [Bb] When the [Eb] dealings done _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] every gambler knows
[A] That the secret to [E] surviving
Knowing what throw away knowing what [B] to keep
[E] because every hand's a winner and
[A] Every hand [E] a loser [A] and the best that you [E] can hope for is [B] to die and [E] sleep
And when he finished
He [A] turned back toward the [E] window
_ Crushed out a cigarette
Faded it 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
Wait, hold _ [A] no [E] when the folder
[A] No, [E] when the walk away
And no [B] when the run [E] you never count your money
When you're sitting at the table, there'll be time enough counting
[B] When the dealings done you got no _
No [Ab] No _ No _ _
And [Abm] no when the run you [Gb] never count your money
When you're sitting [E] at the table, there'll be time enough
When the dealings done you got No _
_ [A] _ [E] No
_ [A] No
No, [E] when the walk away
And no [B] when the run you [E] never count your money
[A] When you're sitting [E] at the table, there'll be time enough
[B] When the [E] dealings done _ _ _ _