Chords for Kenny Rogers - The Gambler (Re-recorded)
Tempo:
89.85 bpm
Chords used:
F
E
Bb
C
B
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[Abm]
[E] On a warm summer's evening, on a train bound for Norway,
I met up with a gambler.
We were both too [B] tired to sleep, [E] so we took turns staring
out the window at the darkness.
The boredom overtook us, [B] and he [E] began to speak.
He said, son, I've made my life out of reading people's faces
and knowing what the cards were by the way they [B] held their eyes.
[E] So if you don't mind me saying, I can see you're out of aces
for a taste of your whiskey, [B] I'll give you [E] some advice.
So I handed him my bottle, [A] and he drank down [E] my last swallow.
Then he bummed the cigarette and asked me [B] for a light.
[E] And the night got deathly quiet, [A] and his face lost [E] all expression.
He said, if you're going to play the game, boy, [B] you've got to learn to play [E] it right.
You've got to know when to hold up, [A] know [E] when to fold up,
[A] know [E] when to walk away, know [B] when to run.
You never count [E] your money.
[A] When you're sitting [E] at the table, there'll be time enough for counting.
[B] When the [E] dealing's done, [F] now every gambler knows
[Bb] the secret to [F] surviving is knowing what to throw away,
knowing what [C] to keep.
[F] Because every hand's a winner, [Bb] and every [F] hand's a loser,
[Bb] and the best [F] you can hope for [C] is dying [F] to sleep.
So when he'd finished speaking, [Bb] he turned back [F] toward the window
and crushed out his cigarette and faded [C] off to sleep.
[F] Then somewhere in the darkness, [Bb] the gambler, he [F] broke even.
[Bb] But in his [F] final words, I [C] found, and he said, I [F] can keep.
You've got to know when to hold up, [Bb] know when [F] to fold up,
[Bb] know [F] when to walk away, know [C] when to run.
You [F] never count your money.
[Bb] When you're sitting [F] at the table, there'll be time enough for counting.
[C] When the [F] dealing's done, you've got to know when to hold up,
know when to fold [Bb] up, know when to walk away, know when to run.
You never count your money.
[A] When you're sitting at the table, there'll be time [C] enough for counting.
When the dealing's done, [F] you've got to know when to hold up,
[Bb] know when [F] to fold up, [Bb] know when [F] to walk away, know when [C] to run.
You [F] never count your money.
[Bb] When you're sitting [F] at the table, there'll be time enough for counting.
[C] When the [F] dealing's done.
[E] On a warm summer's evening, on a train bound for Norway,
I met up with a gambler.
We were both too [B] tired to sleep, [E] so we took turns staring
out the window at the darkness.
The boredom overtook us, [B] and he [E] began to speak.
He said, son, I've made my life out of reading people's faces
and knowing what the cards were by the way they [B] held their eyes.
[E] So if you don't mind me saying, I can see you're out of aces
for a taste of your whiskey, [B] I'll give you [E] some advice.
So I handed him my bottle, [A] and he drank down [E] my last swallow.
Then he bummed the cigarette and asked me [B] for a light.
[E] And the night got deathly quiet, [A] and his face lost [E] all expression.
He said, if you're going to play the game, boy, [B] you've got to learn to play [E] it right.
You've got to know when to hold up, [A] know [E] when to fold up,
[A] know [E] when to walk away, know [B] when to run.
You never count [E] your money.
[A] When you're sitting [E] at the table, there'll be time enough for counting.
[B] When the [E] dealing's done, [F] now every gambler knows
[Bb] the secret to [F] surviving is knowing what to throw away,
knowing what [C] to keep.
[F] Because every hand's a winner, [Bb] and every [F] hand's a loser,
[Bb] and the best [F] you can hope for [C] is dying [F] to sleep.
So when he'd finished speaking, [Bb] he turned back [F] toward the window
and crushed out his cigarette and faded [C] off to sleep.
[F] Then somewhere in the darkness, [Bb] the gambler, he [F] broke even.
[Bb] But in his [F] final words, I [C] found, and he said, I [F] can keep.
You've got to know when to hold up, [Bb] know when [F] to fold up,
[Bb] know [F] when to walk away, know [C] when to run.
You [F] never count your money.
[Bb] When you're sitting [F] at the table, there'll be time enough for counting.
[C] When the [F] dealing's done, you've got to know when to hold up,
know when to fold [Bb] up, know when to walk away, know when to run.
You never count your money.
[A] When you're sitting at the table, there'll be time [C] enough for counting.
When the dealing's done, [F] you've got to know when to hold up,
[Bb] know when [F] to fold up, [Bb] know when [F] to walk away, know when [C] to run.
You [F] never count your money.
[Bb] When you're sitting [F] at the table, there'll be time enough for counting.
[C] When the [F] dealing's done.
Key:
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E
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_ _ _ _ [Abm] _ _ _
[E] On a warm summer's evening, on a train bound for Norway,
I met up with a gambler.
We were both too [B] tired to sleep, [E] so we took turns staring
out the window at the darkness.
The boredom overtook us, [B] and he [E] began to speak.
He said, son, I've made my life out of reading people's faces
and knowing what the cards were by the way they [B] held their eyes.
[E] So if you don't mind me saying, I can see you're out of aces
for a taste of your whiskey, [B] I'll give you [E] some advice.
_ So I handed him my bottle, [A] and he drank down [E] my last swallow.
Then he bummed the cigarette and asked me [B] for a light.
[E] And the night got deathly quiet, [A] and his face lost [E] all expression.
He said, if you're going to play the game, boy, [B] you've got to learn to play [E] it right.
You've got to know when to hold up, [A] know [E] when to fold up,
[A] know [E] when to walk away, know [B] when to run.
You never count [E] your money.
[A] When you're sitting [E] at the table, there'll be time enough for counting.
[B] When the [E] dealing's done, _ _ _ _ _ [F] now every gambler knows
[Bb] the secret to [F] surviving is knowing what to throw away,
knowing what [C] to keep.
[F] Because every hand's a winner, [Bb] and every [F] hand's a loser,
[Bb] and the best [F] you can hope for [C] is dying [F] to sleep.
So when he'd finished speaking, [Bb] he turned back [F] toward the window
and crushed out his cigarette and faded [C] off to sleep.
[F] Then somewhere in the darkness, [Bb] the gambler, he [F] broke even.
[Bb] But in his [F] final words, I [C] found, and he said, I [F] can keep.
You've got to know when to hold up, [Bb] know when [F] to fold up,
[Bb] know [F] when to walk away, know [C] when to run.
You [F] never count your money.
[Bb] When you're sitting [F] at the table, there'll be time enough for counting.
[C] When the [F] dealing's done, you've got to know when to hold up,
know when to fold [Bb] up, know when to walk away, know when to run.
You never count your money.
[A] When you're sitting at the table, there'll be time [C] enough for counting.
When the dealing's done, [F] you've got to know when to hold up,
[Bb] know when [F] to fold up, [Bb] know when [F] to walk away, know when [C] to run.
You [F] never count your money.
[Bb] When you're sitting [F] at the table, there'll be time enough for counting.
[C] When the [F] dealing's done. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] On a warm summer's evening, on a train bound for Norway,
I met up with a gambler.
We were both too [B] tired to sleep, [E] so we took turns staring
out the window at the darkness.
The boredom overtook us, [B] and he [E] began to speak.
He said, son, I've made my life out of reading people's faces
and knowing what the cards were by the way they [B] held their eyes.
[E] So if you don't mind me saying, I can see you're out of aces
for a taste of your whiskey, [B] I'll give you [E] some advice.
_ So I handed him my bottle, [A] and he drank down [E] my last swallow.
Then he bummed the cigarette and asked me [B] for a light.
[E] And the night got deathly quiet, [A] and his face lost [E] all expression.
He said, if you're going to play the game, boy, [B] you've got to learn to play [E] it right.
You've got to know when to hold up, [A] know [E] when to fold up,
[A] know [E] when to walk away, know [B] when to run.
You never count [E] your money.
[A] When you're sitting [E] at the table, there'll be time enough for counting.
[B] When the [E] dealing's done, _ _ _ _ _ [F] now every gambler knows
[Bb] the secret to [F] surviving is knowing what to throw away,
knowing what [C] to keep.
[F] Because every hand's a winner, [Bb] and every [F] hand's a loser,
[Bb] and the best [F] you can hope for [C] is dying [F] to sleep.
So when he'd finished speaking, [Bb] he turned back [F] toward the window
and crushed out his cigarette and faded [C] off to sleep.
[F] Then somewhere in the darkness, [Bb] the gambler, he [F] broke even.
[Bb] But in his [F] final words, I [C] found, and he said, I [F] can keep.
You've got to know when to hold up, [Bb] know when [F] to fold up,
[Bb] know [F] when to walk away, know [C] when to run.
You [F] never count your money.
[Bb] When you're sitting [F] at the table, there'll be time enough for counting.
[C] When the [F] dealing's done, you've got to know when to hold up,
know when to fold [Bb] up, know when to walk away, know when to run.
You never count your money.
[A] When you're sitting at the table, there'll be time [C] enough for counting.
When the dealing's done, [F] you've got to know when to hold up,
[Bb] know when [F] to fold up, [Bb] know when [F] to walk away, know when [C] to run.
You [F] never count your money.
[Bb] When you're sitting [F] at the table, there'll be time enough for counting.
[C] When the [F] dealing's done. _
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