Chords for Kenny Rogers - The Gambler & Through The Years LIVE

Jimmy Rogers is giving our Oprah.com viewers a private concert singing The Gambler.
Yeah! _
That's what it is!
[E] That's what we all know.
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On [E] a warm summer's evening, _ [A] on a train bound for [E] nowhere,
Met up with The Gambler.
We were both too [B] tired to sleep,
[E] So we took turns staring out [A] the window [E] at the darkness
[A] Before dumb [E] overtook us.
He began to speak.
He said,
Son, I've made my life [A] out of reading [E] people's faces, _
Knowing what the cards were by the way they held [B] their eyes.
[Gbm] So [E] if you don't mind me saying, I [A] can see you're out of [E] aces,
[A] Or a taste of [E] your whiskey, [B] I'll give you [E] some advice. _
_ So I handed him my bottle, [A] and he drank down my [E] left swallow,
Then he bummed a cigarette, asked me for [B] a light,
[E] And the night got deathly quiet, [A] and his face lost [E] all expression.
[A] Said, if you're gonna play [E] the game, boy, you [B] gotta learn to play [E] it right.
You got nowhere to go, _ [A] nowhere [E] to fold up,
[A] _ [E] Nowhere to walk away, [B] nowhere to run,
[E] And you never [A] count [E] your money.
[A] When you're sitting at [E] the table, there'll be time enough to count
_ [B] When the [E] dealing's done.
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[F] Now every gambler knows, [Bb] the secret to [F] surviving
Is knowing what to throw away, knowing [C] what to keep.
[F] Cause every hand's a winner, _ [Bb] and every hand's [F] a loser,
[Bb] And the best you can [F] hope for is to [C] die.
_ [F] _ _ So when he'd finished speaking, [Bb] he turned back toward [F] the window, _
Crushed out his cigarette, and faded off [C] to sleep.
[F] Then somewhere in the darkness, the gambler he broke even,
But in his final words I [C] found an ace that [F] I could keep.
You got nowhere to go, _ [Bb] _ nowhere to [F] fold up,
[Bb] _ [F] Nowhere to walk away, nowhere [C] to run,
And you [F] never count your money.
[Bb] When you're sitting at [F] the table, there'll be time enough to count
[C] When the [F] dealing's done.
You got nowhere to go, [N] _ nowhere to _ fold up,
Nowhere to walk away, nowhere to run,
And you [F] never count your money.
When [Bb] you're sitting [F] at the table, there'll be [Bb] time [F] enough to count
_ [C] When the [F] dealing's done. _ _
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_ [Bb] _ [C] _ I [F] can't remember _ [Em] when [A] you were [Dm] with _ _ [Cm] me,
Oh, well, [F] I [Bb] didn't care [C] for anyone [Am] but you. _
_ [C] _ [Bb] _ [F] I swear we've been [Em] through [A] everything,
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Can't [Eb] imagine [F] anything, _ _ _
Can't imagine anything,
_ [Gm] The two of [Bb] us _ can't.
[F] By years, [C] you [Dm] never let [Gm] me down, _
You turned [C] my life [Am] _ around,
[Dm] The sweetest days [Gm] I've found,
I've found with you [C] through the [Am] years,
I [D] have never been [Gm] afraid, _
[C] I've loved the life [Am] we've made,
And [D] as long [F] as I'll _ _ _ [Am] stay [Gm] with you, _
_ [Bb] Through [F] the _ years,
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_ [Abm] _ _ [Gb] Through the years,
[Ebm] When everything [Abm] went wrong, _
Together _ [Db] we [Bbm] were strong,
[Eb] I know that I [Abm] belong right here [B] with you,
[Db] Through [Bbm] the years, _
I never [Abm] had a doubt, _
We'd always [Db] work things out, _
[G] I've learned what [B] life's about,
_ _ By loving [Abm] you _ _ through _ [Gb] the _ _
_ [Ebm] _ years.
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_ [Eb] Thank _ _ [Abm] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Db] _ [Bbm] you, Kenny [B] Rogers!
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