Chords for Neighbours & Friends - The Gambler

_ _ Casper [F] Honeywell! _ _ _
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[C] _ [Gm] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
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_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
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_ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ I [F] can _
_ [Bb] see her out [F] of vases [Bb] for a taste of [F] your whiskey [C] I'll give you some [F] advice
So I handed him my bottle [Bb] and he drained down my [F] last swallow
Then he bummed a cigarette and asked me for [C] a light
[F] And the night got deathly quiet [Bb] and his face lost [F] all expression
[Bb] Said if you're gonna [F] play the game, boy, [C] you gotta learn to play [F] it right
You got nowhere to hold him, [Bb] _ [F] nowhere to fall down
[Bb] _ [F] Nowhere to walk away and nowhere [C] to run
[F] You'll have to count your money
[Bb] When you're sitting [F] at the table, there'll be [Bb] time [F] enough to count [C] him
When the [F] dealing's done, _ _ _ _ _ [G] now every gambler knows
[C] That a secret [G] to surviving is knowing what to throw away
And knowing [D] what to keep [G] is every hand's a winner
[C] And every [G] hand's a loser
[C] And the best that [G] you can hope for is to [D] die [G] in your sleep
And when they finish speaking, [C] turn back [G] towards the window
Christ had his cigarette and faded [D] off to sleep
[G] And somewhere in the darkness, [C] the gambler [G] he broke even
[C] And in his [G] final words, [D] Taff found an ace that [G] I could keep
You got nowhere to hold [C] him, [G] nowhere to fall [C] down
[G] Nowhere to walk away and [D] nowhere to run
[G] You'll have to count your money
[C] When you're sitting [G] at the table, there'll be [C] time [G] enough to count [D] him
When [G] the dealing's done, you _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _
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[G] _ _ [D] _ [G] _ _ got nowhere to hold him
Nowhere to fall down, nowhere to walk away
Nowhere to run, you'll never count your money
[C] When you're sitting [G] at the table, there'll be time enough to count [Dm] him
When the dealing's [G] done, you got nowhere to hold him
[C] _ [G] Nowhere to fall down, [C] nowhere [G] to walk away
Nowhere [Gbm] to [D] run, [G] you'll never [C] count [G] your money
[C] When you're sitting [G] at the table, there'll be [C] time [G] enough to count him
[D] [G] When the dealing's done _ _
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