Chords for The Gambler

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Ab

B

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The Gambler chords
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On a warm summer's eve, on a train bound for nowhere, I met up with a gambler.
We were both too tired to sleep, so we took turns a-staring [Eb] out the [Cm] window at the [Ebm]
darkness.
Tim [Eb] Boredom overtook us, and he began to speak.
He said, son, I've made a life [Ab] out of reading [Eb] people's faces,
knowing what the cards were by the way they [Bb] held their eyes.
[Eb] So if you don't mind me saying, [Ab] I can see you're [Eb] out of aces,
[Ab] for a taste [Eb] of your whiskey, [Bb] I'll give you some [Eb] advice.
So I handed him my bottle, [Cm] and he drank down [Eb] my last swallow.
Then he bummed a [Bb] cigarette and asked me for a light.
[Eb] And the night got deathly quiet, and his face lost all expression.
[Ab] Said if you're gonna [Eb] play the game, boy, [Bb] you gotta learn to [Eb] play it right.
You got to know when to hold em, know when to fold em,
know when to walk away, and know when to run.
You never count your money [Ab] when you're sitting [Eb] at the table.
There'll be time enough for counting when the demons touch.
[E] Every gambler knows [A] that the secret [E] to surviving
[A] is knowing [E] what to throw away and knowing what to keep.
Cause every hand's a winner, [A] and every [E] hand's a loser,
[A] and the best that you [E] can hope for [B] is to die [E] in your sleep.
[A] And when he [E] finished speaking, [A] he turned back [E] toward the window,
crushed out his cigarette, and faded [B] off to sleep.
And somewhere in the darkness, [A] the gambler he [E] broke even,
[A] and in his [E] final words I [B] found a nace that I could keep.
You [E] got to know when to hold em, know when to fold em,
know when to walk away, and know when to run.
You never count your money [A] when you're sitting [E] at the table.
There'll be time enough for counting when the demons stun.
You got to know when to hold [A] em, know [E] when to fold em,
[A] know [E] when to walk away, [B] and know when to [E] run.
You never count your money [A] when you're sitting [E] at the table.
There'll be time enough for counting [B] when the demons [E] stun.
You got to know when to hold em, [A] know [E] when to fold em,
[A] know [E] when to walk away, and know when to run.
You never count your money [A] when you're sitting at [E] the table.
There'll be time enough for counting when the demons stun.
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_ _ _ On a warm summer's eve, on a train bound for nowhere, I met up with a gambler.
We were both too tired to sleep, so we took turns a-staring [Eb] out the [Cm] window at the [Ebm]
darkness.
Tim [Eb] Boredom overtook us, and he began to speak.
_ He said, son, I've made a life [Ab] out of reading [Eb] people's faces,
knowing what the cards were by the way they [Bb] held their eyes.
[Eb] So if you don't mind me saying, [Ab] I can see you're [Eb] out of aces,
[Ab] for a taste [Eb] of your whiskey, [Bb] I'll give you some [Eb] advice.
So I handed him my bottle, [Cm] and he drank down [Eb] my last swallow.
Then he bummed a [Bb] cigarette and asked me for a light.
[Eb] And the night got deathly quiet, and his face lost all expression.
[Ab] Said if you're gonna [Eb] play the game, boy, [Bb] you gotta learn to [Eb] play it right.
You got to know when to hold em, know when to fold em,
know when to walk away, and know when to run.
You never count your money [Ab] when you're sitting [Eb] at the table.
There'll be time enough for counting when the demons touch. _ _
[E] Every gambler knows [A] that the secret [E] to surviving
[A] is knowing [E] what to throw away and knowing what to keep.
Cause every hand's a winner, [A] and every [E] hand's a loser,
[A] and the best that you [E] can hope for [B] is to die [E] in your sleep.
[A] And when he [E] finished speaking, [A] he turned back [E] toward the window,
crushed out his cigarette, and faded [B] off to sleep.
And somewhere in the darkness, [A] the gambler he [E] broke even,
[A] and in his [E] final words I [B] found a nace that I could keep.
You [E] got to know when to hold em, know when to fold em,
know when to walk away, and know when to run.
You never count your money [A] when you're sitting [E] at the table.
There'll be time enough for counting when the demons stun.
You got to know when to hold [A] em, know [E] when to fold em,
[A] know [E] when to walk away, [B] and know when to [E] run.
You never count your money [A] when you're sitting [E] at the table.
There'll be time enough for counting [B] when the demons [E] stun.
You got to know when to hold em, [A] know [E] when to fold em,
[A] know [E] when to walk away, and know when to run.
You never count your money [A] when you're sitting at [E] the table.
There'll be time enough for counting when the demons stun.
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