Chords for The Gambler

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[Eb] I met up with a gambler.
We were both too tired [Bb] to sleep [Eb] so we took to staring [Ab] out the window at [Eb] the darkest [Ab] of
Lord of [Eb] all the earth.
[Bb] And he began [Eb] to speak, he said,
Son of made light, [Ab] out of freedom keep [Eb] us blessed.
And knowing what the God wrote,
by the way they have [Bb] their eyes.
[Eb] So if you don't mind me saying,
[Ab] I can see you're [Eb] out of bed,
[Ab] for a taste [Eb] of your whiskey, [Bb] I give you [Eb] some advice.
So _ I handed him my bottle,
[Ab] and he drank down [Eb] my last swallow.
And then he bumped his cigarette,
and asked me [Bb] for a light.
[Eb] And the night got deadly quiet.
[Ab] His face lost [Eb] all expression,
[Ab] said if you're gonna play [Eb] the game boy,
[Bb] you gotta learn to [Eb] play it right.
You got nowhere to go,
[Ab] nowhere [Eb] to go,
[Ab] nowhere [Eb] to walk away,
nowhere [Bb] to run,
but I was [Eb] there all night,
[Ab] sitting [Eb] at the table,
climbing up the counter,
[Bb] when the [Eb] deal is done. _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] Every gambler knows,
[A] that the secret to [E] surviving,
is knowing what's over,
and knowing what [B] to do.
[E] I was there when he finally said,
[A] and every [E] hand a loser,
[A] and the best that you [E] can hope for is [B] to die.
[E] _ And when he finished speaking,
[A] he turned back [E] toward the window,
crushed our cigarette,
and faded out [B] the screen,
[E] and somewhere in the darkness,
[B] the gambler he [E] burst [A] through,
but in his [E] final words,
I [B] found a place for the [E] heart,
you got nowhere to go,
[A] nowhere [E] to go,
[A] nowhere [E] to walk away,
nowhere [B] to run,
you never passed [E] all night,
[A] while sitting [E] at the table,
every time enough to count,
_ [B] when the [E] deal is done,
you got nowhere to [Ab] go,
nowhere to fall,
_ nowhere [B] to walk away,
[E] nowhere [Ab] to run,
you [E] never passed all night,
[Am] while sitting [E] at the table,
every time [B] enough to count,
[G] when the [Em] deal is done,
you [E] got nowhere to go,
_ [A] nowhere [E] to fall,
[A] nowhere [E] to walk away,
nowhere [B] to run,
you never passed [E] all night,
[A] while sitting at [E] the table,
every time enough to count,
[B] when the deal [E] is done.
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