Chords for THE GAMBLER
Tempo:
87.8 bpm
Chords used:
E
Eb
A
Ab
Bb
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[Bb] [Eb] On a warm summer's evening, on a train bound for nowhere, I met up with a gambler.
We were both too [Bb] tired to sleep, [Eb] so we took turns of staring.
[Ab] Out the window and through the darkness, the boredom overtook us.
[Bb] And he [Eb] began to speak, he said something to me like,
[Ab] I'd a read in [Eb] people's faces, but 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 [Ab] aces,
for a taste [Eb] of your whiskey, [Bb] I'd give you [Eb] some advice.
So I handed him my bottle, [Ab] and he drank in [Eb] my last swallow.
Then he bumped the cigarette, and asked me [Bb] for a light,
[Eb] and the night got deadly quiet.
[Ab] As his face lost [Eb] all expression, [Ab] said if you want to [Eb] play the game, boy,
[Bb] you gotta learn to [Eb] play it right.
You got nowhere to hold em, [Ab] [Eb] nowhere to fall em, [Ab] nowhere [Eb] to walk away,
nowhere [Bb] to run em, you [Eb] never count your money.
[Ab] When you're sitting [Eb] at the table, there'll be time enough counting,
[Bb] when the [Eb] dealing's done.
[E] Every gambler knows, [A] that the secret to [E] surviving,
is knowing what to throw away, and knowing what [B] to keep.
[E] Cause every hand's a woman, [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.
And when he finished speaking, [A] he turned back [E] towards the window,
crushed out a cigarette, and faded off [B] to sleep.
[E] Somewhere in the darkness, [A] the gambler he [E] broke even,
[A] and in his final [E] words, I [B] found the names that [E] I,
you got nowhere to hold em, [A] nowhere [E] to fall em, [A] nowhere [E] to walk away,
nowhere [B] to run em, you [E] never count your money.
[A] When you're sitting [E] at the table, there'll be time enough counting,
[B] when the [E] dealing's done.
Cause you got nowhere to hold em, [Db] nowhere [C] to fall [Gb] em, nowhere to walk away,
nowhere to run em, you never count [Em] your money.
When you're sitting [B] at the table, there'll be time enough counting,
[Abm] when the [E] dealing's done.
Cause you got nowhere to hold em, [A] nowhere [E] to fall em, [A] nowhere [E] to walk away,
nowhere [B] to run em, you never [N] count your money.
We were both too [Bb] tired to sleep, [Eb] so we took turns of staring.
[Ab] Out the window and through the darkness, the boredom overtook us.
[Bb] And he [Eb] began to speak, he said something to me like,
[Ab] I'd a read in [Eb] people's faces, but 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 [Ab] aces,
for a taste [Eb] of your whiskey, [Bb] I'd give you [Eb] some advice.
So I handed him my bottle, [Ab] and he drank in [Eb] my last swallow.
Then he bumped the cigarette, and asked me [Bb] for a light,
[Eb] and the night got deadly quiet.
[Ab] As his face lost [Eb] all expression, [Ab] said if you want to [Eb] play the game, boy,
[Bb] you gotta learn to [Eb] play it right.
You got nowhere to hold em, [Ab] [Eb] nowhere to fall em, [Ab] nowhere [Eb] to walk away,
nowhere [Bb] to run em, you [Eb] never count your money.
[Ab] When you're sitting [Eb] at the table, there'll be time enough counting,
[Bb] when the [Eb] dealing's done.
[E] Every gambler knows, [A] that the secret to [E] surviving,
is knowing what to throw away, and knowing what [B] to keep.
[E] Cause every hand's a woman, [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.
And when he finished speaking, [A] he turned back [E] towards the window,
crushed out a cigarette, and faded off [B] to sleep.
[E] Somewhere in the darkness, [A] the gambler he [E] broke even,
[A] and in his final [E] words, I [B] found the names that [E] I,
you got nowhere to hold em, [A] nowhere [E] to fall em, [A] nowhere [E] to walk away,
nowhere [B] to run em, you [E] never count your money.
[A] When you're sitting [E] at the table, there'll be time enough counting,
[B] when the [E] dealing's done.
Cause you got nowhere to hold em, [Db] nowhere [C] to fall [Gb] em, nowhere to walk away,
nowhere to run em, you never count [Em] your money.
When you're sitting [B] at the table, there'll be time enough counting,
[Abm] when the [E] dealing's done.
Cause you got nowhere to hold em, [A] nowhere [E] to fall em, [A] nowhere [E] to walk away,
nowhere [B] to run em, you never [N] count your money.
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_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ [Eb] On a warm summer's evening, on a train bound for nowhere, I met up with a gambler.
We were both too [Bb] tired to sleep, [Eb] so we took turns of staring.
[Ab] Out the window and through the darkness, the boredom overtook us.
[Bb] And he [Eb] began to speak, he said something to me like,
[Ab] I'd a read in [Eb] people's faces, but 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 [Ab] aces,
for a taste [Eb] of your whiskey, [Bb] I'd give you [Eb] some advice. _
So I handed him my bottle, [Ab] and he drank in [Eb] my last swallow.
Then he bumped the cigarette, and asked me [Bb] for a light,
[Eb] and the night got deadly quiet.
[Ab] As his face lost [Eb] all expression, [Ab] said if you want to [Eb] play the game, boy,
[Bb] you gotta learn to [Eb] play it right.
You got nowhere to hold em, [Ab] _ [Eb] nowhere to fall em, [Ab] nowhere [Eb] to walk away,
nowhere [Bb] to run em, you [Eb] never count your money.
[Ab] When you're sitting [Eb] at the table, there'll be time enough counting,
[Bb] when the [Eb] dealing's done.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] Every gambler knows, [A] that the secret to [E] surviving,
is knowing what to throw away, and knowing what [B] to keep.
[E] Cause every hand's a woman, [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.
And when he finished speaking, [A] he turned back [E] towards the window,
crushed out a cigarette, and faded off [B] to sleep.
_ [E] Somewhere in the darkness, [A] the gambler he [E] broke even,
[A] and in his final [E] words, I [B] found the names that [E] I,
you got nowhere to hold em, [A] nowhere [E] to fall em, [A] nowhere [E] to walk away,
nowhere [B] to run em, you [E] never count your money.
[A] When you're sitting [E] at the table, there'll be time enough counting,
[B] when the [E] dealing's done.
Cause you got nowhere to hold em, [Db] nowhere [C] to fall [Gb] em, nowhere to walk away,
nowhere to run em, you never count [Em] your money.
When you're sitting [B] at the table, there'll be time enough counting,
[Abm] when the [E] dealing's done.
Cause you got nowhere to hold em, [A] nowhere [E] to fall em, [A] nowhere [E] to walk away,
nowhere [B] to run em, you never [N] count your money.
We were both too [Bb] tired to sleep, [Eb] so we took turns of staring.
[Ab] Out the window and through the darkness, the boredom overtook us.
[Bb] And he [Eb] began to speak, he said something to me like,
[Ab] I'd a read in [Eb] people's faces, but 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 [Ab] aces,
for a taste [Eb] of your whiskey, [Bb] I'd give you [Eb] some advice. _
So I handed him my bottle, [Ab] and he drank in [Eb] my last swallow.
Then he bumped the cigarette, and asked me [Bb] for a light,
[Eb] and the night got deadly quiet.
[Ab] As his face lost [Eb] all expression, [Ab] said if you want to [Eb] play the game, boy,
[Bb] you gotta learn to [Eb] play it right.
You got nowhere to hold em, [Ab] _ [Eb] nowhere to fall em, [Ab] nowhere [Eb] to walk away,
nowhere [Bb] to run em, you [Eb] never count your money.
[Ab] When you're sitting [Eb] at the table, there'll be time enough counting,
[Bb] when the [Eb] dealing's done.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] Every gambler knows, [A] that the secret to [E] surviving,
is knowing what to throw away, and knowing what [B] to keep.
[E] Cause every hand's a woman, [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.
And when he finished speaking, [A] he turned back [E] towards the window,
crushed out a cigarette, and faded off [B] to sleep.
_ [E] Somewhere in the darkness, [A] the gambler he [E] broke even,
[A] and in his final [E] words, I [B] found the names that [E] I,
you got nowhere to hold em, [A] nowhere [E] to fall em, [A] nowhere [E] to walk away,
nowhere [B] to run em, you [E] never count your money.
[A] When you're sitting [E] at the table, there'll be time enough counting,
[B] when the [E] dealing's done.
Cause you got nowhere to hold em, [Db] nowhere [C] to fall [Gb] em, nowhere to walk away,
nowhere to run em, you never count [Em] your money.
When you're sitting [B] at the table, there'll be time enough counting,
[Abm] when the [E] dealing's done.
Cause you got nowhere to hold em, [A] nowhere [E] to fall em, [A] nowhere [E] to walk away,
nowhere [B] to run em, you never [N] count your money.