The Gambler Chords by Kenny Rogers
Tempo:
87.5 bpm
Chords used:
E
Eb
A
Ab
Bb
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[Eb] [Ab] [Bbm] [Ab] [Eb] On a warm summer's evening on a train bound for nowhere
I met up with a gambler.
We were both [Bb] too tired to sleep
So [Eb] we took turns staring out the [Fm] window at the [Eb] darkness
the [Ab] boredom [Eb] overtook us [Bb] and
He began [Eb] to speak.
He said son.
I've made a life
Out of reading [Ab] [Eb] people's faces and knowing what the cards were by the way they [Bb] held their eyes
[Eb] So if you don't mind my saying [F] I [Ab] can see you're out of [Eb] aces for [Ab] a taste of [Eb] whiskey
[Bb] I'll give you [Eb] some advice
So I handed him my bottle [Ab] and he drank down my last [Eb] swallow
Then he bombed a cigarette and asked me [Bb] for a light [Eb] and the night got deathly quiet
[Ab] And his face lost [Eb] all expression [Ab] said if you're gonna play [Eb] the game boy, you [Bb] gotta learn to play [Eb] it, right?
You got no
No [Ab] when [Eb] the folder
[Ab]
[Eb] No when the walk away and no when [Bb] the run you [Eb] never count your money
When [Ab] you're sitting at the [Eb] table there'll be time enough
When [Bb] the deal [Eb] is done
[E] every gambler knows
That [A] the secret to [E] surviving is knowing what throw away knowing what to [B] keep
[E] cause every hand the winner [A] and
Every hand the [E] loser and [A] the best that you can [E] hope for is to [B] die in your [E] sleep
And when he'd finished
He [A] turned back toward the [E] window
crushed out a cigarette
faded it off [B] sleep [E] and
somewhere in the darkness
[A] The [E] gambler he broke even [A] but in his [E] final words
I [B] found an ace that I [E] could keep you got no [A] No
[E] No
[A] [E]
[B] [E] No Never
When you're [A] sitting [E] at the table, there'll be [A] time [E] enough
When [B] the [E] dealings done you got no [Ab] No [Gb] No
[A]
And [E] no when to run you never count your [A] money when you're sitting [E] at the table
There'll be [N] time enough
When [E] the dealings done you got No [A] No
[E] [A] No
[E]
[B] When [E] you're [A] sitting [E] at the table there'll be [A] time [E] enough
[B] When the [E] deal is done
I met up with a gambler.
We were both [Bb] too tired to sleep
So [Eb] we took turns staring out the [Fm] window at the [Eb] darkness
the [Ab] boredom [Eb] overtook us [Bb] and
He began [Eb] to speak.
He said son.
I've made a life
Out of reading [Ab] [Eb] people's faces and knowing what the cards were by the way they [Bb] held their eyes
[Eb] So if you don't mind my saying [F] I [Ab] can see you're out of [Eb] aces for [Ab] a taste of [Eb] whiskey
[Bb] I'll give you [Eb] some advice
So I handed him my bottle [Ab] and he drank down my last [Eb] swallow
Then he bombed a cigarette and asked me [Bb] for a light [Eb] and the night got deathly quiet
[Ab] And his face lost [Eb] all expression [Ab] said if you're gonna play [Eb] the game boy, you [Bb] gotta learn to play [Eb] it, right?
You got no
No [Ab] when [Eb] the folder
[Ab]
[Eb] No when the walk away and no when [Bb] the run you [Eb] never count your money
When [Ab] you're sitting at the [Eb] table there'll be time enough
When [Bb] the deal [Eb] is done
[E] every gambler knows
That [A] the secret to [E] surviving is knowing what throw away knowing what to [B] keep
[E] cause every hand the winner [A] and
Every hand the [E] loser and [A] the best that you can [E] hope for is to [B] die in your [E] sleep
And when he'd finished
He [A] turned back toward the [E] window
crushed out a cigarette
faded it off [B] sleep [E] and
somewhere in the darkness
[A] The [E] gambler he broke even [A] but in his [E] final words
I [B] found an ace that I [E] could keep you got no [A] No
[E] No
[A] [E]
[B] [E] No Never
When you're [A] sitting [E] at the table, there'll be [A] time [E] enough
When [B] the [E] dealings done you got no [Ab] No [Gb] No
[A]
And [E] no when to run you never count your [A] money when you're sitting [E] at the table
There'll be [N] time enough
When [E] the dealings done you got No [A] No
[E] [A] No
[E]
[B] When [E] you're [A] sitting [E] at the table there'll be [A] time [E] enough
[B] When the [E] deal is done
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[Eb] _ [Ab] _ _ [Bbm] _ _ [Ab] _ [Eb] On a warm summer's evening on a train bound for nowhere
I met up with a gambler.
We were both [Bb] too tired to sleep
So [Eb] we took turns staring out the [Fm] window at the [Eb] darkness
the [Ab] boredom [Eb] overtook us [Bb] and
He began [Eb] to speak.
He said son.
I've made a life
Out of reading [Ab] [Eb] people's faces and knowing what the cards were by the way they [Bb] held their eyes
[Eb] So if you don't mind my saying [F] I [Ab] can see you're out of [Eb] aces for [Ab] a taste of [Eb] whiskey
[Bb] I'll give you [Eb] some advice
So I handed him my bottle [Ab] and he drank down my last [Eb] swallow
Then he bombed a cigarette and asked me [Bb] for a light [Eb] and the night got deathly quiet
[Ab] And his face lost [Eb] all expression [Ab] said if you're gonna play [Eb] the game boy, you [Bb] gotta learn to play [Eb] it, right?
You got no
_ No [Ab] when [Eb] the folder
_ [Ab]
[Eb] No when the walk away and no when [Bb] the run you [Eb] never count your money
When [Ab] you're sitting at the [Eb] table there'll be time enough
When [Bb] the deal [Eb] is done _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] every gambler knows
That [A] the secret to [E] surviving is knowing what throw away knowing what to [B] keep
[E] cause every hand the winner [A] and
Every hand the [E] loser and [A] the best that you can [E] hope for is to [B] die in your [E] sleep
And when he'd finished
He [A] turned back toward the [E] window
_ crushed out a cigarette
faded it off [B] sleep [E] and
somewhere in the darkness
[A] The [E] gambler he broke even [A] but in his [E] final words
I [B] found an ace that I [E] could keep you got no _ [A] No
_ [E] No
[A] _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ [E] _ No Never
When you're [A] sitting [E] at the table, there'll be [A] time [E] enough
When [B] the [E] dealings done you got no _ _ [Ab] No [Gb] _ _ No
[A] _
And [E] no when to run you never count your [A] money when you're sitting [E] at the table
There'll be [N] time enough
When [E] the dealings done you got No _ _ [A] No
[E] _ [A] No
_ [E] _
_ _ [B] When _ [E] _ you're _ [A] sitting [E] at the table there'll be [A] time [E] enough
_ [B] When the [E] deal is done _ _ _
I met up with a gambler.
We were both [Bb] too tired to sleep
So [Eb] we took turns staring out the [Fm] window at the [Eb] darkness
the [Ab] boredom [Eb] overtook us [Bb] and
He began [Eb] to speak.
He said son.
I've made a life
Out of reading [Ab] [Eb] people's faces and knowing what the cards were by the way they [Bb] held their eyes
[Eb] So if you don't mind my saying [F] I [Ab] can see you're out of [Eb] aces for [Ab] a taste of [Eb] whiskey
[Bb] I'll give you [Eb] some advice
So I handed him my bottle [Ab] and he drank down my last [Eb] swallow
Then he bombed a cigarette and asked me [Bb] for a light [Eb] and the night got deathly quiet
[Ab] And his face lost [Eb] all expression [Ab] said if you're gonna play [Eb] the game boy, you [Bb] gotta learn to play [Eb] it, right?
You got no
_ No [Ab] when [Eb] the folder
_ [Ab]
[Eb] No when the walk away and no when [Bb] the run you [Eb] never count your money
When [Ab] you're sitting at the [Eb] table there'll be time enough
When [Bb] the deal [Eb] is done _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] every gambler knows
That [A] the secret to [E] surviving is knowing what throw away knowing what to [B] keep
[E] cause every hand the winner [A] and
Every hand the [E] loser and [A] the best that you can [E] hope for is to [B] die in your [E] sleep
And when he'd finished
He [A] turned back toward the [E] window
_ crushed out a cigarette
faded it off [B] sleep [E] and
somewhere in the darkness
[A] The [E] gambler he broke even [A] but in his [E] final words
I [B] found an ace that I [E] could keep you got no _ [A] No
_ [E] No
[A] _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ [E] _ No Never
When you're [A] sitting [E] at the table, there'll be [A] time [E] enough
When [B] the [E] dealings done you got no _ _ [Ab] No [Gb] _ _ No
[A] _
And [E] no when to run you never count your [A] money when you're sitting [E] at the table
There'll be [N] time enough
When [E] the dealings done you got No _ _ [A] No
[E] _ [A] No
_ [E] _
_ _ [B] When _ [E] _ you're _ [A] sitting [E] at the table there'll be [A] time [E] enough
_ [B] When the [E] deal is done _ _ _