Chords for Theme from "The Gambler"
Tempo:
89.85 bpm
Chords used:
Eb
E
Ab
A
Bb
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[Ab] [Eb] [Ab]
[Eb] On a warm summer's evening, [Ab] on a train [Eb] bound for Nova, I met up with a gambler.
We were both too [Bb] tired to sleep, [Eb] so we took turns staring [Ab] at the window [Eb] at the darkness.
[Ab] The boredom overtook us, [Bb] and he [Eb] began to speak.
He said, son, I've made a life [Ab] out of reading [Eb] people's faces
and knowing what the cards were by the way they held [Bb] their eyes.
[Eb] So if you don't mind my saying, [Ab] I can see you're [Eb] out of aces [Ab] for a taste [Eb] of your whiskey.
[Bb] I'll give you [Eb] some advice.
So I handed him a bottle, and he [Ab] drank down my last [Eb] swallow.
Then he bummed a cigarette and asked me for [Bb] a light, and [Eb] the night got deathly quiet.
And [Ab] his face lost all [Eb] expression.
He said, [Ab] if you're going to play the [Eb] game, boy, you've [Bb] got to learn to play it [Eb] right.
You've got to know when to hold them, [Ab] know when [Eb] to fold them, [Ab] know when [Eb] to walk away,
and know [Bb] when to run.
You [Eb] never count your money.
[Ab] When you're sitting [Eb] at the table, there'll be time enough for counting [Bb] when the [Eb] dealing's done.
[E] Every gambler knows [A] that the secret to [E] survival is knowing what to throw away,
knowing [B] what to keep.
[E] Because 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.
And when he had finished speaking, [A] he turned back [E] toward the window,
crushed down a cigarette, and faded [B] off to sleep [E] somewhere in the darkness.
[A] The gambler, [E] he broke even, [A] but in his [E] final words, I [B] found an ace that [E] I could keep.
You've got to know when to hold them, [A] know [E] when to fold them, [A] know [E] when to walk away,
and know [B] when to run.
[E] You never count your money.
[A] When you're sitting [E] at the table, there'll be time [A] enough for counting [B] when the [E] dealing's done.
You've got to know when to hold them, know when to fold them, [Abm] know when to walk away,
and know when to run.
You never count your money.
When you're sitting at the table, there'll be time enough for counting when the dealing's done.
You've got to know when to hold them, [A] know when [E] to fold them, [A] know when [E] to walk away,
and know when [B] to run.
You never count your money.
[E] [A]
[Eb] On a warm summer's evening, [Ab] on a train [Eb] bound for Nova, I met up with a gambler.
We were both too [Bb] tired to sleep, [Eb] so we took turns staring [Ab] at the window [Eb] at the darkness.
[Ab] The boredom overtook us, [Bb] and he [Eb] began to speak.
He said, son, I've made a life [Ab] out of reading [Eb] people's faces
and knowing what the cards were by the way they held [Bb] their eyes.
[Eb] So if you don't mind my saying, [Ab] I can see you're [Eb] out of aces [Ab] for a taste [Eb] of your whiskey.
[Bb] I'll give you [Eb] some advice.
So I handed him a bottle, and he [Ab] drank down my last [Eb] swallow.
Then he bummed a cigarette and asked me for [Bb] a light, and [Eb] the night got deathly quiet.
And [Ab] his face lost all [Eb] expression.
He said, [Ab] if you're going to play the [Eb] game, boy, you've [Bb] got to learn to play it [Eb] right.
You've got to know when to hold them, [Ab] know when [Eb] to fold them, [Ab] know when [Eb] to walk away,
and know [Bb] when to run.
You [Eb] never count your money.
[Ab] When you're sitting [Eb] at the table, there'll be time enough for counting [Bb] when the [Eb] dealing's done.
[E] Every gambler knows [A] that the secret to [E] survival is knowing what to throw away,
knowing [B] what to keep.
[E] Because 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.
And when he had finished speaking, [A] he turned back [E] toward the window,
crushed down a cigarette, and faded [B] off to sleep [E] somewhere in the darkness.
[A] The gambler, [E] he broke even, [A] but in his [E] final words, I [B] found an ace that [E] I could keep.
You've got to know when to hold them, [A] know [E] when to fold them, [A] know [E] when to walk away,
and know [B] when to run.
[E] You never count your money.
[A] When you're sitting [E] at the table, there'll be time [A] enough for counting [B] when the [E] dealing's done.
You've got to know when to hold them, know when to fold them, [Abm] know when to walk away,
and know when to run.
You never count your money.
When you're sitting at the table, there'll be time enough for counting when the dealing's done.
You've got to know when to hold them, [A] know when [E] to fold them, [A] know when [E] to walk away,
and know when [B] to run.
You never count your money.
[E] [A]
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_ _ [Ab] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] _
[Eb] On a warm summer's evening, [Ab] on a train [Eb] bound for Nova, I met up with a gambler.
We were both too [Bb] tired to sleep, [Eb] so we took turns staring [Ab] at the window [Eb] at the darkness.
[Ab] The boredom overtook us, [Bb] and he [Eb] began to speak.
He said, son, I've made a life [Ab] out of reading [Eb] people's faces
and knowing what the cards were by the way they held [Bb] their eyes.
[Eb] So if you don't mind my saying, [Ab] I can see you're [Eb] out of aces [Ab] for a taste [Eb] of your whiskey.
[Bb] I'll give you [Eb] some advice.
_ So I handed him a bottle, and he [Ab] drank down my last [Eb] swallow.
Then he bummed a cigarette and asked me for [Bb] a light, and [Eb] the night got deathly quiet.
And [Ab] his face lost all [Eb] expression.
He said, [Ab] if you're going to play the [Eb] game, boy, you've [Bb] got to learn to play it [Eb] right.
You've got to know when to hold them, [Ab] know when [Eb] to fold them, [Ab] know when [Eb] to walk away,
and know [Bb] when to run.
You [Eb] never count your money.
[Ab] When you're sitting [Eb] at the table, there'll be time enough for counting [Bb] when the [Eb] dealing's done. _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] Every gambler knows [A] that the secret to [E] survival is knowing what to throw away,
knowing [B] what to keep.
[E] Because 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.
And when he had finished speaking, [A] he turned back [E] toward the window,
crushed down a cigarette, and faded [B] off to sleep [E] somewhere in the darkness.
[A] The gambler, [E] he broke even, [A] but in his [E] final words, I [B] found an ace that [E] I could keep.
You've got to know when to hold them, [A] know [E] when to fold them, [A] know [E] when to walk away,
and know [B] when to run.
[E] You never count your money.
[A] When you're sitting [E] at the table, there'll be time [A] enough for counting [B] when the [E] dealing's done.
You've got to know when to hold them, know when to fold them, [Abm] know when to walk away,
and know when to run.
You never count your money.
When you're sitting at the table, there'll be time enough for counting when the dealing's done.
You've got to know when to hold them, [A] know when [E] to fold them, [A] know when [E] to walk away,
and know when [B] to run.
You never count your money.
[E] _ _ [A] _ _
[Eb] On a warm summer's evening, [Ab] on a train [Eb] bound for Nova, I met up with a gambler.
We were both too [Bb] tired to sleep, [Eb] so we took turns staring [Ab] at the window [Eb] at the darkness.
[Ab] The boredom overtook us, [Bb] and he [Eb] began to speak.
He said, son, I've made a life [Ab] out of reading [Eb] people's faces
and knowing what the cards were by the way they held [Bb] their eyes.
[Eb] So if you don't mind my saying, [Ab] I can see you're [Eb] out of aces [Ab] for a taste [Eb] of your whiskey.
[Bb] I'll give you [Eb] some advice.
_ So I handed him a bottle, and he [Ab] drank down my last [Eb] swallow.
Then he bummed a cigarette and asked me for [Bb] a light, and [Eb] the night got deathly quiet.
And [Ab] his face lost all [Eb] expression.
He said, [Ab] if you're going to play the [Eb] game, boy, you've [Bb] got to learn to play it [Eb] right.
You've got to know when to hold them, [Ab] know when [Eb] to fold them, [Ab] know when [Eb] to walk away,
and know [Bb] when to run.
You [Eb] never count your money.
[Ab] When you're sitting [Eb] at the table, there'll be time enough for counting [Bb] when the [Eb] dealing's done. _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] Every gambler knows [A] that the secret to [E] survival is knowing what to throw away,
knowing [B] what to keep.
[E] Because 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.
And when he had finished speaking, [A] he turned back [E] toward the window,
crushed down a cigarette, and faded [B] off to sleep [E] somewhere in the darkness.
[A] The gambler, [E] he broke even, [A] but in his [E] final words, I [B] found an ace that [E] I could keep.
You've got to know when to hold them, [A] know [E] when to fold them, [A] know [E] when to walk away,
and know [B] when to run.
[E] You never count your money.
[A] When you're sitting [E] at the table, there'll be time [A] enough for counting [B] when the [E] dealing's done.
You've got to know when to hold them, know when to fold them, [Abm] know when to walk away,
and know when to run.
You never count your money.
When you're sitting at the table, there'll be time enough for counting when the dealing's done.
You've got to know when to hold them, [A] know when [E] to fold them, [A] know when [E] to walk away,
and know when [B] to run.
You never count your money.
[E] _ _ [A] _ _