Chords for Busy Signal "The Gambler" - Official Visual [Reggae's Gone Country] - Kenny Rogers Rendition

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[Ab] [Eb] On a warm summer's eve, [Ab] on a train bound [Eb] for Norway, I met up with a gambler.
We were born to a time [Bb] of [Eb] .
solitude and despair.
[Ab] Out the window at [Eb] the dock, [Ab] the boat [Eb] on the river, [Bb] and he began [Eb] to speak.
He said, son, I've learned how [Ab] to freedom [Eb] keep, and knowing what the gods were,.
by the way they held [Bb] their eyes, [Eb] so if you don't mind me saying,.
I [Ab] can see you're [Eb] out of it, [Ab] for a taste [Eb] of your whiskey, [Bb] I'll give you [Eb] some advice.
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So I handed him, [Ab] and he drank down my [Eb] last swallow, and he bombed the cigarette,.
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[Eb] and the night got a little quiet.
[Ab] His face lost [Eb] all its pressure,.
[Ab] said if you're gonna play the [Eb] game, boy, you [Bb] gotta learn to play [Eb] it right,.
and you got to know when to leave, [Ab] know when [Eb] to go, [Ab] know when [Eb] to walk away,.
know when [Bb] to run, know [Eb] when to drown [Ab] yourself, [Eb] .
[Ab] by sitting [Eb] back and chatting,.
and you got to know when to count, [Bb] when the deal [Eb] is done.
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That was the 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 is empty, [A] and every hand [E] you lose,.
the [A] best that you [E] can hope for is [B] to die.
[E] And when he [A] turned back toward [E] the window, and crushed out a cigarette, .
[B] and [E] there's someone there in the darkness, [A] the gambler he [E] was,.
[A] but in his [E] final years, I [B] finally managed to laugh [E] at him,.
you got to know when to hold him, [A] .
know when [E] to fold him, [A] .
know [E] when to walk away, .
know when to [B] run, you [E] never [A] pass the [E] home run, [A] by sitting back [E] and chatting,.
every time [A] [E] enough to count, [B] .
when the deal [E] is done.
You got to know when to hold him, [A] .
[Bm] know when to fold [A] him, [Abm] know when to walk away,.
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know [Gb] when to run, you [D] [E] never pass the home run, [A] by sitting [E] back and chatting,.
every [A] time [Abm] enough to count, [Gb] .
when the deal [E] is done.
You got to know [A] when [E] to hold him, [A] .
know when to [E] fold him, know when to walk away, .
know [B] when to run, you [E] never pass [A] the [E] home run, [A] by sitting [E] back and chatting,.
every time [A] enough [E] to count, [B] when the deal [E] is done.
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