The Gambler Chords by Kenny Rogers

[Start]

[Verse]
Eb7 Fm7 Eb7 Ab
■   ■   ■   ■ 
     Eb                   
On a warm summer's evening
     Ab              Eb     
On a train bound for nowhere
                  Eb     
I met up with the gambler
                 Bb            
We were both too tired to sleep
           Eb            
So we took turns astarin'
                  Eb          
Out the window at the darkness
            Eb         
The boredom overtook us
Bb              Eb   
And he began to speak
                        Eb  
He said Son I've made a life
       Ab               Eb   
Out of readin' people's faces
                 Eb        
Knowin' what the cards were
                           Bb  
By the way they held their eyes
      Eb                      
So if you don't mind my sayin'
                        Eb  
I can see you're out of aces
                    Eb     
For a taste of your whiskey
     Bb            Eb    
I'll give you some advice
     Eb                  
So I handed him my bottle
       Ab                 Eb     
And he drank down my last swallow
        Eb                
Then he bummed a cigarette
                   Bb7  
And asked me for a light
        Eb                     
And the night got deathly quiet
        Ab            Eb        
And his face lost all expression
        Ab                    Eb      
Said If you're gonna play the game boy
          Bb7              Eb   
You gotta learn to play it right


[Chorus]
              Eb                   
You've got to know when to hold 'em
Ab           Eb      
Know when to fold 'em
Ab           Eb       
Know when to walk away
                 Bb7
And know when to run
          Eb    Ab   Eb   
You never count your money
            Ab             Eb   
When you're sittin' at the table
            Ab              Eb      
There'll be time enough for countin'
Bb                Eb  
When the dealin's done


[Verse]
E                  
Every gambler knows
         A         E        
That the secret to survivin'
                   E         
Is knowin' what to throw away
                    B7  
And knowin' what to keep
E                           
'cause every hand's a winner
A                  E    
And every hand's a loser
        A                 E       
And the best that you can hope for
      B7          E    
Is to die in your sleep
                       E       
And when he'd finished speakin'
   A                      E     
He turned back toward the window
                E        
Crushed out his cigarette
             B7   
Faded off to sleep
E                            
And somewhere in the darkness
    A                E   
The gambler he broke even
A                E    
But in his final words
           B7               E   
I found an ace that I could keep


[Chorus]
                           E       
You've got to know when to hold 'em
A            E       
Know when to fold 'em
A            E        
Know when to walk away
                 B7 
And know when to run
          E               
You never count your money
            A              E    
When you're sittin' at the table
                            E       
There'll be time enough for countin'
B7                E   
When the dealin's done
                           E       
You've got to know when to hold 'em
             E       
Know when to fold 'em
             E        
Know when to walk away
                 E  
And know when to run
                     E    
You never count your money
                       E        
When you're sittin' at the table
                            E       
There'll be time enough for countin'
                  E   
When the dealin's done
                           E       
You've got to know when to hold 'em
A            E       
Know when to fold 'em
A            E        
Know when to walk away
                 B7 
And know when to run
          E               
You never count your money
            A              E    
When you're sittin' at the table
                            E       
There'll be time enough for countin'
B7                E   
When the dealin's done


[End]