The Gambler Chords by Kenny Rogers

[Start]

[Verse]
E A E A
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          E                                 
Okay here we go with some beer drinking song
                                      E                
On a warm summer's evenin' on a train bound for nowhere
                                                  B7   
I met up with a gambler we were both too tired to sleep
   E                                                    
So we took turns astarin' out the window at the darkness
A            E           B               E    
'til boredom overtook us and he began to speak
                        E                                 
He said Son I've made a life out of readin' people's faces
                                                             B7  
And knowin' what their cards were by the way they held their eyes
      E                              A                 E   
So if you don't mind my sayin' I can see you're out of aces
      A             E            B7            E     
For a taste of your whiskey I'll give you some advice
                              A                E           
So I handed him my bottle and he drank down my last swallow
                                              B    
Then he bummed a cigarette and asked me for a light
        E                               A             E         
And the night got deathly quiet and his face lost all expression
     A                        E                  B                E    
Said If you're gonna play the game boy you gotta learn to play it right


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


[Verse]
F                           Bb        F        
Now every gambler knows the secret to survivin'
                                                  C7  
Is knowin' what to throw away and knowing what to keep
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'cause every hand's a winner and every hand's a loser
        Bb                F              C7          F    
And the best that you can hope for is to die in your sleep
                                Bb                     F     
So when he finished speakin' he turned back toward the window
                                           C7   
Crushed out his cigarette and faded off to sleep
F                             Bb             F         
And somewhere in the darkness the gambler he broke even
    Bb           F                C7               F   
But in his final words I found an ace that I could keep


[Chorus]
                                 Bb           F       
You got to know when to hold 'em know when to fold 'em
Bb           F                      C7 
Know when to walk away know when to run
          F                            Bb             F    
You never count your money when you're sittin' at the table
                                     C                  F   
There'll be time enough for countin' when the dealing's done
                        F       
You got to know when to hold 'em
             F       
Know when to fold 'em
             F                         
Know when to walk away know when to run
                     Bb                               F    
You never count your money when you're sittin' at the table
                                     C                  F   
There'll be time enough for countin' when the dealing's done