Chords for 977 - The Gambler - Kenny Rogers cover with chords and lyrics
Tempo:
159.75 bpm
Chords used:
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
Good day and welcome to my sunny sunroom recording studio.
I'd like to do another song now from Kenny Rogers entitled the gambler
[D]
On warm summer's evening
[G] on a train bound for [D] nowhere
[G] Met up with a gambler.
[G] We were both too tired to [A] sleep
So we [D] took turns of staring [G] out the window at [D] the darkness
[G] till autumn [D] overtook us
[A] And he [D] began to speak
He said son I've made a life
[G] Out of reading people's faces [G] and knowing what their [D] cards were [G] by the way they held [A] their eyes
[D]
If you don't mind me saying [G] I can see you're out [D] of aces [G] or a taste of [D] your whiskey
[A] I'll give you [D] some advice
So I handed him my bottle and he drank down my last swallow
[G] Then he bombed [D] a cigarette
[G] And asked me for [A] a light [D] and the night got deathly quiet
[G] And his face lost [D] all expression
Said if you're gonna [D] play the game [A] boy, you gotta learn to play [D] it, right?
You got to know when to hold them
[G]
No, and hold up
[G]
Know when to [D] walk away
[G] Know when [A] to run you [D] never count your money
[G] When you sit at [D] the table, [G] there'll be time enough for [D] counting
[B] when the deal is [D] done
Every gambler knows [G] that the secret to [D] surviving
[G] Is knowing what [D] to throw away
[G] And knowing what [A] to keep
[D] Cuz every hand's a winner
[G] Every hand's [D] a loser
[G] The best that you can hope for [A] is to die in your [D] sleep
When he finished speaking
[G] He turned back towards [D] the window
[G] Crushed out [D] his cigarette [G] faded off [A] to sleep
[D] somewhere in the darkness
[G] The gambler he [D] broke even [G] but in his final [D] words
I [A] found an ace that I could [D] keep
You got to know when to hold them
[G]
No, and hold them
[G]
Know [D] when to walk away
[G] Know when [A] to run you [D] never count your money
[G] When you sit at [D] the table, there'll be time enough for counting
[A] when the deal [D] is done
You got to know when to hold them
[G]
Know when to [D] hold them
[G]
Know when to [D] walk away
Know [A] when to run you [D] never count your money
[G] When you sit [D] at the table, [G] there'll be time enough [D] for counting
[A] when the [D] deal is done
The gambler from Kenny Rogers, my name is George Posley.
Thank you for [B] watching
[N]
I'd like to do another song now from Kenny Rogers entitled the gambler
[D]
On warm summer's evening
[G] on a train bound for [D] nowhere
[G] Met up with a gambler.
[G] We were both too tired to [A] sleep
So we [D] took turns of staring [G] out the window at [D] the darkness
[G] till autumn [D] overtook us
[A] And he [D] began to speak
He said son I've made a life
[G] Out of reading people's faces [G] and knowing what their [D] cards were [G] by the way they held [A] their eyes
[D]
If you don't mind me saying [G] I can see you're out [D] of aces [G] or a taste of [D] your whiskey
[A] I'll give you [D] some advice
So I handed him my bottle and he drank down my last swallow
[G] Then he bombed [D] a cigarette
[G] And asked me for [A] a light [D] and the night got deathly quiet
[G] And his face lost [D] all expression
Said if you're gonna [D] play the game [A] boy, you gotta learn to play [D] it, right?
You got to know when to hold them
[G]
No, and hold up
[G]
Know when to [D] walk away
[G] Know when [A] to run you [D] never count your money
[G] When you sit at [D] the table, [G] there'll be time enough for [D] counting
[B] when the deal is [D] done
Every gambler knows [G] that the secret to [D] surviving
[G] Is knowing what [D] to throw away
[G] And knowing what [A] to keep
[D] Cuz every hand's a winner
[G] Every hand's [D] a loser
[G] The best that you can hope for [A] is to die in your [D] sleep
When he finished speaking
[G] He turned back towards [D] the window
[G] Crushed out [D] his cigarette [G] faded off [A] to sleep
[D] somewhere in the darkness
[G] The gambler he [D] broke even [G] but in his final [D] words
I [A] found an ace that I could [D] keep
You got to know when to hold them
[G]
No, and hold them
[G]
Know [D] when to walk away
[G] Know when [A] to run you [D] never count your money
[G] When you sit at [D] the table, there'll be time enough for counting
[A] when the deal [D] is done
You got to know when to hold them
[G]
Know when to [D] hold them
[G]
Know when to [D] walk away
Know [A] when to run you [D] never count your money
[G] When you sit [D] at the table, [G] there'll be time enough [D] for counting
[A] when the [D] deal is done
The gambler from Kenny Rogers, my name is George Posley.
Thank you for [B] watching
[N]
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Good day and welcome to my sunny sunroom recording studio.
I'd like to do another song now from Kenny Rogers entitled the gambler
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
On warm summer's evening _
[G] on a train bound for [D] nowhere _
[G] Met up with a gambler.
[G] We were both too tired to [A] sleep _
So we [D] took turns of staring _ [G] out the window at [D] the darkness
_ [G] till autumn _ [D] overtook us
[A] And he [D] began to speak _ _ _ _
He said son I've made a life
[G] Out of reading people's faces [G] and knowing what their [D] cards were [G] by the way they held [A] their eyes
_ _ [D]
If you don't mind me saying [G] I can see you're out [D] of aces [G] or a taste of [D] your whiskey
_ [A] _ I'll give you [D] some advice
_ _ _ So I handed him my bottle and he drank down my last swallow
[G] Then he bombed [D] a cigarette
_ [G] And asked me for [A] a light [D] and the night got deathly quiet
[G] And his face lost [D] all expression
_ Said if you're gonna [D] play the game [A] boy, you gotta learn to play [D] it, right?
_ _ _ You got to know when to hold them
_ _ [G]
No, and hold up
[G] _ _
Know when to [D] walk away
[G] _ Know when [A] to run you [D] never count your money
[G] When you sit at [D] the table, [G] there'll be time enough for [D] counting
_ [B] _ when the deal is [D] _ done _ _ _ _
Every gambler knows [G] that the secret to [D] surviving
_ [G] Is knowing what [D] to throw away
[G] And knowing what [A] to keep
_ [D] Cuz every hand's a winner
_ _ [G] _ Every hand's [D] a loser
[G] The best that you can hope for [A] is to die in your [D] sleep
_ _ _ _ _ When he finished speaking
_ [G] He turned back towards [D] the window
_ [G] _ Crushed out [D] his _ cigarette [G] _ faded off [A] to sleep
_ _ [D] somewhere in the darkness
_ [G] The gambler he [D] broke even [G] but in his final [D] words
I [A] found an ace that I could [D] keep
_ _ _ _ You got to know when to hold them
_ _ [G]
No, and hold them
_ [G] _
Know [D] when to walk away
[G] _ Know when [A] to run you [D] never count your money
[G] When you sit at [D] the table, there'll be time enough for counting
_ [A] _ _ when the deal [D] is done
_ _ _ You got to know when to hold them
_ [G] _
Know when to [D] hold them
[G] _ _
Know when to [D] walk away _
Know [A] when to run you [D] never count your money
[G] When you sit [D] at the table, [G] there'll be time enough [D] for counting
_ _ [A] _ when the [D] deal is done _ _ _ _ _
_ _ The gambler from Kenny Rogers, my name is George Posley.
Thank you for [B] watching _
_ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Good day and welcome to my sunny sunroom recording studio.
I'd like to do another song now from Kenny Rogers entitled the gambler
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
On warm summer's evening _
[G] on a train bound for [D] nowhere _
[G] Met up with a gambler.
[G] We were both too tired to [A] sleep _
So we [D] took turns of staring _ [G] out the window at [D] the darkness
_ [G] till autumn _ [D] overtook us
[A] And he [D] began to speak _ _ _ _
He said son I've made a life
[G] Out of reading people's faces [G] and knowing what their [D] cards were [G] by the way they held [A] their eyes
_ _ [D]
If you don't mind me saying [G] I can see you're out [D] of aces [G] or a taste of [D] your whiskey
_ [A] _ I'll give you [D] some advice
_ _ _ So I handed him my bottle and he drank down my last swallow
[G] Then he bombed [D] a cigarette
_ [G] And asked me for [A] a light [D] and the night got deathly quiet
[G] And his face lost [D] all expression
_ Said if you're gonna [D] play the game [A] boy, you gotta learn to play [D] it, right?
_ _ _ You got to know when to hold them
_ _ [G]
No, and hold up
[G] _ _
Know when to [D] walk away
[G] _ Know when [A] to run you [D] never count your money
[G] When you sit at [D] the table, [G] there'll be time enough for [D] counting
_ [B] _ when the deal is [D] _ done _ _ _ _
Every gambler knows [G] that the secret to [D] surviving
_ [G] Is knowing what [D] to throw away
[G] And knowing what [A] to keep
_ [D] Cuz every hand's a winner
_ _ [G] _ Every hand's [D] a loser
[G] The best that you can hope for [A] is to die in your [D] sleep
_ _ _ _ _ When he finished speaking
_ [G] He turned back towards [D] the window
_ [G] _ Crushed out [D] his _ cigarette [G] _ faded off [A] to sleep
_ _ [D] somewhere in the darkness
_ [G] The gambler he [D] broke even [G] but in his final [D] words
I [A] found an ace that I could [D] keep
_ _ _ _ You got to know when to hold them
_ _ [G]
No, and hold them
_ [G] _
Know [D] when to walk away
[G] _ Know when [A] to run you [D] never count your money
[G] When you sit at [D] the table, there'll be time enough for counting
_ [A] _ _ when the deal [D] is done
_ _ _ You got to know when to hold them
_ [G] _
Know when to [D] hold them
[G] _ _
Know when to [D] walk away _
Know [A] when to run you [D] never count your money
[G] When you sit [D] at the table, [G] there'll be time enough [D] for counting
_ _ [A] _ when the [D] deal is done _ _ _ _ _
_ _ The gambler from Kenny Rogers, my name is George Posley.
Thank you for [B] watching _
_ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _