The Gambler

Kenny Rogers

{title: The Gambler}
{artist: Kenny Rogers}

On a [D] warm summer's evenin' on a [G] train bound for [D] nowhere,
I met up with the gambler; we were both too tired to [A] sleep.
So [D] we took turns a starin' out the [G] window at the [D] darkness
'til [G] boredom over [D] took us, [A] and he began to [D] speak
He said, [D] “Son, I've made a life out of [G] readin' people's [D] faces, and knowin' what their cards were by the way they held their [A] eyes And if [D] you don't mind my sayin', I can [G] see you're out of [D] aces For a [G] taste of your [D] whiskey I'll [A] give you some [D] advice”
So I [D] handed him my bottle and he [G] drank down my last [D] swallow Then he bummed a cigarette and asked me for a [A] light And the [D] night got deathly quiet, and his [G] face lost all ex[D]pression Said, "If you're [G] gonna play the [D] game boy, ya gotta [A] learn to play it [D] right
You got to [D] know when to hold 'em, [G] know when to [D] fold 'em, [G] know when to [D] walk away and know when to [A] run You never [D] count [G] your [D] money when you're [G] sittin' at the [D] table There'll be [G] time enough for [D] countin' [A] when the dealin's [D] done
[D] Ev'ry gambler knows that, the [G] secret to surv[D]ivin' is knowin' what to throw away and knowing what to [A] keep 'Cause [D] ev'ry hand's a winner and [G] ev'ry hand's a [D] loser, and the [G] best that you can [D] hope for is to [A] die in your [D] sleep
And [D] when he'd Finished speakin', he [G] turned back towards the [D] window, crushed out his cigarette and faded off to [A] sleep And [D] somewhere in the darkness the [G] gambler, he broke [D] even But [G] in his final [D] words I found an [A] ace that I could [D] keep
You got to [D] know when to hold 'em, [G] know when to [D] fold 'em, [G] know when to [D] walk away and know when to [A] run You never [D] count [G] your [D] money when you're [G] sittin' at the [D] table There'll be [G] time enough for [D] countin' [A] when the dealin's [D] done
You got to [D] know when to hold 'em, [G] know when to [D] fold 'em, [G] know when to [D] walk away and know when to [A] run You never [D] count [G] your [D] money when you're [G] sittin' at the [D] table There'll be [G] time enough for [D] countin' [A] when the dealin's [D] done

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