Artist: | Kenny Rogers (English) |
User: | Frenzel Art Organo Tolito |
Duration: | 130 seconds |
Delay: | 12 seconds |
Chord names: | Not defined |
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Comment: | - |
[Intro]
D#7 - G#/C - D#7 - G#/C
[Verse 1]
D#
On a warm summer's evening'
G#/C D#
on a train bound for nowhere,
D#
I met up with the gambler;
A#
we were both too tired to sleep.
D#
So we took turns
G#/C D#
a staring out the window at the darkness
G#/C D#
'til boredom overtook us,
A# D#
and he began to speak.
[Verse 2]
D#
He said, "Son, I've made a life
G#/D# D#
out of reading' people's faces,
G#/D# D#
and knowing what their cards were
G#/D# A#
by the way they held their eyes.
D#
And if you don't mind my sayin',
#/ D# D#
I can see you're out of aces.
G#/D# D#
For a taste of your whiskey
A# D#
I'll give you some advice."
[Verse 3]
D#
So I handed him my bottle
G# D#
and he drank down my last swallow.
D#
Then he bummed a cigarette
A#
and asked me for a light.
D#
And the night got deathly quiet,
G# D#
and his face lost all expression.
G# D#
Said, "If you're gonna play the game, boy,
A# D#
ya gotta learn to play it right.
[Chorus]
D#
You got to know when to hold 'em,
G# D#
know when to fold 'em,
G# D#
know when to walk away
A#
and know when to run.
D# G# D#
You never count your money
G# D#
when you're sitting' at the table.
D# G# D#
There'll be time enough for counting'
A# D# D#
when the dealing's done.
[Verse 4]
E
Every gambler knows that
A E
the secret to surviving'
E
is knowing' what to throw away
B
and knowing 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
B E
is to die in your sleep."
[Verse 5]
E
And when he'd finished speaking',
A E
he turned back towards the window,
E
crushed out his cigarette
B
and faded off to sleep.
E (single strums)
And somewhere in the darkness
A E
the gambler, he broke even.
A E
But in his final words
B E (resume)
I found an ace that I could keep.
[Chorus]
E
You got to know when to hold 'em,
A E
know when to fold 'em,
A E
know when to walk away
B
and know when to run.
E A E
You never count your money
A E
when you're sitting' at the table.
E A E
There'll be time enough for counting'
B E
when the dealing's done.
(acapella with drums)
E
You got to know when to hold 'em,
A E
know when to fold 'em,
A E
know when to walk away
B
and know when to run.
E A E
You never count your money
A E
when you're sitting' at the table.
E A E
There'll be time enough for counting'
B E (resume)
when the dealing's done.
E
You got to know when to hold 'em,
A E
know when to fold 'em,
A E
know when to walk away
B
and know when to run.
E A E
You never count your money
A E
when you're sitting' at the table.
E A E
There'll be time enough for counting'
B E
when the dealing's done.