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Kenny Rogers-The Gambler - sr - 200

[Verse - No drums]
     G                          C               G
On a warm summer's evening on a train bound for nowhere
  G                              G                 D
I met up with a gambler, we were both too tired to speak
   G                               C             G
So we took turns a-starin' out the window at the darkness
     C           G       D7                G
'Til boredom overtook us   and he began to speak.
         G                             C                G
He said, "Son, I've made a life out of readin' people's faces,
G                                                        D
Knowin' what their cards were by the way they held their eyes,
       G                               C                 G
And if you don't mind me sayin', I can see you're out of aces,
          C             G              D               G
And for a taste of your whiskey   I'll give you some advice."

(bass drum on 2 and 4 to begin with - no snare)
     G                           C                  G
So I handed him my bottle and he drank down my last swallow;
G                                G              D
  Then he bummed a cigarette and asked me for a light,
        G                                C               G
And the night got deathly quiet, and his face lost all expression,
                  C                 G                   D                G
' said "If you're gon   na play the game, boy, ya gotta learn to play it right.
 
[Chorus - Half time shuffle]
           G                      C                G
You got to know when to hold 'em,     Know when to fold 'em,
C                G                          D
    Know when to walk away And know when to run.
          G     D    G                  C              G
You never count your money  When you're sittin' at the table;
            C               G          D                   G
There'll be time enough for countin'     When the dealin's done.
 
[Verse]
A                            D            A
Every gambler knows that the secret to survivin'
A                                                  E
Is knownin' what to throw away and knowin' what to keep
       A     E        A           D              A
'Cause every hand's a winner, and every hand's a loser,
        D                 A              E           A
And the best that you can hope for is to die in your sleep." 

[Verse]
    A                             D                      A
And when he finished speakin', he turned back toward the window,
A                                            E
Crushed out his cigarette and faded off to sleep, (drums stop)
    A         E      A             D                 A
And somewhere in the darkness, the gambler, he broke even,
    D            A                E                A
But in his final words I found an ace that I could keep.  
 
[Chorus - Drums back in]
           A                      D               A
You got to know when to hold 'em,    Know when to fold 'em,
D              A             A            E
  Know when to walk away And know when to run.
          A     E    A                  D              A
You never count your money  When you're sittin' at the table;
            A     D         A           E                      A
There'll be time enough for countin'        When the dealin's done.
 
[Chorus]
           A                      D               A
You got to know when to hold 'em,    Know when to fold 'em,
D              A             A            E
  Know when to walk away And know when to run.
          A     E    A                  D              A
You never count your money  When you're sittin' at the table;
            A     D         A           E                      A
There'll be time enough for countin'        When the dealin's done.

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

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Cure-Friday I'm In Love

[Phaser Patch - Intro - BPM 136 - No drums] 
(Fret D major then lift fingers off as needed then ready to go straight into D)
e|---------0--2--0-----0--|
B|------3-----------3-----|
G|---0--------------------|

[Full drums riff - play twice]
   D       G          D         A
e|-2-2-22-02----------2-2-22-0--5-3-2-------|
B|-3-3-33-3X----------3-3-33-3--2----5------|
G|-2-2-22-20----------2-2-22-2--2-----------|
D|-0-0-00--0--------------------2-----------|
A|---------X--------------------0-----------|
E|---------3--------------------------------|

*lift barre off when playing Bm to get high E
(A7sus4 part alludes to opening riff)
   Bm      G          D       A   A7sus4
e|-2-2-22-02----------2-22-2--x---0--2-0-X|
B|-3-3-33-3X----------3-33-3--2---3------3|
G|-4-4-44-40----------2-22-4--2---0-------|
D|-4-4-44--0------------------2---2-------|
A|-2-2-22--X------------------0-----------|
E|---------3------------------------------|
  
[Verse 1 - on A7sus4 play high E 0 2 figure] 
[############Scroll position start - no additional scroll needed#########]
[D] I don't care if  [G] Monday's blue
[D] Tuesday's grey and  [A] Wednesday too
[Bm] Thursday I don't  [G] care about you
It's  [D] Friday I'm in  [A7sus4] love  
  
[Verse 2] 
[D] Monday you can  [G] fall apart
[D] Tuesday Wednesday  [A] break my heart
[Bm] Thursday doesn' [G] t even start
It's [D] Friday I'm in [A7sus4] love  
  
[Chorus - Double snare after G - BxSx SxSB - A comes in offbeat final B] 
[G] Saturday [A] wait
[Bm] And Sunday alway [G] s comes too late
But [D] Friday never [A] hesitate...
  
[Verse 3] 
[D] I don't care if  [G] Mondays black
[D] Tuesday Wednesday  [A] heart attack
[Bm] Thursday never  [G] looking back
It's  [D] Friday I'm in  [A7sus4] love  
  
[Interlude  - Full drums intro riff] 
D  G  D  A  Bm  G  D  A7sus4
  
[Verse 4] 
[D] Monday you can  [G] hold your head
[D] Tuesday Wednesday  [A] stay in bed
Or  [Bm] Thursday watch the  [G] walls instead
[D] It's Friday I'm in  [A7sus4] love  
  
[Chorus - Double snare after G] 
[G] Saturday  [A] wait
[Bm] And Sunday always [G] comes too late
But [D] Friday never [A] hesitate...
  
[Bridge - Bm C D A repeat] 
[Bm] Dressed up to the  [C] eyes, 
it's a wonderful sur [D] prise To see your  
[A] shoes and your spirits 
[Bm] rise - Throwing out your [C] frown 
and just smiling at the [D] sound And as sleek as a 
[A] shriek spinning round and round
[Bm] Always take a big [C] bite, it's such a gorgeous 
[D] sight ......To see you 
[A] eat in the middle of the 
[Bm] night .You can never get e[C]nough . enough of this 
[D] stuff - It's Friday 
[A7sus4] I'm in love [############]  
[Repeat Verse 1] 
[D] I don't care if [G] Monday's blue
[D] Tuesday's grey and [A] Wednesday too
[Bm] Thursday I don't [G] care about you
It's  [D] Friday I'm in [A7sus4] love   
[Repeat Verse 2] [############]  
[D] Monday you can [G] fall apart
[D] Tuesday Wednesday [A] break my heart
[Bm] Thursday doesn't [G] even start
It's  [D] Friday I'm in [A7sus4] love    
[Outro - as per full drums intro] [############]  
D  G  D  A  Bm  G  D  A  x2 (End on A)

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