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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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Doobie Brothers-Long Train

[Intro  - BPM 117 - No drums high riff]
   [Gm7] [Gm7] [Gm7]      [Dm7]
E -10-----10-10------10---10--
B -10h11--11-11------11---10--
G -10-----10-10------10---10--
D -10h12--12-12------12---10--
A -10-----10-10------10---10--
E -10-----10-10------10---10--
Dr B          S    B      S

[Verse]
[Verse riff]
   [Gm7] [Gm7] [Gm7] [Dm7]
E -3-----3-3------3---5-----
B -3-----3-3------3---6----
G -3-----3-3------3---5----
D -3-----3-3------3---7----
A -3h5---5-5------5---5------
E -3-----3-3------3---5----
Dr B       S    B     S

[Gm7] Down around the corner, half a mile from here
See them long trains run, and you watch them disappear

[Chorus]
Without love [Cm7] where would you be now [Gm7] 
Without lo [Eb] --o--- [Dsus4] -o [D] -ove [Gm7] 

[Verse]
You [Gm7] know I saw miss Lucy down along the tracks
She lost her home and her family and she won't be coming back

[Chorus]
Without love [Cm7] where would you be now [Gm7] 
Without lo [Eb] --o--- [Dsus4] -o [D] -ove [Gm7] 

[Verse]
Well the Ill [Gm7] inois Central    
And the [Gm7] Southern Central Freight
Got to [Gm7] keep on pushin' mama
You [Gm7] know they're running late

[Chorus]
Without love [Cm7] where would you be now [Gm7] 
Without lo [Eb] --o--- [Dsus4] -o [D] -ove [Gm7] 
 
[Solo- Verse chords]
[Gm7]  [Cm7] [Gm7]
[Eb] [Dsus4] [D] [Gm7]

[Verse - Rhythm changes to (BB) S B S for Gm7 section]
   [Gm7] 
E -3-----------------
B -3-----------------
G -3-----------------
D -3--5---------------
A -3--5---------------
E -3-----------------
Dr B  B  S    B     S

Well the Ill [Gm7] inois Central    
And the [Gm7] Southern Central Freight
Got to [Gm7] keep on pushin' mama
You [Gm7] know they're running late

[Chorus]
Without love [Cm7] where would you be now [Gm7] 
Without lo [Eb] --o--- [Dsus4] -o [D] -ove [Gm7] 

[Verse - Rhythm - drop snare just bass drum]         
Well the [Gm7] pistons keep on turning
A  nd the whe [Gm7] els go round and round   [F] 
The [Gm7] steel rails are cold and hard
[F] For the [Gm7] miles that they go down

[Chorus]
Without love [Cm7] where would you be now [Gm7] 
Without lo [Eb] --o--- [Dsus4] -o [D] -ove
[Cm7]
ooh (drums stop)

[Intro riff] back in - ad lib til end
 - bring drums back in at some point
[Gm7] [Gm7] [Gm7] [Dm7]
B     S     B     S

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