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Kenny Rogers-The Gambler - BPM - 61

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

(bass drum on 2 and 4 to begin with - no snare)
So I [G] handed him my bottle and he [C] drank down my last [G] swallow;
[G] Then he bummed a cigarette and [G] asked me for a [D] light,
And the [G] night got deathly quiet, and his [C] face lost all [G] expression,
' said "If you're [C] gon na play the [G] game, boy, ya gotta [D] learn to play it [G] right.

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

[Verse]
[A] Every gambler knows that the [D] secret to [A] survivin'
[A] Is knownin' what to throw away and knowin' what to [E] keep
'Cause [A] every [E] hand's a [A] winner, and [D] every hand's a [A] loser,
And the [D] best that you can [A] hope for is to [E] die in your [A] sleep."

[Verse]
And [A] when he finished speakin', he [D] turned back toward the [A] window,
[A] Crushed out his cigarette and faded off to [E] sleep, (drums stop)
And [A] somewhere [E] in the [A] darkness, the [D] gambler, he broke [A] even,
But [D] in his final [A] words I found an [E] ace that I could [A] keep.

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

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

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

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Pink Floyd-Wish You Were Here - BPM - 61

Harmonica is -
Vocal Patches - - -
[LOOPING NOTES - PLAY OPENING CHORDS WITH RIFF AND THEN CAN LOOP WHILST YOU PLAY OVER THE TOP]

[Looping] Instrumental chords - play once with drum after 1st verse - then have them stored for later section - Allude to bass line whilst chords ringing out rather than specifically articulating

[Intro]                                  
                     Em7                G            
e|-------------------3-3----------------3-3---------|
B|-------------------3-3----------------3-3---------|
G|-------------------0-0------0---------0-0---------|   
D|----------0--2-----2-2---2-----2--0---0-0---------| x2
A|-----0h2-----------2-2----------------2-2---------|   
E|--3----------------0-0----------------3-3---------|   
                                                        
                     Em7               A7sus4           
e|-------------------3-3----------------3-3---------|   
B|-------------------3-3----------------3-3---------|   
G|-------------------0-0----------------2-2---------|   
D|----------0--2-----2-2--2--0----------2-2---------| x2
A|-----0h2-----------2-2--------2--0----0-0---------|   
E|--3----------------0-0----------------------------|   
                                                        
               G                                        
e|-------------3-3-------|                              
B|-------------3-3-------|                              
G|-------------0-0-------|                              
D|-------------0-0-------|                              
A|--0-2-0------2-2-------|                              
E|---------3---3-3-------|                              

[Verse 1]                  
 [C] So, so you think you can t [D/F#] ell,
Heaven from H [Am/E] ell, blue skies from pa [G] in.
Can you tell a green  [D/F#] field from a cold steel 
ra [C] il, a smile from a ve [Am] il
Do you think you can t [G] ell?

[Verse 2]                                  
Did they get you to tr [C] ade your heroes for  [D/F#] ghosts,
Hot ashes for tr [Am/E] ees, hot air for a coo [G] l breeze, 
cold comfort for cha [D/F#] nge,
And did you exchan [C] ge a walk on part in the  
[Am] war for a lead role in a ca [G] ge?

[Instrumental]                          
Em7  G  Em7  G  Em7  A7sus4  Em7  A7sus4  G

[Verse 3]                        
 [C] How I wish, how I wish you were  [D/F#] here
We're just  [Am/E] two lost souls swimming in a 
fish bowl,  [G] year after year,
 [D/F#]  Running over the same old ground.  [C] What have we found?
The same old  [Am] fears. Wish you were here!  [G]  

[Instrumental]
Em7  G  Em7  A7sus4  Em7  A7sus4  G  x2

[End]
During instrumental play Bass line the same way you 
play superstition
Initial climb up just hammer on to B from A whilst 
playing G - strum the rest
Back to G - D string - 5 2
Back to A - A string 7 5 E string 7
Back to Em (in A section) E string 5h7 A string 5
Final riff before hand on G - E string 5 7 5


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