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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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Radiohead-High and Dry

[BPM 88 Intro Riff 1 - F#m11 = x44200 for verse - 244x00 for Chorus
for verse first finger remains pressed at all times whilst moving from one chord to the next]

[F#m] [Asus2] [E]
Slide from one to the other
E -444-2-2------222-0-0-----0-0--0---
B -000-0-0------000-0-0-----0-0--0--
G -666-4-4------444-2-2-----2-2--1--
D -666-4-4------444-2-2-----2-2--2--
A -000-0-0------444-0-0-----0-0--2--
E -------------------------------0--
Repeat - drums in at end of riff

[Verse 1]
[F#m11-x44200] Two jumps in a week........................................
I bet you [Asus2] think that's pretty clever don't you [E] boy [Esus4] [E] 
[F#m11] Flying on your motorcycle
[Asus2] Watching all the ground beneath you [E] drop [Esus4] [E] 
You'd [F#m11] kill yourself for recognition
[Asus2] Kill yourself to never ever [E] stop [Esus4] [E] 
You [F#m11] broke another mirror
You're [Asus2] turning into something you are [E] not [Esus4] [E] 

[Chorus]
Don't leave me [F#m11-244x00] high ......... [Asus2] ........
Don't leave me [E] dry
Don't leave me [F#m11] high [Asus2] 
Don't leave me [E] dry

[Interlude]
(Riff 1) [F#m] [Asus2] [E]

[Verse]
[F#m11] Drying up in conversation
[Asus2] You will be the one who cannot [E] talk [Esus4] [E] 
[F#m11] All your insides fall to pieces
[Asus2] You just sit there wishing you could [E] still make love [Esus4] [E] 
[F#m11] They're the ones who'll hate you
When you [Asus2] think you've got the world all [E] sussed out [Esus4] [E] 
[F#m11] They're the ones who'll spit at you
You [Asus2] will be the one screa [E] ming out [Esus4] [E] 

[Chorus]
Don't leave me [F#m11-244x00] high ......... [Asus2] ........
Don't leave me [E] dry
Don't leave me [F#m11] high [Asus2] 
Don't leave me [E] dry

[Interlude 2]
F#m11 Asus2 E [2x]

[Bridge]
It's the [F#m11] best thing that you ever had
The [Asus2] best thing that you ever, eve [E] r had
It's the [F#m11] best thing that you ever had
The [Asus2] best thing you ever had has gone [E] away [Esus4] [E] 

[Chorus]
Don't leave me [F#m11-244x00] high ......... [Asus2] ........
Don't leave me [E] dry
Don't leave me [F#m11] high [Asus2] 
Don't leave me [E] dry

[End]
*Chords Used Intro Octaves 
      F#m11 Asus2 E  Esus4  G#  F#  E 
e|-----------0----0----0----------------|
B|-----0-----0----0----0----------------|
G|-----2-----2----1----2----13--11--9---|
D|-----2-----2----2----2-----x---x--x---|
A|-----x-----0----2----2----11---9--7---|
E|-----2----------0----0-----------(0)--|

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