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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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Carpenters-Rainy Days and Mondays

 [Intro - BPM 75]
Cm7   Cm7/Bb-635343   Abmaj7    Gm7
Fm7    Bb11(Bsus4)     Ebmaj7    Gm7
Fm7    Bb11
Ebmaj7 Ab/Eb    Ebmaj7   Ab/Eb
 
[Verse]
Eb           Gm/D             Gm7b5/Db-x4336x C7sus4 C7
Talking to myself and feeling old;
Fm7                   Gm7   Abmaj7                Gm7
Sometimes I'd like to quit, nothing ever seems to fit;
Cm7             Abmaj7  Gm7   Fm7        Bb11     Ebmaj7  Gm7
Hanging   a  -  round,        nothing to do but   frown
Fm7                    Bb11          Ebmaj7/Bb-668786 
Rainy days and Mondays always get me down.
Bb11-6888xx  Ebmaj7/Bb Bb11
 
[Verse]
Eb                 Gm/D             Gm7b5/Db  C7sus4 C7
What I've got they used to call the blues.
Fm7               Gm7    Abmaj7                  Gm7
Nothing is really wrong, feeling like I don't belong,
Cm7     Cm7/Bb   Abmaj7  Gm7  Fm7          Bb11      Ebmaj7/G    Gm7
Walking         around,       some kind of lone - ly clown
Fm7                    Bb11          Ebmaj7/Bb   Bb11   Ebmaj7/Bb  
Rainy days and Mondays always get me down.
 Bb   G7/B
 
[Bridge]
Cm7          Abmaj7         Fm7     Bb11      Ebmaj7
Funny but it seems I always wind up here with you.
Gm7        Abmaj7        Bb11    Bb7
   Nice to know somebody loves me.
Cm7           Abmaj7              Fm7  Bb11     Ebmaj7
Funny, but it seems that it's the only thing to do
Gm7         Abmaj7           Bb11           Bb7                
    Run and find the one who lo-o-oves  me-e-e-e. (the one who 
Abmaj7/Bb-6x5544   Bb7
loves       me)
 
[Verse]
Eb              Gm/D            Gm7b5/Db  C7sus4 C7
What I feel has come and gone before;
Fm7                Gm7  Abmaj7                   Gm7
No need to talk it out, we know what it's all about;
Cm7  Cm7/Bb   Abmaj7   Gm7  Fm7        Bb11   Ebmaj7/G  Gm7
Hanging     around,         nothing to do but frown -
Fm7                    Bb11          Ebmaj7/Bb   Bb11  Ebmaj7/Bb  
Rainy days and Mondays always get me do-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-own.
Bb G7/B
 
[Instrumental]
Cm7    Abmaj7  Fm7   Bb11   Ebmaj7
Gm7    Abmaj7  Bb11  Bb     G7/B
 
[Bridge]
Cm7           Abmaj7               Fm7  Bb11     Ebmaj7           Gm7
Funny, but it seems that it's the only  thing to do (only thing to do)
        Abmaj7           Bb11          Bb7       Gm7       C7sus4  C7
Run and find the one who loves  me.
                        (ooooo  ooooo  ooo   ooo ooo  ooo  oooo   ooo )
 
[Key Change - Verse]
F           Am/E-x77555         Am7b5/Eb--x6558x  D7sus4 D7
What I feel has come and gone before;
Gm7                Am7  Gm7                   Am7
No need to talk it out, we know what it's all about;
Dm7  Dm7/C  Bbmaj7   Am7   Gm7        C11     Fmaj7/A   Am7
Hanging     around,        nothing to do but  frown
Gm7                    C11             Fmaj7/C  C11   A7/C#
Rainy days and Mondays always  get me  down.
 
[Coda]
Dm7           Bbmaj7    Gm7        C11    Fmaj7/A  Am7
Hanging       around,   nothing to do but frown -
Bbmaj7                 Gm7 Am7  C11
Rainy days and Mondays al- ways ge-e-e-t me-e-e-
 
Fmaj7    Gm7   Fmaj7   Gm7   Fmaj7      Gm7  Fmaj7
do-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o  o-o-own.

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