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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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Tenacious D-Tribute

[Intro riff - * = emphasis]
E ----------------
B ---------------3
G --0h2--0h2*------
D --0h2*-0h2-------
A 0---------------
E ----------------

[Am] This is the greatest and best song in the world... Tribute.
 
[Verse 1] (no drums)
[Am] Long time ago me and my brother Kyle here, (riff)
[Am] We was hitchhikin' down a long and lonesome road. (riff)
[Am] All of a sudden, there shined a shiny demon... (riff)
[Am] In the middle of the road. .... And he said:
 
(strum palm muted)
[A5] "Plaaay     the best song in the world,      or I'll eat your souls."
 
(back to normal picking)
[Am] Well me and Kyle, we looked at each other,
[Am] And we each said... "Okay"
 
[Am] And we played the first thing that [G] came to our heads,
[F] Just so happened to be,
[Am] The Best Song in the [G] World, it was [F] The Best Song in the World.
 
[Chorus 1] (Drums in)
[D] Look into my eyes and it's [F] easy to see .. One and 
[C] one make two, two and [G] one make three, It was (drop snare)
[F] destiny. (snare pick up)
[D] Once every hundred-thousand [F] years or so, When the 
[C] sun doth shine and the [G] moon doth glow And the 
[F] grass don't grow...
 
[Verse 2] (drums just bass drum)
[Am] Needless to say, the beast was stunned.
[Am] Whip-crack went his schwumpy tail,
[Am] And the beast was done.
[Am] He asked us: "Be you angels?" (prep for high A to be sung)
[Am] And we said, "Nay. We are but men!" ROCK!
 
[Interlude] (full drums)
[D] Ahhh, [F] ahhh, [C] ahhh-ah- [G] ah,
[F] Ohhh, whoah, 
[F] ah-whoah-oh!
[F] ah-whoah-oh!

 
[Chorus 2]
[Am] This is not  [Am]  The [G] Greatest Song in the [Am] World. (riff)
[Am] No,          [Am] this is just a [G] tribute. [Am] 
[Am] Couldn't remember [Am] The [G] Greatest Song in the [Am] World. (riff)
[Am] No,          [Am]  this is a [G] tribute, [Am] oh. (vocals allude to Amaj interesting)
 
[Am]     [G] To The Greatest [D] Song in the [F] World, All right!
[Am]     [G] It was The Greatest [D] Song in the [F] World, All right!
[Am]     It was the best mutha [G] fuckin' song
The greatest [D] song in the [F] world.
 
(drums stop - acapella bit but play chords staccato with rhythm of words)
[Am]     Dee      soo guh [G] goo gee goo    gee     Goo guh
[D]  fli-goo gee goo,      guh fli- [F] goo ga goo   buh-dee  eeeh
[Am] Ooh-guh-goo  bee,    ooh guh guh [G] bee    guh guh bee
[D] Fli-goo gee goo, a-fli-guh [F] woo wa mama Lucifer!

[Vamp / Solo] 
Am G D F
Am G D F
 
 
[Interlude - SPOKEN]
[Am] And the peculiar [G] thing is this my friends:
[D] The song we sang on that [F] fateful night,
It didn't [Am] actually sound [G] anything like this [D] song.
 
[Verse 3] 
[F] This is just a 
[Am] tribute! You [G] gotta be [D] lieve me!
Man, I [F] wish you were 
[Am] there! Just a [G] matter of opin [D] ion.
Ah, [F] what the fuck! 
[Am] Good God, [G] gotta love 'em,
[D] So surprised to [F] find you can't stop me now.
[Am] A fiery [G] ring of fire!
[D] Rich motherfucker, the [F] perfect song!
 
[Outro] [Solo]
[E] [F] All [E] right! [F] 
[E] [F] All [E] right! [F] 
[E] ------- [F] -------- [F] ---------- [F] ---

[End]
[A]

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