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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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Foo Fighters-My Hero

[Drum Intro - HALF TIME FEEL ON HI HAT - PLAY NICE AND SLOW]
B x bS Bb -  x bB S x
B x bS Bb -  x bB S S

[Intro - C#m on offbeat after snare] 
[E]     [C#m]       x4
[F#5]   [A] (Drums stop)
  
[Verse 1 - C#m comes in ahead of beat - lyrics straight to start but start on second note] 
[E]   Too a   [C#m]larming now,    to  [E] talk about [C#m]    
[E]   Take your  [C#m]pictures down, and  [E] shake it out  [C#m]    
[E]   Truth or  [C#m]con sequence,    [E] say  it a      [C#m]loud
[E]   Use that  [C#m]e  vidence,  [E] race it a    [C#m]round
 
[Chorus - Backward drums for As]
[A]   There goes my hero, watch him as he [E]goes
[A]   There goes my hero, he's ordinary  [E] 
[riff - 2 climbs]
[F#5]   [A] (Drums stop)
 
[Bendy riff - 1 bar - bend prompts the snare pickup FBF]

[Drums back in - Verse 2 - C#m on offbeats]
[E]   Don't the  [C#m]best    of them,  [E] bleed it out  [C#m]    
[E]   While the  [C#m]rest    of them,  [E] peter out  [C#m]    
[E]   Truth or  [C#m]con      sequence,  [E] say it a   [C#m]loud
[E]   Use that  [C#m]e  vidence,  [E] race it a    [C#m]round
 
[Chorus - Backward drums for As]
[A]   There goes my hero, watch him as he  [E] goes
[A]   There goes my hero, he's ordinary  [E] 
[riff - 2 climbs]
[F#5]   [A] (Drums stop)

[Bendy riff - x2 - Main drums stop - Crashes on chords below]
[E] x x x x x x x - [E] x x [C#m] x x x x x - repeat

[Build - 8 bars - Strum chord louder louder]
[E]
 
[Bridge] 
[E]   Ku dos  my [C#m]  hero,  [E]leaving all  [C#m]      the best
[E]   You know  my [C#m] hero, the  [E]one that's ooooooooon  [C#m]    
 
[Chorus - Backward drums for As]
[A]   There goes my hero, watch him as he  [E] goes
[A]   There goes my hero, he's ordinary  [E] 
[riff - 2 climbs]
[A]   There goes my hero, watch him as he  [E] goes
[A]   There goes my hero, he's ordinary  [E] 
[riff - 2 climbs]
 
[F#5]   [A] (Stop)
[Bit of guitar waffle :-)]

[END]
[Riff for chorus]
  [A]   [Fm/A]      [E][Emj7] [Eadd9]
E -------2-----------0-0-0----0-----
B -2-2-2-2-----------0-0-0----0-----
G -2-2-2-2--(repeat)-1-1-1----x-----
D -2-1-2-2-----------2-1-2----4-----
A -0-----0-----------2-2-2----2-----
E -------------------0-0-0----0-----

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