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Kenny Rogers-The Gambler - BPM - 77

[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 DRUMS - BPM - 77

[Intro]
                 *
R CfFfFfFf FfFfSfSf-
L ----S--- ----S-S--
F B-B---BB -BB------  X 3
* second time only - 

[Intro 2 - half the sub divisions]                
R C-H-H-H- H-H-H-H-        C---F-C- ----F-F-   
L ----S--- ----S---        ---F-F-- ----S-S-     
F B--B--BB -BBB----  X 3   B-----B- -----B-B       
* second time only - 

[Verse] (drums quite straight BxSB xxSx with crashes on 1 and 4 )
[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]
R C------T -TT-S-F-  
L ----SS-F -FF--S-F x 8 
F B---B--- B---B---    
[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)

[Back in - Guitar at *]
                     *
R C---F-C- C-------  C------- ----F-F-
L ---F-F-- --------  -------- ----S-S-     
F B-----B- B-------  B------- -----B-B  

[Verse]
[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]
[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)

[Back in]
R C---F-C- --------
L ---F-F-- --------   
F B-----B- --------  

R C------- -------- C-----C- -------- 
L -------- -------- ----S--- --------  x 2
F B------- -------- B-----B- -------- 

[Build] Total 8 (4 bars but counting 8 makes more sense)
Unison for 6
Momma Dadda rolls for 2

[Bridge - Drums as per verse] 
[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]x2

[Final drums]
R C---F-C-    
L ---F-F--    
F B-----B- 
 
[End] Drum arrangement

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