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Kenny Rogers-The Gambler - BPM - 135

[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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Sam Fender-Rein Me In - BPM - 135

[Intro Arp intro - no drums]
[Badd11-x24400] [C#m7-046650] [F#m7] [Aadd9-x02200] x 2
 
[Verse 1 - Chords straight ish - no embellishments]
[Badd11]  I let go  [C#m7] of everything I ever 
[F#m7]  had      [Aadd9]      
[Badd11]  'Cause I couldn't [C#m7] give the love you des 
[F#m7] erved     [Aadd9]      
[Badd11]  By The [C#m7] |Gunner, you shouted, "Oh, my 
[F#m7] God"       [Aadd9]      
[Badd11]  It seemed [C#m7] churlish, but it's what I was 
[F#m7] owed, I supp [Aadd9] ose  

[Badd11]  Every [C#m7] flagstone of this town 
[F#m7]  bears our [Aadd9] prints 
[Badd11]  And all the [C#m7] bars round here serve my 
[F#m7] ghosts and [Aadd9] carcasses
[Badd11]  I wish I [C#m7] knew these things when I 
[F#m7] was young  [Aadd9]      
[Badd11]  'Cause [C#m7] now I've just gone so 
[F#m7]  numb     [Aadd9]      
 
[Chorus - Drums stop - 'strum then arps' figure]
[Badd11]  We [C#m7] take whatever we [Aadd9] can to 
get the reason 
[Badd11] back  [C#m7] So please don't [Aadd9] rein me in

[Drums back - Put triplet strums on A in- Asus2 to A and the 
x07670 x07690 figure at end]

[Badd11] (Ooh) Don't [C#m7] rein me [F#m7] in [Aadd9]    
[Badd11]  (Ooh) Please don't [C#m7] rein me  [F#m7] in [Aadd9]      
I'm [Badd11] working myself up to a [C#m7] nice, warm bliss (Ooh)
All my [F#m7] memories of you ring like [Aadd9] tinnitus
If I [Badd11] stop, it's just pain (Ooh)
Please don't [C#m7] rein me  [F#m7] in [Aadd9]      
 
[Verse 2 - Straight chords]
[Badd11] There's nothing [C#m7] brave in walking 
a[F#m7]lone [Aadd9]    
[Badd11] Love in exile has nowhere to [C#m7]go, so come on 
[F#m7]home   [Aadd9]
[Badd11] Mmm, don't run a [C#m7] way from my 
[F#m7]tenderness [Aadd9]
[Badd11] You're so afraid of that [C#m7] heart inside your 
[F#m7] chest [Aadd9]  ... We were doing so well

[Badd11] well but you were scared to be [C#m7] held
Took the easiest [F#m7] way out [Aadd9] ... I see the tears of
[Badd11] man , too proud to reach for a  [C#m7] hand
Oh, let my love keep you [F#m7] safe now [Aadd9] so please don't
 
[Chorus - Full chords and embellishments]  
[Badd11] (Ooh) Don't [C#m7] rein me [F#m7] in [Aadd9]    
[Badd11]  (Ooh) Please don't [C#m7] rein me [F#m7] in [Aadd9]      
I'm [Badd11] working myself up to a [C#m7] nice, warm bliss (Ooh)
All my [F#m7] memories of you ring like [Aadd9] tinnitus
If I [Badd11] stop, it's just pain (Ooh)
Please don't [C#m7] rein me  [F#m7] in [Aadd9]         
 
[Bridge - Keep embellishments - START LOOP]
And  
[Badd11] I'm,  [C#m7]  I'm stood here 
[F#m7] chewing everybody's lugs  [Aadd9] off (Ooh)
[PLAY LOOP]
[Badd11] (Ooh) [C#m7] Telling everybody how much  
[F#m7] I fucked it up   [Aadd9]      
[Badd11] (Ooh) [C#m7] Telling everybody how much  
[F#m7] I fucked it up   [Aadd9]      
[Badd11] (Ooh) [C#m7] Telling everybody but you, 
[F#m7]  how much I fucked it  
[Aadd9] up        
[Badd11] [C#m7] slow [F#m7] down - [Aadd9] rein me in     

[Instrumental - Solo]
[Badd11] [C#m7] [F#m7] [Add9]
 
[Chorus]
[Badd11] (Ooh) Don't [C#m7] rein me [F#m7] in [Aadd9]    
[Badd11]  (Ooh) Please don't [C#m7] rein me  [F#m7] in [Aadd9]      
I'm [Badd11] working myself up to a [C#m7] nice, warm bliss (Ooh)
All my [F#m7] memories of you ring like [Aadd9] tinnitus
If I [Badd11] stop, it's just pain (Ooh)
Please don't [C#m7] rein me  [F#m7] in [Aadd9]    
[Repeat] 
 
[Outro]
[Badd11] [C#m7] [F#m7] [Add9]

Lots of vibrato
4 bars
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