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Kenny Rogers-The Gambler - BPM - 95

[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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Bill Withers-Just The Two Of Us - CHECK CHORDS - BPM - 95

Capo 1st fret
 
Chords:
Cmaj7    x32000
B7       x21202
Em7      022030 or x7978x
Dm7      xx0211 or x5756x
G7       320001
Ebm7     x11x2x or x6867x
 
[Intro - Half bar each - drums is Bxxx xxxB Bxxx xxxx - double bass figure on second chords]
Cmaj7    B7    Em7    (Dm7  G7)  
Cmaj7    B7    Em7    Em7 
(repeat)
 
[Verse 1]
Cmaj7        B7                Em7
   I see the crystal raindrops fall
        Dm7    G7    Cmaj7
And the beauty of it all
            B7                Em7            
Is when the sun comes shining through

Cmaj7            B7             Em7
   To make those rainbows in my mind
       Dm7      G7      Cmaj7
When I think of you sometime
            B7                   Em7
And I wanna spend some time with you
 
[Chorus]
         Cmaj7      B7        Em7  
Just the two of us,    we can make 
   Ebm7  Dm7
it if we try
G7       Cmaj7     B7           Em7
Just the two of us    (just the two 
of us)
         Cmaj7      B7          
Just the two of us,    building 
Em7     Ebm7   Dm7
castles in the sky
G7       Cmaj7      B7         Em7
Just the two of us,    you and I
 
[Verse 2]
Cmaj7          B7                
   We look for love, no time for 
Em7
tears
       Dm7     G7       Cmaj7
Wasted water's all that is
             B7              Em7
And it don't make no flowers grow
 
Cmaj7                B7            
   Good things might come to those 
    Em7
who wait
            Dm7       G7       Cmaj7
But not for those who wait too late
         B7            Em7
We gotta go for all we know
  
[Chorus]
         Cmaj7      B7        Em7  
Just the two of us,    we can make 
   Ebm7  Dm7
it if we try
G7       Cmaj7     B7           Em7
Just the two of us    (just the two 
of us)
         Cmaj7      B7              
Just the two of us,    building them
 Em7     Ebm7   Dm7
 castles in the sky
G7       Cmaj7      B7         Em7
Just the two of us,    you and I
 
[Solo] (all positions relative to 
capo on 1st fret)
   Cmaj7        B7          Bbmaj7  
e|-7--5-------7--5h7------|-5--3----
B|-5----8--5--4-----------|-3----6--
G|-5----------4-----------|-3-------
D|-5----------4-----------|-3-------
A|------------------------|---------
E|------------------------|---------
     A7        Abmaj7       G7      
---5---------|------------3--1-3---1
3--2---------|-8--6-------0---------
---2---------|-5----8--5--0---------
---2---------|-6----------x---------
-------------|------------x---------
-------------|------------3---------
  Cmaj7   F13
|-7-------10---------|
|-8---8---8----------|
|-9-------8----------| x2
|---------7----------|
|---------8----------|
|--------------------|
 
[Interlude]
Cmaj7    B7    Em7    (Dm7  G7)  
Cmaj7    B7    Em7    Em7
(repeat) 
 
[Verse 3]
Cmaj7         B7                Em7
   I hear the crystal raindrops fall
       Dm7    G7       Cmaj7
On the window down the hall
         B7                Em7
And it becomes the morning dew
 
Cmaj7           B7               
   And darling, when the morning 
Em7
comes
      Dm7     G7      Cmaj7
And I see the morning sun
        B7              Em7
I wanna be the one with you
 
[Chorus]
         Cmaj7      B7        Em7  
Just the two of us,    we can make 
   Ebm7  Dm7
it if we try
G7       Cmaj7     B7           Em7
Just the two of us    (just the two 
of us)
         Cmaj7      B7              
Just the two of us,    building big 
Em7     Ebm7   Dm7
castles way on high
G7       Cmaj7      B7         Em7
Just the two of us,    you and I

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