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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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Blues Brothers-Shake Tailfeather

[INTRO BPM - 157 - No drums] Run- E-5 A-3 E-5 A-3 4 
[D5] [G7] [D5] [A7]

[Verse 1]
Well I
[D7] heard about the fellow you've been [G7] dancin' with ..all 
[D7] over the neighbourhood [G7] So 
[D7] why didn't you ask me [Bm] baby? Or
[E7] Didn't you think I could? [A7] (Drums in) 
Well I 
[D7] know that the boogaloo is [G7] outta sight and the
[D7] shingaling the thing to [G7] night .. Would it 
[D7] happen to me and you [Bm] baby? I wanna 
[E7] show you how to do it right... [A7] 
[A7] Do it right. Uh huh. Do it right. 
Do it right, do it right, do it right, 
do it right ! Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

[Chorus] 
[D] Twist it! [G7] Shake it, shake it, shake it, shake it [D] baby! [A7] 
[G] Here we go loop de loop [D] Shake it out baby
[G] Here we go loop de la
[A7] Bend over, let me see you shake your tailfeather
Bend over, let me see you shake your tailfeather
Come on, let me see you shake your tailfeather 
Come on, let me see you shake your tailfeather
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! 

[Horn bit - Dxxx Dxxx DxGxg GgGxx - Chords are just D and G repeatedly] 
Come
[D] on ....[G] come on baby [D] .... [G] Yeah come on 
[D] .... [G] Come on [D] baby ... [G] Do the 
[D] twist [G] Do the [D] quack [G] Do the 
[D] swim [G] (Ha! Ha! Ha!) And do the 
[D] bird [G] Do the [D] duck [G] Do the 
[D] monkey [G] Wa [D] tusi [G] What about the 
[D] fuge [G] Do the [D] mashed potato [G] What about the 
[D] boogaloo [G] The Phoney Moroney [D] [G] Come 
[D] on ! [G] Let's do the [D] twist [G] 
[A] Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

[Chorus ver 2] 
[D] Twist it! [G] Shake it, shake it, shake it, shake it [D] baby [G] 
[D] Twist it! [G] Shake it, shake it, shake it, shake it [D] baby [G] 

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