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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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Bryan Adams-Summer of 69

[Intro - BPM 140 - with Asus2 could try x07600]
Chug on [D] - no drums - optional to play G before A during verse

[Verse 1 - No drums - Down stroke strumming chug]
[D] I got my first real six-string [G]
[A] Bought it at the five-and-dime [G]
[D] Played it 'til my fingers bled [G]
[A] It was the summer of '69 [G]

[Verse 2 - Bass on 1 only, snare at usual times - move to slow strum]
[D] Me and some guys from school [G]
[A] Had a band and we tried real hard [G]
[D] Jimmy quit, Joey got married [G]
[A] I shoulda known we'd never get far

[Chorus 1 - Full drums - BAd DoG] 
[Bm] Oh, when I [A] look back now
[D] That summer seemed to [G] last forever
[Bm] And if I [A] had the choice
[D] Yeah, I'd always [G] wanna be there
[Bm] Those were the [A] (stop) best days of my 

[Instrumental - Up and down strumming - very open]
Life
[Dsus2 D Dsus4 D Dsus2 D] [Asus2 A Asus4 A Asus2 A] x 2 

[Verse 3]
[D] Ain't no use in complainin' [G]
[A] When you got a job to do [G]
[D] Spent my evenin's down at the drive in [G]
[A] And that's when I met you, yeah [G]

[Chorus 2] 
[Bm] Standin' on your [A] mama's porch
[D] You told me that you'd [G] wait forever
[Bm] Oh, and when you [A] held my hand
[D] I knew that it was [G] now or never
[Bm] Those were the [A] best days of my [D] life

[Instrumental]
[Dsus2 D Dsus4 D Dsus2 D] [Asus2 A Asus4 A Asus2 A] x 2 
Oh yeah Back in the summer of '69 Ohhh

[Bridge] 
[F] Man, we were [Bb] killin' time
We were [C] young and restless
We [Bb] needed to unwind
[F] I guess [Bb] nothin' can last 
for [C] ever, forever no

[Instrumental - No drums until fill on final A - just follow chords stab with snare]
[Dsus2 D Dsus4 D Dsus2 D] [Asus2 A Asus4 A Asus2 A] x 2 

[Verse 4]
[D] And now the times are changin' [G]
[A] Look at everything that's come and gone [G]
[D] Sometimes when I play that old six-string [G]
[A] I think about you, wonder what went wrong

[Chorus 3] 
[Bm] Standin' on your [A] mama's porch
[D] You told me that it'd [G] last forever
[Bm] Oh, and when you [A] held my hand
[D] I knew that it was [G] now or never
[Bm] Those were the [A] best days of my [D] life

[Outro] 
[Dsus2 D Dsus4 D Dsus2 D] [Asus2 A Asus4 A Asus2 A] x ad lib - solo out 
Oh yeah Back in the summer of '69 uh huh/ooh etc - repeat

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