The Gambler

The Gambler: Chords

Intro:
MIb7  LAb  MIb7  LAb

     MIb
On a warm summer's evening
     LAb             MIb
On a train bound for nowhere
                   
I met up with the gambler
                          SIb
We were both too tired to sleep
   MIb
So we took turns a-starin'
        LAb           MIb
Out the window at the darkness
    LAb         MIb
The boredom overtook us
SIb              MIb
 And he began to speak

He said, "Son, I've made a life
       LAb              MIb
Out of readin' people's faces
LAb              MIb
Knowin' what the cards were
                           SIb
By the way they held their eyes
   MIb
So if you don't mind my sayin'
      LAb               MIb
I can see you're out of aces
      LAb           MIb
For a taste of your whiskey
     SIb             MIb
I'll give you some advice"
                    
So I handed him my bottle
       LAb                MIb
And he drank down my last swallow
                 
Then he bummed a cigarette
                   SIb
And asked me for a light
        MIb
And the night got deathly quiet
        LAb             MIb 
And his face lost all expression
                 LAb            MIb
Said, "If you're gonna play the game, boy
          SIb              MIb
You gotta learn to play it right

              MIb
You've got to know when to hold 'em
LAb           MIb
 Know when to fold 'em
LAb           MIb
 Know when to walk away
                 SIb
And know when to run
          MIb
You never count your money
            LAb            MIb
When you're sittin' at the table
                  LAb       MIb
There'll be time enough for countin'
SIb                MIb
 When the dealin's done

MI
 Every gambler knows
         LA           MI
That the secret to survivin'

Is knowin' what to throw away
                    SI
And knowin' what to keep
       MI
'Cause every hand's a winner
    LA             MI
And every hand's a loser
        LA                MI
And the best that you can hope for
      SI          MI
Is to die in your sleep"

And when he'd finished speakin'
   LA                     MI
He turned back toward the window
               
Crushed out his cigarette
             SI
Faded off to sleep
    MI
And somewhere in the darkness
    LA               MI
The gambler he broke even
    LA           MI
But in his final words
           SI               MI
I found an ace that I could keep

              MI
You've got to know when to hold 'em
LA            MI
 Know when to fold 'em
LA            MI
 Know when to walk away
                 SI
And know when to run
          MI
You never count your money
            LA             MI
When you're sittin' at the table
                  LA        MI
There'll be time enough for countin'
SI                 MI
 When the dealin's done

              MI
You've got to know when to hold 'em
LA            MI
 Know when to fold 'em
LA            MI
 Know when to walk away
                 SI
And know when to run
          MI
You never count your money
            LA             MI
When you're sittin' at the table
                  LA        MI
There'll be time enough for countin'
SI                 MI
 When the dealin's done

              MI
You've got to know when to hold 'em
LA            MI
 Know when to fold 'em
LA            MI
 Know when to walk away
                 SI
And know when to run
          MI
You never count your money
            LA             MI
When you're sittin' at the table
                  LA        MI
There'll be time enough for countin'
SI                 MI
 When the dealin's done

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The Gambler è un brano interpretato e inciso da Kenneth Donald Rogers, meglio conosciuto come Kenny Rogers, contenuto nell'album omonimo pubblicato nel 1978. Sesto disco di inediti per il cantautore texano, rappresenta il suo apice artistico... poi confermato per buona parte dei successivi anni Ottanta. La canzone è il brano d'apertura del lato A e porta la firma del collega country Don Schlitz; scritta nel 1976, era stata incisa originariamente da Bobby Bare.

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L'autore del post

Alberto Moneti

36 anni, polistrumentista: pianoforte, chitarra, batteria, clarinetto. Ha conseguito la licenza in teoria musicale e solfeggio presso il Conservatorio Cherubini di Firenze. Dal 1997 è organista presso la Basilica di Santa Maria del Sasso, a Bibbiena (AR).