{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1945985,"song":"The Gambler","artist":"Don Schlitz","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11435154-the-gambler-chords-by-don-schlitz/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1945985?type=chord","rating":4.86452,"votes":16,"content":"Original version by Don Schlitz.  \r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]C[/ch], [ch]F[/ch], [ch]C[/ch], [ch]F[/ch], [ch]C[/ch], [ch]Am[/ch], [ch]G[/ch]. [ch]C[/ch], [ch]F[/ch], [ch]C[/ch], [ch]F[/ch], [ch]C[/ch], [ch]G[/ch], [ch]C[/ch].\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                           [ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOn a warm summer's evening, on a train bound for nowhere[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI met up with a gambler, we were both too tired to sleep[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                           [ch]F[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSo we took turns a-staring out the window at the darkness[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe boredom overtook us and he began to speak[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]F[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch] \r\nHe said, \"Son, I've made my life out of reading people's faces[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]Am[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]            \r\nAnd knowing what the cards were by the way they held their eyes[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                     [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSo if you don't mind my sayin', I can see you're out of aces[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFor a taste of your whiskey, I'll give you some advice\"[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                 [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSo I handed him my bottle and he drank down my last swallow[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThen he bummed a cigarette and asked me for a light[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                        [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd the night got deathly quiet, and his face lost all expression[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSaid, \"If you're gonna play the game, boy, you gotta learn to play it right\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                 [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou got to know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nKnow when to walk away, know when to run[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou never count your money when you're sittin' at the table[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThere'll be time enough for countin', when the dealin's done[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                          [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch] \r\nNow, every gambler knows, the secret to survivin'[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIs knowing what to throw away, knowing what to keep[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                         [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]   \r\n'Cause every hand's a winner and every hand's a loser[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd the best you can hope for, is to die in your sleep[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                               [ch]F[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSo when he'd finished speakin', he turned back toward the window[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nCrushed out his cigarette and faded off to sleep[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                    [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThen somewhere in the darkness, the gambler he broke even[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut in his final words, I found an ace that I could keep[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]x3\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                 [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou got to know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nKnow when to walk away, know when to run[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou never count your money when you're sittin' at the table[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThere'll be time enough for countin', when the dealin's done [/tab]","plain_text":"Original version by Don Schlitz.  \n\n[Intro]\nC, F, C, F, C, Am, G. C, F, C, F, C, G, C.\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]x3","chords":["C","F","Am","G"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}