Ace In The Hole chords by Burl Ives

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This town is full of

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guys
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who think they're mighty wise
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Just because they know a thing or two
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You meet them night and day
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Strolling up and down Broadway
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Telling of the wonders they can do.
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There's conmen and there's boosters,
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There's card sharks and crapshooters,
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They congregate along the Metropole.
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They wear flashy ties and collars,
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But where they get their dollars,
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They all have that old ace
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down in the hole
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Some of them send to
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their old folks for coins
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This is their ace down in
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the hole
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Others have friends in
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the old Tenderloin
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This is the race down in the hole
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And they tell you of trips
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that they're going to take
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From Florida to the North Pole
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But their names would be mud
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Like a chump plane stud
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If they lost that old ace
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down in the hole
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Some love their friend
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to their old folks to join
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That's their old ace down in
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the hole
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Others have friends in the
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old tender loins
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It's nice to have an old lease
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down in your home
They tell you of money
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They tell you of money
that they might have spent
And then they go ahead
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and flash a big, big bankroll
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But they'd all be in the breadline
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If they lost that old ace down in the hole
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If they lost that old ace down in
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the hole you