Kenny Rogers chords by Wyclef Jean

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Verse 1
D 
Yo I'm happy to be in the south
To set off my tour in the countryside
But who better to set it
off for me than this man right here
Yo this Kenny Rogers chillin on
the country side
With men like Wyclef (uh huh) Jerry
Wonder (uh huh)
Big jack (mm- hmm) big beast
(mm- hmm)
And we gon' do something
like this for you

Verse 2
D 
You got to know when to hold 'em
(yeah, yeah!)
Know when to fold 'em
(DJ's, DJ's!)
Know when to walk away
(hip- hop, hip- hop!)
Know when to run (Yeah, yeah!)
You got to count your
dubplates (ghetto, ghetto)
G 
Before you touch the turntables
D 
(all hoods!)
A 
Bm 
'Cause if you run out of big tunes
A 
D 
That means your sound is done
(y'all ready?)
A 
F#m 
G 
You got to know when to hold  'em
A 
G 
Know when to fold 'em
(soundbwoys)
A 
F#m 
Know when to walk away
A 
D 
Know when to run (hey, hey, hey, hey)
You got to count your dub- plates
G 
Before you touch the turntables
D 
(DJs)
Bm 
'Cause if you run out of big tunes
A 
D 
A 
That means your sound is done
D 
Get the hell up!

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Verse 3
A 
'Clef said,
get the hell up!
F#m 
Now throw your hands in the sky
G 
A 
D 
Brooklyn in the back shootin' craps,
G 
y'all, wassup?
A 
D 
Ladies, lookin' hot and pretty
A 
Doin' your thing in the club,
G 
house of Diddy
A 
(Worldwide) the gritty commit
G 
tee pity the fool that
A 
G 
Act in the midst of the calm,
D 
the witty
G 
D 
(You got to know when to hold
'em) y'all know the name!
A 
Same assassin from before,
but the beat just changed a little
G 
A 
Riddle me this, though, who flip flows
D 
F#m 
A 
That got women in they thongs
G 
gettin' it on but not Sisqo?
A 
Select your squad team and ya ain't
G 
A 
D 
They know my flow muy caliente,
G 
fuego
F#m 
A 
G 
No disrespect to soundbwoys, but
F#m 
A 
you better step away from me
D 
A 
Easily defeat measly
D 
MCs and tease you
G 
A 
Ease back, squeeze two in your wig
G 
and breeze through

Verse 4
A 
F#m 
G 
You got to know when to hold 'em
A 
Know when to fold 'em
G 
(soundbwoys)
A 
F#m 
Know when to walk  away
A 
D 
Know when to run (hey, hey, hey, hey)
You got to count your dub- plates
G 
Before you touch the turntables
D 
(DJs)
Bm 
'Cause if you run out of big tunes
A 
D 
That means your sound is done

Verse 5
G 
A 
Come on, come on (get the hell
G 
A 
up!)
Soundbwoys ('clef said,
D 
G 
get the hell up!)
A 
D 
(Now throw your hands in the sky)
G 
A 
Yo, this combination gon' bust
F#m 
from Brooklyn to shanghai
A 
Feel the boogie- boogie,
Henny got me tipsy- tipsy
F#m 
A 
D 
Kenny rogers  and Pharoahe Monch? No
F#m 
way, this can't be
A 
D 
G 
48 tracks, country meets rap
A 
Put this on full blast,
F#m 
I'm about to break all   formats
A 
D 
G 
My destiny is to lead while y'all follow
A 
This is showtime and I'm live
D 
at the Apollo

Verse 6
You got to know when to hold 'em
G 
D 
Know when to fold 'em
G 
D 
Know when to walk away
Em 
A 
Know when to run
D 
You got to count your dub- plates
G 
Before you touch the turntables
D 
(DJs)
Bm 
'Cause if you run out of big tunes
A 
D 
That means your sound is done
A 
F#m 
A 
You got to know when to hold  'em
D 
Know when to fold 'em
G 
(soundbwoys)
A 
F#m 
Know when to walk away
A 
G 
D 
Know when to run (hey, hey, hey, hey)
You got to count your dub- plates
G 
Before you touch the turntables
D 
(DJs)
Bm 
'Cause if you run out of big tunes
A 
D 
That means your sound is done