Key: Eb major•
Verse 1
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Ab
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On a warm
summer's evening,
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Eb
on a train bound for nowhere,
I met up with a gambler.
Bb
We were both too tired to sleep,
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so we took turns a -staring.
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Eb
Out the window at the darkness,
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Eb
till boredom overtook us,
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Eb
and he began to speak.
He said, son, I've made a life out
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of reading people's faces
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And knowing what the cards were
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by the way they held their eyes
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So if you don't mind my saying,
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Eb
I can see you're out of aces
For a taste of your whiskey,
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Eb
I'll give you some advice
So I handed him my bottle
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Eb
and he drank down my last swallow
Then he bombed a cigarette
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and asked me for a light
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And the night got deathly quiet
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Eb
And his face lost all expression
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Eb
Said if you're gonna play the game, boy
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You gotta learn to play it right
You got to know when to hold up
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Eb
Know when to fold up
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Eb
Know when to walk away
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And know when to run
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You never count your money
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When you're sittin' at the table
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There'll be time enough for countin'
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Eb
When the dealin's done
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Every gambler knows
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E
That the secret to survivin'
Is knowin' what to throw away
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Knowin' what to keep
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Cause every hand's a winner,
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E
and every hand's a loser
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E
And the best that you can hope for
B
is to die in your sleep
E
And when he finished speaking,
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E
he turned back toward the window
Crushed out a cigarette,
B
faded off to sleep
E
And somewhere in the darkness,
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E
the gambler he broke even
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E
But in his final words
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E
I found an ace that I could keep
You got no when to hold up,
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E
no when to fold up
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E
No when to walk away
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and no when to run
E
A
E
You never count your money
A
When you're sittin' at the table
E
A
E
There'll be time enough to count
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E
When the dealin's done,
you got no when to hold up
A
E
No when to fold up,
A
E
no when to walk away
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B
No when to run,
E
A
you never count your money
E
A
E
When you're sittin' at the table,
there'll be time enough for countin'
B
E
When the dealin's done,
you got no when to hold up
A
E
Know when to fold them,
A
E
know when to walk away,
B
know when to run
E
A
You never count your money
E
A
when you're sittin' at the table
E
A
E
There'll be time enough countin'
B
E
when the deal is done
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsEb Ab Bb E A...
Eb
Ab
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E
A
B
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