Biography:
Kenneth Ray Rogers (August 21, 1938 – March 20, 2020) was a prolific American country music singer, songwriter, actor, record producer, businessman, and entrepreneur. Kenny Rogers graduated from Jefferson Davis High School in Houston. He was elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2013. Though he was most successful with country audiences, Rogers charted more than 120 hit singles across various music genres, topped the country and pop album charts for more than 200 individual weeks in the United States alone
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Other songs:
- Coward Of The County
- Eyes That See In The Dark
- Gambler
- Islands In The Stream
- Just Dropped In (to See What Condition My Condition Was In)
- Lucille
- Ruby (don't Take Your Love To Town)
- The Gambler
- Through The Years
- Unforgettable
- You Decorated My Life
- Ruby, Don’t Take Your Love To Town
- A Love Song
- A Soldiers King
- All I Ever Need Is You
- Blaze Of Glory
- Buy Me A Rose
- Christmas Everyday
- Crazy
- Daytime Friends
- Evening Star
- Every Time Two Fools Collide
- For The Good Times
- For The Love Of God
- Goodbye Marie
- He Will She Knows
- I Can Feel You Drifting
- I Cant Unlove You
- I Dont Need You
- I Will Always Love You
- If I Ever Fall In Love Again
- If I Were A Painting
- If You Want To Find Love
- Just Dropped In
- Lady
- Laura Whats He Got That I Aint Got
- Love Lifted Me
- Love The World Away
- Love Will Turn You Around
- Mary Did You Know
- Morning Desire
- My World Is Over
- One Life
- Reuben James
- Ruby
- Ruby Dont Take Your Love To Town
- Rueben James
- Scarlet Fever
- She Believes In Me
- Slow Dance More
- So Little Love In The World
- Someone Must Feel Like A Fool
- Someone Must Feel Like A Fool Tonight
- Somethings Burning
- Son Of Hickory Hollers Tramp
- Sunshine
- Sweet Music Man
- That Crazy Feeling
- The Greatest
- The Greatest Gift Of All
- The King Of Oak Street
- Though The Years
- Tudod
- Twenty Years Ago
- Vows Go Unbroken
- Weve Got Tonight
- Wonderful Tonight
- You And I
- You Cant Make Old Friends
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Chords:
A D Em/A G G/D
e|---0------2------0------3------3----|
B|---2------3------0------0------0----|
G|---2------2------0------0------0----|
D|---2------0------2------0------0----|
A|---0-------------0------5------2----|
E|------------------------5------0----|
[Verse 1]
D G/D D
On a warm summer's evenin' on a train bound for nowhere,
A
I met up with the gambler; we were both too tired to sleep.
D G/D D
So we took turns a starin' out the window at the darkness
G/D D A D
'til boredom overtook us, and he began to speak.
[Verse 2]
D G/D D
He said, "Son, I've made a life out of readin' people's faces,
A
and knowin' what their cards were by the way they held their eyes.
D G/D D
And if you don't mind my sayin', I can see you're out of aces.
G/D D A D
For a taste of your whiskey I'll give you some advice."
[Verse 3]
D G D
So I handed him my bottle and he drank down my last swallow.
A
Then he bummed a cigarette and asked me for a light.
D G D
And the night got deathly quiet, and his face lost all expression.
G D A D
Said, "If you're gonna play the game, boy, ya gotta learn to play it right.
[Chorus]
D G D
You got to know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em,
G D A
know when to walk away and know when to run.
D Em/A D G D
You never count your money when you're sittin' at the table.
G D A D
There'll be time enough for countin' when the dealin's done.
[Slide capo to 2nd fret]
[Verse 4]
D G D
Ev'ry gambler knows that the secret to survivin'
A
is knowin' what to throw away and knowing what to keep.
D G D
'Cause ev'ry hand's a winner and ev'ry hand's a loser,
G D A D
and the best that you can hope for is to die in your sleep."
[Verse 5]
D G D
And when he'd finished speakin', he turned back towards the window,
A
crushed out his cigarette and faded off to sleep.
D G D
And somewhere in the darkness the gambler, he broke even.
G D A D
But in his final words I found an ace that I could keep.
[Chorus]
D G D
You got to know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em,
G D A
know when to walk away and know when to run.
D Em/A D G D
You never count your money when you're sittin' at the table.
G D A D
There'll be time enough for countin' when the dealin's done.
(Repeat chorus once and end)
A D Em/A G G/D
e|---0------2------0------3------3----|
B|---2------3------0------0------0----|
G|---2------2------0------0------0----|
D|---2------0------2------0------0----|
A|---0-------------0------5------2----|
E|------------------------5------0----|
[Verse 1]
D G/D D
On a warm summer's evenin' on a train bound for nowhere,
A
I met up with the gambler; we were both too tired to sleep.
D G/D D
So we took turns a starin' out the window at the darkness
G/D D A D
'til boredom overtook us, and he began to speak.
[Verse 2]
D G/D D
He said, "Son, I've made a life out of readin' people's faces,
A
and knowin' what their cards were by the way they held their eyes.
D G/D D
And if you don't mind my sayin', I can see you're out of aces.
G/D D A D
For a taste of your whiskey I'll give you some advice."
[Verse 3]
D G D
So I handed him my bottle and he drank down my last swallow.
A
Then he bummed a cigarette and asked me for a light.
D G D
And the night got deathly quiet, and his face lost all expression.
G D A D
Said, "If you're gonna play the game, boy, ya gotta learn to play it right.
[Chorus]
D G D
You got to know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em,
G D A
know when to walk away and know when to run.
D Em/A D G D
You never count your money when you're sittin' at the table.
G D A D
There'll be time enough for countin' when the dealin's done.
[Slide capo to 2nd fret]
[Verse 4]
D G D
Ev'ry gambler knows that the secret to survivin'
A
is knowin' what to throw away and knowing what to keep.
D G D
'Cause ev'ry hand's a winner and ev'ry hand's a loser,
G D A D
and the best that you can hope for is to die in your sleep."
[Verse 5]
D G D
And when he'd finished speakin', he turned back towards the window,
A
crushed out his cigarette and faded off to sleep.
D G D
And somewhere in the darkness the gambler, he broke even.
G D A D
But in his final words I found an ace that I could keep.
[Chorus]
D G D
You got to know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em,
G D A
know when to walk away and know when to run.
D Em/A D G D
You never count your money when you're sittin' at the table.
G D A D
There'll be time enough for countin' when the dealin's done.
(Repeat chorus once and end)
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