This is the chord progression of Gambler by Kenny Rogers on Piano, Guitar, Ukulele and Keyboard.

D                                G/D                                         D
On a warm summer\’s evening\’ 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.

D                                             G/D                                             D
He said, \”Son, I\’ve made a life out of reading\’ 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 saying\’, 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.\”

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.

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 sitting\’ at the table.
G                       D                                             A                       D
There\’ll be time enough for counting\’ when the dealing\’s done.

D                                             G                        D
Every gambler knows that the secret to surviving
A
is knowin\’ what to throw away and knowing what to keep.
D                                             G                                             D
\’Cause every hand\’s a winner and every hand\’s a loser,
G                       D                                             A                       D
and the best that you can hope for is to die in your sleep.\”

D                                             G                                             D
And when he\’d finished speaking, 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.

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 sitting\’ at the table.
G                       D                                             A                       D
There\’ll be time enough for counting\’ when the dealing\’s done.

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