The Gambler

A Love Song Collection

Country Classics

Number Ones

This Is Country

Daytime Friends - The Very Best Of Kenny Rogers

Kenneth Donald Rogers (born August 21, 1938, in Houston, Texas) is a prolific American country music singer, photographer, producer, songwriter, actor and businessman. Kenny Rogers graduated from Jefferson Davis High School in Houston.  Although he has been very successful, charting more than 60 top 40 hit singles across various music genres and topping the country and pop album charts for more than 100 individual weeks in the United States alone, many still consider him a vastly underrated artist.

Fmaj7                          E7
Unforgettable, that's what you are
Gm7                           D9sus4
Unforgettable, though near or far
Cm7            Ebm7                   Bbmaj7
Like a song of love that clings to me
         Ab7           G7
How the thought of you does things to me
C9               Am7          C9
Never before has someone been more

Fmaj7                   E7
Unforgettable, in every way
Gm7                                 D9sus4
And forever more, that's how you'll stay
Cm7                  Ebm7            Bbmaj7
That's why, darling, it's incredible
      Ab7       G7
That someone so unforgettable
C9               F             Bb --- C# 7
Thinks that I am unforgettable too



C#9             Am#7        C#9 -- D7
Never before has someone been more...
Gmaj7                   F# 7
Unforgettable, in every way
Am7                                 F9sus4
And forever more, that's how you'll stay
Dm7                  Fm7             Cmaj7
That's why, darling, it's incredible
      Bb7       A7
That someone so unforgettable
Dm7             Fm7   G7       C-- Cmaj7
Thinks that I am unforgettable

Unforgettable

Ruby (Don't take your love to town)
                                                               
C                                         F                  G      Dm
You've painted up your lips an rolled and curled your tinted hair
C                          F             G
Ruby are you contemplating going out somewhere?
    Dm                              G7                 Dm
The shadow on the wall tells me the sun is going down 

   C          F  / Am /  Dm    (Stop)
Oh Ru - - - - by - - - - - - - 
                        C
Don't Take your love to town

   Dm                              C
It wasn't me that started that old crazy Asian war
    Dm                          F         G
But I was proud to go and do my patriotic chore
    Dm                              G7                Dm   
And yes, it's true that I'm not the man I used to be

   C          F  / Am /  Dm           (Stop)
Oh Ru - - - - by - - - - - - - - -
                                      C
I still need some company.

C                                      F            G        Dm
It?s hard to love a man whose legs are bent and paralyzed
        C                                        F         G
And the wants and the needs of a woman your age, Ruby I realize
       Dm                                  G7                  Dm
But it won't be long I?ve heard them say until I?m not around

   C          F  / Am /  Dm    (Stop)
Oh Ru - - - - by - - - - - - - 
                        C
Don't Take your love to town

(No Chords)
She's leavin now cos I heard the slammin of the door

The way I know I've heard it slam one hundred times before

       Dm                          G7                        Dm
And if I could move I'd get my gun and put her in the ground

   C          F  / Am /  Dm    (Stop)
Oh Ru - - - - by - - - - - - - 
                        C
Don't Take your love to town

   C          F  / Am /  Dm           (Stop)
Oh Ru - - - - by - - - - - - - - -

(Spoken) 
For God sakes turn around!

Ruby (don't Take Your Love To Town)

C F C

C                             C6      C
Baby when I met you there was peace unknown
                            C6         C7
I set out to get you with a fine tooth comb.
      F                                     C  
I was soft inside there was something going on.

C                             C6      C
You do something to me that I can't explain
                     C6      C7         F                
Hold me closer and I feel no pain every beat of my heart
                       C           
We got something going on.

C              Fmaj7
Tender love is blind
              F
It requires a dedication.
Fm
All this love we feel needs no conversation.
   C                C6 C
We ride it together uh huh
       C                    C6 C
Making love with each other ah hah.

C
Islands in the stream
C6      F
That is what we are
Dm                        G
No one in between how can we be wrong?
      C           C6  F
Sail away with me to another world
         C                C6 C
And we rely on each other ah hah
         Dm               C6 C
From one lover to another ah hah.


I can't live without you...

Islands In The Stream

G                     C
All my life was a paper, Once plain, pure and white
         G                            G
Till you moved with your pen, changin' moods now and then
        C
Till the balance was right
          G                      C
Then you added some music, ev'ry note was in place
        G                        G                  C
And anybody could see all the changes in me by the look on my face

    G    C                  G    C   B7          Em                     
And you.... decorated my life....., created a world where dreams are 
    D
apart....
    G    C                 G  C    B7              Em                     
And you.... decorated my life..., By paintin' your love all over my 
  Am   D
heart...

You decorated my life

*Like a rhyme with no reason in an unfinished song
There was no harmony life meant nothin' to me, until you cam along
And you brought out the colors, what a gentle surprise
Now I'm able to see all the things life can be shinin' soft in your eyes

You Decorated My Life

|C        |       |             |
In a bar in To-ledo ac-ross from the depot on a
|             |            |G7    |
bar stool she took off her ring
  |Dm             |         |G7
I thought i'd get closer so I walked on over I
|Dm          |G7       |C      |
sat down and asked her name
|        |              |           |
When the drinks finally hit her she said I'm no
|             |            |C7      |F      |
quitter but I finally quit livin on dreams
    |G7        |            |         |
I'm hungry for laughter and here ever after I'm
|          |        |          |C
after what-ever the other life brings

|C     |        |           |         |
In the mirror I saw him and I closely watched him I
|              |             |G7      |
thought how he looked out of place
|       |Dm          |       |G7              |
He came to the woman who sat there be-side me he
|Dm           |G7         |C       |
had a strange look on his face
    |              |            |
The big hands were calloused he looked like a
|              |        |C7           |F      |
mountain for a minute I thought I was dead
    |G7        |           |
But he started shaking his big heart was
|           |             |         |C
breaking he turned to the woman and said

|C           |            |           |F
You picked a fine time to leave me Lu-cille
     |           |              |           |C     |
with four hungry children and a crop in the field
|F            |         |                  |
I've had some bad times lived through some sad times but
|              |             |C
this time your hurting won't heal
|            |G7          |           |C      |
you picked a fine time to leave me Lu-cille.

|C       |         |          |         |
After he left us I ordered more whisky I thought how she'd
|             |G7     |
made him look small
|        |Dm           |             |G7       |
From the lights of the bar room to a rented ho-tel room we
|Dm            |G7        |C      |
walked without talking at all
|         |          |             |
She was a beauty but when she came to me she
|                 |C7         |F      |
must have thought I'd lost my mind
|G7        |                 |          |
I could'nt hold her 'cos the words that told her kept
|           |          |C
coming back time after time

|C           |            |           |F
You picked a fine time to leave me Lu-cille
     |           |              |           |C     |
with four hungry children and a crop in the field
|F            |         |                  |
I've had some bad times lived through some sad times but
|              |             |C
this time your hurting won't heal
|              |G7          |           |C      |
you picked a fine time to leave me Lu-cille.

Lucille

Coward of the County

vs. 1
C                           F             C
Everyone considered him the coward of the county
                                                   G
He never stood one single time to prove the county wrong
C                             F                     C
His mama named him Tommy, but folks just called him yellow
                                   G             C
Something always told me they were reading tommy wrong

vs. 2 chord prog. simile
He was only ten years old when his daddy died in prison.
I looked after Tommy 'cause he was my brother's son.
I still recall the final words my brother said to Tommy:
"Son, my life is over, but yours is just begun".


Chorus. 1
C                     F                  C
Promise me son not to do the things I've done
F              C                G
Walk away from trouble if you can
    C                                F              C
Now it don't mean you're weak if you turn the other cheek
  C                 F            G
I hope you're old enough to understand
F                 G             C
You don't have to fight to be a man


vs. 3
C#                               F#               C#
There's someone for everyone and Tommy's love was Becky
                                             G#
In her arms he didn't have to prove he was a man
C#                                F#               C#
One day while he was workin', the Gatlin Boys came callin'
                                             G#                  C#
They took turns at Becky (spoken in disgust) there were three of them.

vs. 4 chord prog. simile
Tommy opened up the door and saw his Becky cryin'.
The torn dress, the shattered look was more than he could stand.
He reached above the fireplace and took down his daddy's picture.
As his tears fell on his daddy's face, he heard these words again:

Chorus 2
C#                    F#                 C#
Promise me son not to do the things I've done
F#             C#             G#
Walk away from trouble if you can
    C#                               F#             C#
Now it don't mean you're weak if you turn the other cheek
                    F#           G#
I hope you're old enough to understand
F#                G#            C#
You don't have to fight to be a man

vs. 5
D                                           G               D
The Gatlin boys just laughed at him when he walked into the bar room
                                                A
One of the got up and hit him halfway cross the floor
D                                    G                   D
Tommy turned around they said, "Hey, look!  Ol' Yellow's leavin'!"
                                           A                      D
But you coulda heard a pin drop when Tommy stopped and locked the door.

vs. 6 chord prog. simile
Twenty years of crawlin' was bottled up inside him.
He wasn't holdin' nothin' back; he let 'em have it all.
When Tommy left the barroom not a Gatlin boy was standin'.
He said, "This one's for Becky," as he watched the last one fall.
And I heard him say,

chorus 3
D                          G                    D
I promised you Dad, not to do the things you've done
     G              D            A
I'll walk away from trouble if I can
    D                                       G                     D
Now Please don't think I'm weak, I couldn't turn the other cheek
                     A
Papa I sure hope you understand
    G               A                   D
sometimes you gotta fight when you're a man

D                           G             D
Ev'ryone considered him the coward of the county.

Coward Of The County

E-A-Gbm-B

E                        A
You're not meant to be alone
Gbm 
I'll share your dream 
Gbm                             E
I'll show you love you've never known 
Dbm                        Gb
Two flames together in the deep of the night 
               E
I'm up in your love 
                      A
Close by you when you call 
Gbm
I'll take my stand 
Gbm                           E
One chance to make or lost it all 
Dbm                      Gb
This time my journey to wherever you are 
               E         A
I sail on your river so far 
             E           B
My love we'll never be found 
       B
If you believe 

       E         A          E
We got eyes that see in the dark 
        A         E             Gb         B
And the power of love lives for making you mine 
            E        A         B
And in the light of close investigation 
      E     A       B             E
Is it only my imagination? I got you 


Moonlight shining on your face...

We got eyes that see in the dark...

          A
...I got you
          A         B            A
Like the eagle that flies in the sun 
         A           B      A            E
I'll be lost in your fire before we are done 
Gbm
And the view from my window is brighter 
Gbm
Born to be all you need 

       E          A          E
We got eyes that see in the dark...

Eyes That See In The Dark

Capo 1st Fret


     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.


         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."


     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 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]


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."


    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.


           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]

Gambler

Em                            A               Em  
I woke up this morning with the sundown shining in 
  Em                                     B7  
I found my mind in a brown paper bag within 
  Em                            G                   A 
I tripped on a cloud and fell-a eight miles high, I tore my mind on a jagged sky 
  Em                 B7                       Em 
I just dropped in to see what condition my condition was in  
 
(yeah, yeah, oh-yeah, what condition my condition was in) 
 
  Fm                  Bb                        Fm 
I pushed my soul in a deep dark hole and then I followed it in 
  Fm                                              C7 
I watched myself crawling out as I was a-crawlin' in 
      Fm            Ab                 Bb 
I got up so tight I couldn't unwind, I saw so much I broke my mind 
  Fm                 C7                       Fm 
I just dropped in to see what condition my condition was in  
 
(yeah, yeah, oh-yeah, what condition my condition was in) 
 
    F#m                B                                F#m 
Someone painted "April Fool" in big black letters on a "dead end" sign 
         F#m                                         C#7 
I had my foot on the gas as I left the road and blew out my mind 
      F#m                       A                   B
Eight miles outta memphis and I got no spare, eight miles straight up downtown somewhere 
   F#m               C#7                       F#m 
I just dropped in to see what condition my condition was in  
         F#m                C#7                       F#m
I said I just dropped in to see what condition my condition was in

Just Dropped In (to See What Condition My Condition Was In)

 Verse:- D,D  G D G D G A - D,D  G D G D A D
 Ch:- D,D G  D  G  D G A -  D,D G D G D A D 



 D                           G              D
One  summer's evenin, on a train bound for Georgia
 G              D               G                  A
met up with a gambler, We were both too tired to sleep.
   D                                 G              D
So we took turns to steer, out the window at the darkness
       G          D             A           D
till boredom over-took us then he began to speak.

He said, Son, I've made a life out of readin' people's faces          
knowin' what their cards were by the way they held their eyes.
So if you don't mind my sayin' I can see you're out of aces;
for a taste of your whiskey I'll give you some advice."

So I handed him my bottle, and he drank doen my last swallow.
Then he bummed a cigarette and asked me for a light.
And the night got a little quiet, and his face lost all expression.
Said If you're gonna play the game boy, you gotta learn to play it
right.

             D                      G            D    
You got to know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em.
G             D             G            A
Know when to walk away and know when to run.
           D                             G              D
You never count your money when you're sittin' at the table.
            G                D       A                 D
Ther'll be time enough for countin' when the dealin's done."

(...)

Intro: G Em Am D7 Bm Em 
D7

  G                     B7                       Em
I can't remember when you weren't there,
G7                  C         D7             Bm
When I didn't care for anyone but you.
D7  G                                 B7                    Em
I swear we've been through everything there is,
                     G                    C
Can't imagine anything we've missed
                     Bm Em        C                    D7
Can't imagine anything the two of us can't do.

1st Chorus:
                    Bm
Through the years
       Em                 Am
You never let me down,
            D7                     Bm
You've turned my life around.
        Em                      Am
The sweetest days I've found
                       D7
I've found with you.
                    Bm
Through the years
       Em               Am
I've never been afraid,
       D7                        Bm
I've loved the life we've made
        Em                      C                           Am
And I'm so glad I've stayed right here with you
D7                G
Through the years.


G-B7-Em
I can't remember what I used to do,
G7-C-D7-Bm
Who I trusted, who I listened to before.
D7-G-B7-Em
I swear you've taught me everything I know
G-C
I can't imagine needing someone so.
Bm
But through the years it seems to me
Em-C-D7
I need you more and more

2nd Chorus:
Bm
Through the years,
Em-Am
Through all the good and bad,
D7-Bm
I knew how much we had,
Em-Am
I've always been so glad to be with you.




D7
Through the years
Em-Am
It's better everyday,
D7-Bm
You've kissed my tears away,
Em-Am
As long as it's okay, I`ll stay with you
D7-G
Through the years.

3rd Chords:
                   C#m
Through the years
          Fm                    Bm
When everything went wrong,
    E                    C#m
Together we were strong,
   Fm               Bm                       E
I know that I belong right here with you
                    C#m
Through the years
  Fm              Bm
I never had a doubt
          E                       C#m
We'd always work things out.
       Fm                          D                 Bm
I've learned what love's about by loving you
E              A
Through the years.
Repeat Chorus 3....

Through The Years

&quot;The Gambler&quot; is the title track to Kenny Rogers' 1978 album The Gambler which won him the Grammy award for best male country vocal performance in 1980.[1] Bobby Bare had recorded the song earlier that same year in his album BARE CBS KC35314 (1978). The song was written by Don Schlitz who had recorded it previously, and had charted at #65 on the country charts with it. It was one of five consecutive songs by Rogers to hit #1 on the Billboard country music charts.

C   
Jaja, okay okay
                  F
Ya sé qué pasa aquí
   A#                            C
Encuentras la grandeza frente a ti
             C
Y no sabes bien qué sentir
       F            A#                      C
Es adorable, que jamás los humanitos cambiarán
           C       F
Despierta ya, oye bien, 
           A#                   C
este como ves es Maui, de verdad
             C                F
Sé que como yo no encuentras dos
        A#          C
Lo que miras es un semi Dios

[Coro 1]
Am         F           C
  Yo solo sé decir de nada
        E7               Am
Por el mar, el cielo, el sol
                F            C
No hay de que agradecer, de nada
     E7                    C
Soy sólo un ordinario semi yo

[Estrofa 2]
C                                F  
Hey, ¿qué fortachón el cielo elevó?
                        A#
Cuando eras de esta altura, éste
C                  C
  Si la noche enfrió, 
                  F
¿quién fue quien fuego te llevó?
       A#          
¿Qué, alguien me nombró? 
C              C       F
  Oh, yo sólo lazo el sol
          A#                    C
De nada, para estirar tu diversión
          C       F
Brisa yo hago soplar, de nada, 
   A#           C
y así tus velas elevar

[Coro 2]
Am        F            C
  Yo sólo sé decir de nada, 
        E7                  Am
por las islas que traje del mar
              F                  C
No ruegues jamás, nunca más, de nada
         E7                     Am
¡Ha! Genial es mi manera de servir, 
    F
de nada, 
    C
de nada

[Parte Rap]
C
De nada dudes ya
Hey, honestamente te explicaré 
de natural modo cada fenómeno
El mar, el sol, el gas, 
oh, ese es Maui hablando de más
Anguilas que, yo las enterré, 
de la palmera los cocos creé
Un consejo, una lección te doy
No me molestes si en mi descanso estoy
Am
  El tapiz que en mi piel se ve, 
F
  es el mapa de lo que gané
C
  Por donde fui provoqué mil sucesos
E7
  Ve al pequeñín mini Maui nomás zapateando,
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ¡Hey!

[Coro 3]
Am          F              C
  Yo sólo puedo decir, de nada (de nada)
           E7              Am
Por el mundo especial que doy
                 F           C
No hay de que agradecer, de nada (de nada)
    E7                     Am
De nada hablaré, que ya me voy
          F            C
Te toca a ti decir de nada (de nada)
       E7             Am
Pues quiero esa barca ya
             F          C
Muy lejos navegaré, de nada (de nada)
       E7               Am
Pues Maui nada sabe de nadar
              F                 C  F C
(De nada) De nada (De nada) de nada
         C
Y gracias

De Nada

G      Em
I found a love for me
               C                         D
Darling just dive right in, and follow my lead
                G                 Em
Well I found a girl beautiful and sweet
          C                                  D
I never knew you were the someone waiting for me

                                 G
Cause we were just kids when we fell in love
              Em                     C               G  D
Not knowing what it was, I will not give you up this ti-ime
                   G                         Em
But darling just kiss me slow, your heart is all I own
             C                  D
And in your eyes you’re holding mine

       Em   C            G          D              Em
Baby, I’m dancing in the dark, with you between my arms
C                G     D                Em
Barefoot on the grass, listening to our favorite song
          C                G                 D              Em
When you said you looked a mess, I whispered underneath my breath
         C                G        D             
But you heard it, darling you look perfect tonight

               G                    Em
Well I found a woman, stronger than anyone I know
                C                                        D
She shares my dreams, I hope that someday I’ll share her home
           G             Em
I found a love, to carry more than just my secrets
         C                              D
To carry love, to carry children of our own

                              G                     Em 
We are still kids, but we’re so in love, fighting against all odds
                  C               G  D
I know that we’ll be alright this ti-ime
               G                            Em 
Darling just hold my hand, be my girl, I’ll be your man
          C              D
I see my future in your eyes



       Em   C            G          D              Em
Baby, I’m dancing in the dark, with you between my arms
C                G     D                Em
Barefoot on the grass, listening to our favorite song
          C                G                 D               Em
When you said you looked a mess, I whispered underneath my breath
         C                G        D             
But you heard it, darling you look perfect tonight

G Em C D 


       Em     C            G          D              Em
Baby, I’m dancing in the dark, with you between my arms
C                G     D                Em
Barefoot on the grass, listening to our favorite song
          C                G                 D               Em
When you said you looked a mess, I whispered underneath my breath
         C                G        D             
But you heard it, darling you look perfect tonight


Perfect

BAA BAA BLACK SHEEP


C         G
Baa, baa, black sheep,
F            C
Have you any wool?

F        C
Yes sir, yes sir,
G          C
Three bags full.

C           G
One for the master,
F           C
One for the dame,

F               C
And one for the little boy
G                  C
Who lives down the lane.

Baa Baa Black Sheep

Intro (2X):
Am	G	F	C

Verse 1:
                C	               Am		
There's so much craziness surrounding me
                F	 	             G		            
There's so much going on it gets hard to breathe
     Am     F		                          C
When all my faith has gone you bring it back to me
Am	         G	       F   C
You make it real for me

             C	             Am		
When I'm not sure of my priorities
               F	 	             G		
When I've lost sight of where I meant to be
     Am   F		            C
Like holy water washing over me 
Am	         G	       F   C
You make it real for me

Chorus:
    G	    Am	   F	             C
And IIIIIIIII'm running to you baby
G    Am	              F	           C
  Youuuuuuuuu are the only one who saved me
       G     Am	         F	               C
That's    whyyyyyyy I've been missing you lately
      Am	         G	       F   C
Cause you make it real for me 

Verse 2:
          C	                   Am		
When my head is strong but my heart is weak
              F	 	          G		
I'm full of arrogance and uncertainty
     Am      F				                          C
When I can't find the words you teach my heart to speak
Am	         G	       F   C
You make it real for me yeah

Chorus:
    G	    Am	   F	             C
And IIIIIIIII'm running to you baby
G    Am	              F	           C
  Youuuuuuuuu are the only one who saved me
       G     Am	         F	               C
That's    whyyyyyyy I've been missing you lately
      Am	         G	       F   C
Cause you make it real for me 

Bridge:
G                           F                 C
    Everybody’s talking in words I don't understand
G                                    F              C
    You got to be the only one who knows just who I am
Em                                    F	
    You’re shining in the distance I hope I can make it through
           D	                              G                                    
Cause the only place that I want to be is right back home with you 


Verse 3:
                 C	             Am		
I guess there's so much more I have to learn
               F	 	                       G		
But if you're here with me, I know which way to turn
        Am         F		                   C
You always give me somewhere, somewhere I can run
Am	            G	       F   C
   You make it real for me 

Chorus:
    G	    Am	   F	             C
And IIIIIIIII'm running to you baby
G    Am	              F	           C
  Youuuuuuuuu are the only one who saved me
       G     Am	         F	               C
That's    whyyyyyyy I've been missing you lately
      Am	         G	       F   C
Cause you make it real for me 
Am	         G	       F   C
You make it real for me

You Make It Real

G         Em		  
1) Almost heaven,   West Virginia,
2) All my mem'ries, gather round her, 

   D			 C                G
1) Blue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah       River.
2) miner's lady,         stranger to blue water.

                      Em  
1) Life is old there, older than the trees, 
2) Dark and dusty,    painted on the sky, 

   D
1) younger than the mountains
2) misty taste of moonshine

   C			G
1) growin' like a breeze.
2) teardrop in my eye.

              G              D            Em        C
       Country roads, take me home, to the place I belong.
	      G               D              C            G
     West Virginia, Mountain momma, take me home Country roads


           Em       D            G 
 	I hear her voice in the morning hour she calls me,
            C        G              D 
        the radio reminds her of my home far away
            Em               D            C
        and driving down the road I get a feeling 
 	       G                     D          D7    G
        that I should have been home yesterday, yesterday.

Country Roads

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Solo
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School Friends

Am      C              F              C
I had a dream, we were sipping whisky neat
        F              C                 G
Highest floor, the Bowery, and nowhere’s high enough
    Am              C                F             C
Somewhere along the lines, we stopped seeing eye to eye
         F               C           G
You were staying out all night and I had enough


      F           Am             F                    C       
No, I don't wanna know where you been or where you're goin’
      F               Am                 G
But I know I won't be home and you'll be on your own


            F                    C                G
Who's gonna walk you through the dark side of the morning?
            F                 C                 G
Who's gonna rock you when the sun won't let you sleep?
             F                C               G         E7   Am
Who's waking up to drive you home when you're drunk and all alone?
             F                    C                G
Who's gonna walk you through the dark side of the morning, it ain’t me


Am        C              G         F   
Ow-ow, ah-ah the Bowery, ow-ow, ah-ah whiskey neat
Am          C       G         G
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I (it ain’t me)

F         C              Am        G
Ow-ow, ah-ah the Bowery, ow-ow, ah-ah whiskey neat
F           C       G
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I (it ain’t me)

Am     C           G      F   
Ow-ow, the Bowery, ow-ow, the whiskey neat
Am          C       G         G
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I (it ain’t me)

F      C           Am     G
Ow-ow, the Bowery, ow-ow, the whiskey neat
F           C       G         G
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I (it ain’t me)


Am  C  Am       C              F           C
       I had a dream, we were back to seventeen
       F                   C            G
Summer nights and the Libertines, never growing up
Am             C          F                 C
I'll take with me the polaroids and the memories
        F              C                G
But you know I'm gonna leave behind the worst of us


             F                    C                G
Who's gonna walk you through the dark side of the morning?
             F                 C                 G
Who's gonna rock you when the sun won't let you sleep?
             F                C               G         E7   Am
Who's waking up to drive you home when you're drunk and all alone?
             F                    C                G               
Who's gonna walk you through the dark side of the morning

         F      C     G
It ain’t me, no-o, no-o
         F      C     G
It ain’t me, no-o, no-o
         F      C     G  E7  Am
It ain’t me, no-o, no-o
             F                    C                G                
Who's gonna walk you through the dark side of the morning, it ain’t me


Am     C           G      F   
Ow-ow, the Bowery, ow-ow, the whiskey neat
Am          C       G         G
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I (it ain’t me)

F      C           Am     G
Ow-ow, the Bowery, ow-ow, the whiskey neat
F           C       G         G
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I (it ain’t me)

Am     C           G      F   
Ow-ow, the Bowery, ow-ow, the whiskey neat
Am          C       G         G
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I (it ain’t me)

F      C           Am     G
Ow-ow, the Bowery, ow-ow, the whiskey neat
F           C       G         G
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I (it ain’t me)

Am     C           G      F   
Ow-ow, the Bowery, ow-ow, the whiskey neat
Am          C       G         G
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I (it ain’t me)

F            C           Am           G
No no, no no no, Bowery, no no, no no no, whiskey neat
F           C       G                     Am
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I, it ain’t me

It Ain't Me

LA RE
Jo et duré a casa si fa mal temps
MI FA#m
Jo t’empararé si un cas tens por
SIm MI
Jo te cuidaré si estàs malalta
RE LA
De tot cor, de tot cor
RE REm LA
De tot cor

MI RE DO#m-SIm-LA

FA#m DO#m
Estic a punt d’anar-me’n
RE LA RE
Mes abans de partir et diré
REm LA
Que et duc dins es pensament

FA#m DO#m
No deix de recordar-te
RE LA RE
I alen els teus alens tot calents
REm SIm MI
De lluny i de prop me tens


Jo et duré...

FA#m DO#m
I a dalt de s’escenari
RE LA RE
Quan estic concentrat cantant
REm MI
Jo sempre te tenc present

FA#m DO#m
Perquè m’ets necessari
RE LA
Com s’aire que respir
RE REm SIm MI
Necessit estar amb tu en tot moment


Jo et duré... ( bis )

De tot cor

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King Creole

C F G C

C
She don't like her eggs all runny
C
She thinks crossin' her legs is funny
    F
She looks down her nose at money
    C 
She gets it on like the Easter Bunny
G      
She's my baby I'm her honey
                       C    G    C
I'm never gonna let her go
C
He ain't got laid in a month of Sundays
C
I caught him once and he was sniffin' my undies
   F
He ain't too sharp but he gets things done
C
Drinks his beer like it's oxygen
G
He's my baby
G
And I'm his honey
                    C   G   C
Never gonna let him go
             F
In spite of ourselves
                             C
We'll end up a'sittin' on a rainbow
             G
Against all odds
                          C
Honey, we're the big door prize
             F
We're gonna spite our noses
                 C
Right off of our faces
                                    G
There won't be nothin' but big old hearts
               C     G   C
Dancin' in our eyes.
C
She thinks all my jokes are corny
C
Convict movies make her horny
    F
She likes ketchup on her scrambled eggs
C
Swears like a sailor when shaves her legs
G
She takes a lickin'
G
And keeps on tickin'
                        C   G   C
I'm never gonna let her go.
C
He's got more balls than a big brass monkey

He's a whacked out weirdo and a lovebug junkie
F
Sly as a fox and crazy as a loon
C
Payday comes and he's howlin' at the moon
G
He's my baby I don't mean maybe
                    C   G   C
Never gonna let him go

              F
In spite of ourselves
                             C
We'll end up a'sittin' on a rainbow
             G
Against all odds
                          C
Honey, we're the big door prize
             F
We're gonna spite our noses
                 C
Right off of our faces
                                    G
There won't be nothin' but big old hearts
               C     G   C
Dancin' in our eyes.

[X2]

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