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<title>Lurianne The Gambler</title>
<lyrics>[V1]
.     D                          G               D
 On a warm summer's evenin' on a train bound for nowhere,
.  G               D                                   A
 I met up with the gambler; we were both too tired to sleep.
.   D                                G             D
 So we took turns a starin' out the window at the darkness
.     G           D            A             D
 'til boredom overtook us, and he began to speak.

[V2]
.          D                             G                D
 He said, &quot;Son, I've made a life out of readin' people's faces,
.                        D                                     A
 and knowin' what their cards were by the way they held their eyes.
.        D                               G                 D
 And if you don't mind my sayin', I can see you're out of aces.
.      G             D            A             D
 For a taste of your whiskey I'll give you some advice.&quot;

[V3]
.     D                           G                  D
 So I handed him my bottle and he drank down my last swallow.
.                 D                             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, &quot;If you're gonna play the game, boy, ya gotta learn to play it right.

[C1]
.             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                            G              D
   You never count your money when you're sittin' at the table.
.                   G          D        A                 D .  (B)
   There'll be time enough for countin' when the dealin's done.

[V4]
.E                             A             E
 Ev'ry gambler knows that the secret to survivin'
.                    E                              B
 is knowin' what to throw away and knowing what to keep.
.       E                         A              E
 'Cause ev'ry hand's a winner and ev'ry hand's a loser,
.        A                 E              B           E
 and the best that you can hope for is to die in your sleep.&quot;

[V5]
.    E                               A                       E
 And when he'd finished speakin', he turned back towards the window,
.                 E                          B
 crushed out his cigarette and faded off to sleep.
.    E                             A                 E
 And somewhere in the darkness the gambler, he broke even.
.    A            E                B                E
 But in his final words I found an ace that I could keep.

[C2]
.             E                     A             E
   You got to know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em,
.  A            E                           B
   know when to walk away and know when to run.
.            E                            A              E
   You never count your money when you're sittin' at the table.
.                    A          E        B                 E
   There'll be time enough for countin' when the dealin's done.

[C3]
.   E
   ......................BREAKDOWN
.             E                     A             E
   You got to know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em,
.  A            E                           B
   know when to walk away and know when to run.
.            E                            A              E
   You never count your money when you're sittin' at the table.
.                    A          E        B                 E
   There'll be time enough for countin' when the dealin's done.

[C4]
.             E                     A             E
   You got to know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em,
.  A            E                           B
   know when to walk away and know when to run.
.            E                            A              E
   You never count your money when you're sittin' at the table.
.                    A          E        B                 E
   There'll be time enough for countin' when the dealin's done.
.                    A          E        B                 E
   There'll be time enough for countin' when the dealin's done.</lyrics>
<author>Kenny Rodgers</author>
<key>D</key>
</song>