The Gambler Guitar

**Chords:**
G  C  D  G

G                 C
On a warm summer's evening,
          D                  G
On a train bound for nowhere,
G                     C
I met up with the gambler,
           D                G
We were both too tired to sleep.
G                      C
So we took turns a-staring
           D                   G
Out the window at the darkness,
G                   C
'Til boredom overtook us,
          D                G
And he began to speak.

G                       C
He said, "Son, I've made a life
          D                     G
Out of reading people's faces.
G                    C
Knowing what the cards were
           D                      G
By the way they held their eyes.
G                     C
So if you don't mind my saying,
         D                     G
I can see you're out of aces.
G                     C
For a taste of your whiskey
           D                  G
I'll give you some advice." 

G                C
So I handed him my bottle,
           D                   G
And he drank down my last swallow.
G                   C
Then he bombed a cigarette
           D               G
And asked me for a light.
G                C
And the night