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G COn a warm summer’s evening, on a train bound for nowhere G D I met up with the gambler; we were both too tired to sleep G C So we took turns a-staring out the window at the darkness G D ‘Til boredom overtook us, and he began to speak C G He said, “Son, I’ve made a life out of reading people’s faces C G And knowing what their cards were by the way they held their eyes C G So if you don’t mind me saying, I can see you’re out of aces C D For a taste of your whiskey, I’ll give you some advice”
G CSo I handed him my bottle, and he drank down my last swallow G D Then he bombed a cigarette and asked me for a light G C And the night