The Gambler tab by Kenny Rogers

Tabs

I hope you are a fingerpicker, because this song requires it for the intro
and first verse. Have fun with it, hope you have a multi-tracker or a
friend, because it takes two.

Intro
Capo 2nd Fret - Both Guitars - All frets and chords relative to capo

h=hammer
p=pull
>=slide
/=upstrum (E-e)
\=downstrum (e-E)

Guitar 1            x2
e-----------------------3---------|
B-----1p0-3p1-0h1-----3---3-------|
G-2h4-------------2>4-------------|
D---------------------------------|
A---------------------------------|
E---------------------------------|

These rythms are not lined - listen to the song for speed and timing

Guitar 2            x1
e-----------------------------------------|
B---3-3---------3--3-3--3--3-3---3---3----|
G--2-2-2-2-----2-2-----2-2------0-0-0-0---|
D-0-----0---------0-2-4---2-0-------------|
A-----------0h2--------------0h2---2------|
E-----------------------------------------|

**Now since this first verse is fingerpicked, I’ll go ahead and tab it out
how it should be done  (according to me anyways).

Guitar 1
                                repeat
e---------------------------------------------------------------0---0-|
B---3---3---3---3----3---3----3---3----3---3----3---3---3---3-----2--2|
G-----2--2----2---2h4--4--4p2---2---2h4--4--4p2---2--2----2--2--------|
D-0----0--0----0-0------0--------0-0------0--------0--0----0--2----2--|
A---------------------------------------------------------------------|
E---------------------------------------------------------------------|



Guitar 2

e-----0-------0---------0-------0-------0-------0-------0--------0-----
B---3----3--3----3----3----3--3----3--3----3--3----3--3----3-2-----2h3-
G--2-2--2--2-2--2----0-0--0--2-2--2--2-2--2--2-2--2--2-2--2--0-0-------
D-0-------0-----------------0-------0-------0-------0-----------2------
A-----------------0h2----------------------------------------0---------
E----------------------------------------------------------------------

e-----0-------0---------0-------0---------0-------0--------0---------0---|
B---3----3--3----3----3----3--3----3----3----3--3----3-------2h3--3----3-|
G--2-2--2--2-2--2----0-0--0--2-2--2----0-0--0--2-2--2----0-------2-2--2--|
D-0-------0-----------------0-----------------0-----------2-----0--------|
A-----------------0h2---------------0h2----------------0-----------------|
E------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Verse 1 (see tab)
On a warm...

Verse 2
He said, son ...

Verse 3 - This is where you start a-strummin

This strummin now, if you listen to the song, plays like so-

   / \   / \
e----2-2-----2-2-
B----3-3-----3-3-
G----2-2-----2-2-
D-0-------0------
A----------------
E----------------

   D MajorD (xx0232)
So I handed ...
    G(xx0003)     D MajorD
And he ...


            A7(xx2020)
And asked...
    D MajorD
And the night ....
    G+G         D MajorD
And his face ...
        G+G          D MajorD
Said, if ...
     A7A7          D MajorD
You gotta ...

Chorus
      D MajorD           G+G      D MajorD    G+G
You got to ...
       D MajorD              A7A7
Know when to ...
     D MajorD              G+G       D MajorD
You never ...
      D MajorD   G+G     D MajorD    A7A7         D MajorD
There’ll be ...

Verse 4 - Key change - easiest would be to just throw your capo up a fret,
put if you can’t change it that fast you’ll have to bar the chords. All
chords relative to capo on third fret, same as 3rd verse.

Verse 5

(**In the middle of the verse, it goes silent and the chords are just
strummed once, but they are the same chords.)

{Refrain 3x}

*Final notes from Joe*
Now, I tabbed the guitar parts for this song, but you must keep in mind
that there is a bass in the song that gives the tonic during the whole
thing. (For those of you saying "huh?", the tonic is the bottom note, or
the root of the chord.) So, while you’re strummin’ with your friend
without a bass player, then go ahead and hit them bottom notes to give the
whole effect.

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