Verse 1
On a
warm summer’s evenin’ on a
train bound for
nowhere,
I
met up with the
gambler; we were
both too tired to
sleep.
So
we took turns a starin’ out the
window at the
darkness
’til
boredom over-
took us,
and he began to
speak.
Verse 2
He said,
”Son, I’ve made a life out of
readin’ people’s
faces,
and
knowin’ what their
cards were by the
way they held their
eyes.
And 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.”
Verse 3
So I
handed him my bottle and he
drank down my last
swallow.
Then he bummed a
cigarette and
asked me for a
light.
And the
night got deathly quiet, and his
face lost all ex-
pression.
Said, “If you’re
gonna play the game,
boy, ya gotta
learn to play it
right.
Chorus
You got to
know when to hold ’em,
know when to
fold ’em,
know when to
walk away
and know when to
run.
You never
count your money when you’re
sittin’ at the
table.
There’ll be time
enough for
countin’
when the dealin’s
done.
Verse 4 (Lên nửa tone
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Ev’ry gambler knows that the
secret to sur
vivin’
is
knowin’ what to
throw away
and knowing what to
keep.
‘Cause
ev’ry hand’s a winner and
ev’ry hand’s a
loser,
and the
best that you can
hope for is to
die in your
sleep.”
Verse 5
And
when he’d finished speakin’, he
turned back towards the
window,
crushed out his
cigarette and
faded off to
sleep.
And
somewhere in the darkness the
gambler, he broke
even.
But
in his final
words I found an
ace that I could
keep.
Chorus
You got to
know when to hold ’em,
know when to
fold ’em,
know when to
walk away
and know when to
run.
You never
count your money when you’re
sittin’ at the
table.
There’ll be time
enough for
countin’
when the dealin’s
done.
Nhịp trống
You got to know when to hold ’em, know when to fold ’em,
know when to walk away and know when to run.
You never count your money when you’re sittin’ at the table.
There’ll be time enough for countin’ when the dealin’s done.
You got to
know when to hold ’em,
know when to
fold ’em,
know when to
walk away
and know when to
run.
You never
count your money when you’re
sittin’ at the
table.
There’ll be time
enough for
countin’
when the dealin’s
done
