The Gambler
by Kenny Rogers
🤠 Country
Difficulty
★★☆☆☆
Tuning
Standard
Capo
Fret 2
Don Schlitz's storytelling masterpiece, made iconic by Kenny Rogers in 1978. The simple, rolling melody in G (capo 2) is perfect for acoustic fingerpicking and is a campfire classic.
e|--3---3---0---0------0---0------0---------3-------|
B|----0---0---0---0------1---1------1--0------0-----|
G|--0---0---0---0------0---0------0--------0-----0--|
D|------0---------0------2---2------2---------0-----|
A|--2---------2---------3---3------3--------2-------|
E|--3---3---------3--------------------------------------|
e|--3---3---0---0------0---0---3---0--0--------------|
B|----0---0---0---0------1---1---0---0--1--0---------|
G|--0---0---0---0------0---0---0---0------0----------|
D|------0---------0------2---2---0---2---------0----|
A|--2---------2---------3---3---2---3--------2------|
E|--3---3---------3-----------------------------------------|