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Ace In The Hole
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as performed by George Strait

As written in Bb, this song may be difficult for some of you (I still
can't make all the chord switches smoothly) so I've included a simplified
version in A. You can play these chords along with the recording if you
capo the first fret.

AA Piano Chord 

BbBb Piano Chord 

You've got to have an ace in the hole
D7D7 Piano Chord 
                 AA Piano Chord 
     A7A7 Piano Chord 

Eb7Eb7 Piano Chord 
                BbBb Piano Chord 
    Bb7Bb7 Piano Chord 

A little secret that nobody knows
DD Piano Chord 
         D#dim7D#dim7 Piano Chord 
    A/EA/E Piano Chord 
                  F#7F#7 Piano Chord 

EbEb Piano Chord 
        Edim7Edim7 Piano Chord 
     Bb/FBb/F Piano Chord 
    Bb(#5)/F#Bb(#5)/F#    G7#5G7#5 Piano Chord 

Life is a gamble, a game we all          play
B7B7 Piano Chord 
                           EE Piano Chord 
        E7E7 Piano Chord 

C7C7 Piano Chord 
                           FF Piano Chord 
        F7F7 Piano Chord 

But you need to save something for a rainy day
AA Piano Chord 

BbBb Piano Chord 

You've got to learn to play your card right
D7D7 Piano Chord 
                   AA Piano Chord 
    A7A7 Piano Chord 

Eb7Eb7 Piano Chord 
                  BbBb Piano Chord 
   Bb7Bb7 Piano Chord 

If you expect to win in life
DD Piano Chord 
          D#dim7D#dim7 Piano Chord 
      A/EA/E Piano Chord 
          F#7F#7 Piano Chord 

Eb6Eb6 Piano Chord 
        Edim7Edim7 Piano Chord 
       Bb/FBb/F Piano Chord 
         G7#5G7#5 Piano Chord 

Don't put it all on the line for just one roll
B7B7 Piano Chord 
             E7E7 Piano Chord 
         AA Piano Chord 

C7             F7         Bb(x13331)
You've got to have an ace in the hole

2: If you're headed down a one way street
And you're not sure it's the way you wanna go
In money or love or all the above
Have a little more than what you show
When life deals out a surprise
Have a few surprises of your own
No matter what you do, no matter where you go
You've got to have an ace in the hole

Chords I use (but they are by no means the only choice):
I still am not comfortable with the Bb(#5)/F#

BbBb Piano Chord 
       Eb7Eb7 Piano Chord 
      Bb7Bb7 Piano Chord 
      EbEb Piano Chord 
       Edim7Edim7 Piano Chord 
    Bb/FBb/F Piano Chord 
     G7#5G7#5 Piano Chord 

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|||2||   :|||||   |||2||   :|||||   |2||||   :||2||   ::|34|
|34|||   :|3|4|   |3||||   :|333|   ||3|4|   :34|||

C7       F        F7       Eb6        I often use plain Eb
:111113  111111   111111   |:1||:10   instead of Eb6.
:|||||   |||2||   |||2||   2:||3:
:|3|4|   |34|||   |3||||   |:|4|:

To really get the Western Swing sound you want to hit the bass notes
on beats 1 and 3 and strum the whole chord on 2 and 4, but muffle it
quickly to get a percussive BOOM-chick BOOM-chick sound. If any of
you are more adventurous and would like some "swing-ier" sounding
chords, I've got some suggestions from Bo Parker that I'll be happy
to share with you.