Ace in the Hole George Strait
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as performed by George Strait
notated by Greg Vaughn (gvaughn@olga.net)
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.
[A]
[Bb]You've got to have an ace in the hole
[D7] [A] [A7]
A little [Eb7]secret that nobody [Bb]knows[Bb7]
[D] [D#dim7] [A/E] [F#7]
[Eb]Life is a [Edim7]gamble, a [Bb/F]game we [Bb(#5)/F#]all [G7#5]play
[B7] [E] [E7]
But you [C7]need to save something for a [F]rainy day[F7]
[A]
You've [Bb]got to learn to play your card right
[D7] [A] [A7]
If [Eb7]you expect to win in [Bb]life[Bb7]
[D] [D#dim7] [A/E] [F#7]
Don't [Eb6]put it all [Edim7]on the line [Bb/F]for just one [G7#5]roll
[B7]C7 [E7]F7 [A]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#
[Bb]1111116 [Eb7]:111116 [Bb7]1111116 [Eb]:111116 [Edim7]|||1||6 [Bb/F]:|||116 [G7#5]::11113
|||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.
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