Ace in the hole  George Strait

##song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. ##Ace In The Hole#as performed by George Strait##can't make all the chord switches smoothly) so I've included a simplified#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


[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


      [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.