Ace In The Hole
George StraitVersion1
90
Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
You've got to have an ace in the hole
A little secret that nobody knows
Life is a gamble, a game we all play
But you need to save something for a rainy day
You've got to learn to play your card right
If you expect to win in life
Don't put it all on the line for just one roll
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 not comfortable with the (5)/[F#]
1111116 :111116 1111116 :111116 |||1||6 :|||116 ::11113
|||2|| :||||| |||2|| :||||| |2|||| :||2|| ::|34|
|34||| :|3|4| |3|||| :|333| ||3|4| :34|||
I often use plain
: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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Readable chord sheet for Ace In The Hole by George Strait
[A]Y[Bb]ou'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]all [F#] [G7#5]play
[B7] [E] [E7]
But you [C7]need to save something for a [F]rainy day[F7]
You've [A]got to l[Bb]earn 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] [E7] [A]
You've [C7]got to have an [F7]ace in the [Bb]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](
[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.