I edited earlier post; added chorus and bridge and reposted as Ace in The Hole2
Ace In The Hole Old Time Song 1929 Words by James Dempsey; Music: George Mitchell
[Intro]
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This town is full of guys... Who think they're mighty wise,
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Just because they know a thing or two.
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. You see them every day..
. walkin' up and down Broadway,
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Telling of the wonders they can do.
[Verse]
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There's con men and there's boosters...
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Card sharks and crap- shooters,
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They congregate around the Metropole,
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They wear fancy ties and laces..
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. But where do they get their aces.
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. They all have got an ace..
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Down in the hole
[Chorus]
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Some of them write to the old folks for coin.
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. and that is their ace in the(G-Am-G) hole,
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And others have friends on the old Tenderloin..
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That's their old ace in the (G-Am-G) hole..
[Bridge]
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They'll tell you of trips that they're going to take.
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. From Florida to the North Pole..
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. The fact is their name would be mud
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Like a chump playing stud...
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If they lost that old ace down in the hole!
[Outro]
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