Ralph Hodges - Ace In The Hole(1909 Version) guitar chord

Ace in the Hole ( Old Time Song 1909)

Music by: George Mitchell

Words by: James Dempsey

Sang by: Ralph Hodges(Album: Ralph’s Old Time Songbook-track 13)

Also Connie Francis sang this in the forty’s and fifty’s (v.g. note)

Tab by: bluerabbit10

(G) This town is full of guys,

who think they are mighty wise.

Just because they (E7) know

A thing or (Am) two.

(Am) You see them every day

strolling up and down broadway.

(D7) Telling about the wonders

they can (G) do.

There’s (A7) flashy ties and (D) collars

But the (A7) way they get their (D) dollars….

They (A7) all got an

Ace down in the (D7) hole.

Chorus: lst time: (G) Some of them send to the (Am) old folks for coin

(D7) And that’s their old ace in the (G-Am-G) hole.

2nd time: (G)Others have friends in the (Am) old tenderloin

(D7) And that’s their old ace in the (G-Am-G) hole.

(G) They (D) tell you of trips

That (E) they are (A7) going to make

From Florida to the north (D7) pole

(D7) But their (G) names would be mud

Like a (Am) sucker dealing stud.

(G) If they lost (E7) that old

(Am) Ace (D7) in the (G-Am-G) hole.