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
Revised to Key of D 032809..v.g.


(D) This town is full of guys,
who think they are mighty wise.
Just because they (B7) know
A thing or (Em) two.

(Em) You see them every day
strolling up and down broadway.
(A7) Telling about the wonders
they can (D) do.

There's (E7) flashy ties and (A7) collars
But the (E7) way  they get their (A7) dollars….
They (E7) all got an
Ace down in the (A7) hole.

Chorus: lst time: (D) Some of them send to the (Em) old folks for coin
 	  	 (A7) And that's their old ace in the (D-Em-D) hole.
              2nd time: (D)Others have friends in the  (Em) old tenderloin
 	  	 (A7) And that's their old ace in the (D-Em-D) hole.

(D) They (A7) tell you of trips
That (B7) they are (E7) going to make
From Florida to the north (A7) pole

(A7) But their (D) names would be mud
Like a (Em) sucker dealing stud.
(D) If they lost (B7) that old
(Em) Ace (A7) in the (D-Em-D) hole.

But you'll find them in that line
Wrapped up with barely a thin dime
If they ever lost that old
Ace down in the hole