Born to poor sharecroppers, one of eleven children in Sledge, Mississippi, Pride is a timeless everyman, revered by his musical peers and adored by countless millions of fans around the globe. Charley Pride unofficially started his music career in the late 1950s as a ballplayer with the Negro American Leagueâ€™s Memphis Red Sox singing and playing guitar on the team bus between ballparks. Self-taught on a guitar bought at the age 14 from Sears Roebuck, Pride would join various bands' onstage as he and the team roved the country. After a tryout with the New York Mets, Pride decided to return to his Montana home via Nashville. It was there he met Jack Johnson, who upon hearing the singer perform, sent him on his way with the promise of a management contract and a newly forged relationship that would last for over a decade.
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Let The Chips Fall Lyrics

Charley Pride

Let The Chips Fall
I'm finding that I'm spending most of my time
Wondering where she goes the rest of the time
But tonight I will find out for once and for all
Tonight I will follow her and let the chips fall
So let the chips fall let them fall where they may
My moment of truth is fast on its way
Soon I will know for once and for all so I'll just cross my fingers and let the chips fall
The life that I'm living is just half a life the girl that I married is just half a wife
But my life without her would be no life at all
Still I must know the truth so let the chips fall
Let the chips fall let them fall where they may
I'm ashamed of the game but there's no other way
I must hold her hand a man cannot crawl
So put the cards on the table and let the chips fall