When The Chips Are Down

by Rob Ross

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Popular expression or idiom in English.

Some meanings:
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At a time of crisis or testing.
When something is really at stake.
Iin a discouraging or disadvantageous situation.
In bad or pressing times.

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WHEN THE CHIPS ARE DOWN

So many ways that you can make it
So many ways that you can break it
But there’s no way that you can fake it
When the chips are down

When the chips are down my friend
Nothing anyone can mend
For yourself you have to fend
When the chips are down

Trouble coming in through your front door
You seem to know what it’s coming for
Looks like it’s been keeping score
now the chips are down

When the chips are down you know
Nowhere else your bet can go
Stakes are high or may be low
But your chips are down

So many ways that you can make it
So many ways that you can break it
But there’s no way that you can fake it
When the chips are down

When the chips are down my friend
Nothing anyone can mend
For yourself you have to fend
When the chips are down

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released March 8, 2024
written, performed and recorded by Rob Ross
uploaded - March 2024

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Rob Ross Algeciras, Spain

Written, played and sung with a number of bands and musical friends since the seventies in Scotland and in Spain.

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