Intro
Am9 Am x4
Verse 1
I was Am born in the wagon of a C travelling show,
My Dm Mama had to dance for the F money they'd throw,
C Papa would do what - Em ever he Am could...
D Preach a little gospel......
Dm Sell a couple bottles of 'Doctor C Good'!
Chorus
F Gyp- Gsies, Am tramps and thieves,
We'd F hear it from the people of the Am town, they G called us
F Gyp- Gsies, Am tramps and thieves,
Am* But every night G* all the men would F* come around,
And lay their money down!
Interlude intro melody
Am9 Am x4
Verse 2
Am Picked up a boy, just C south of Mobile,
Dm Gave him a ride, filled him F with a hot meal,
C I was sixteen, he was Em twenty Am one...
D Rode with us to Memphis......
And Dm Papa would have shot him if he knew what he'd C done
Chorus
Bridge
Dm C Dm C
I Dm never had C schooling, but he Dm taught me C well,
With his Dm smooth C southern Dm style,C
Dm Three months C later I'm a Dm gal in C trouble,
And I Dm haven't seen C him Dm for a C whiiiiiiiiile, oh F oh
You know I haven't seen him C for a whiiiiile, oh, ohFhhh!
Verse 3
She was Am born in the wagon of a C travelling show,
My Dm Mama had to dance for the F money they'd throw,
C Grandpa do what - Em ever he Am could...
D Preach a little gospel......
Dm Sell a couple bottles of 'Doctor C Good'!
Outro
F Gyp- Gsies, Am tramps and thieves,
We'd F hear it from the people of the Am town, they G called us
F Gyp- Gsies, Am tramps and thieves,
Am* But every night G* all the men would F* come around,
And lay their money down!
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F Gyp- Gsies, Am tramps and thieves,
We'd F hear it from the people of the Am town, they G called us
F Gyp- Gsies, Am tramps and thieves,
Am* But every night G* all the men would F* come around,
slowing
And lay their money Am down!