Verse
B/D# F#/C# | G#m F# B/F# F#
Went to see the gypsy
G#m F# B/F# F# B/F# F#
Staying in a big hotel
G#m F#
He smiled when he saw me coming
G#m
And he wished me well
[Verse 2]
C# F# B/F# F# B/F# F#
His room was dark and crowded
G#m F# B/F# F# B/F# F#
The lights were low and dim
B B/A# G#m
“How are you?” he asked of me
C# F#
And I asked the same of him
[Verse 3]
G#m F# B/F# F# B/F# F#
I went down to the lobby
G#m F# B/F# F# B/F# F#
To make a small call out
G#m F#
G# pretty dancing girl was there
G#m
And she began to shout
[Middle 8]
C# F#
Go on back to see the gypsy
G#m F#
He can rid you of your fear
G#m F#
He did it in Las Vegas
G#m
And he can do it here
[Link]
E F# B/F# F#
Oh, the lights were on the river
E F# B/F# F#
Shining from outside
E F#
I contemplated ev’ry move
E E [break]
Or at least I tried
[Verse 4]
C# C# F# B/F# F# B/F# F# B/F# F# B/F# F#
I went back to see the gypsy
G#m F# B/F# F# B/F# F#
It was nearly early dawn
G#m F#
The gypsy’s door was open
G#m
But the gypsy was gone
[Middle 8] (coda variation)
C# F# B/F# F#
And that pretty dancing girl
G#m F# B/F# F#
Oh, she could not be found
B B/A# G#m
So I watched the sun come rising
G#m
In a little Minnesota town
[Outro]
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