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