Intro
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Amadd9 = 577557 Dm7 = xx0211 Dm7/G = 300211
Am/E = x77555 F = 133211 G = 320033
Am = x02210 Em = 022000 Fmaj7 = 133210
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[Intro]
(Fmaj7)
e |-----0---0---0---0--|-----0---0---0---0---|
B |--------------------|---------------------|
G |---2---0------------|---------------------|
D |-----------3---2----|---0-----------------|
A |--------------------|-------3---2---3-----|
E |--------------------|---------------------|
* Amadd9 Am/E Amadd9 Am/E
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[Verse 1]
Am C
I was born in the wagon of a traveling show,
Dm7 F
My Mama used to dance for the money they'd throw,
C Em * Amadd9 Am/E Amadd9 Am/E
Papa would do what - ever he could,
D7 Dm7
Preach a little gospel------,
Dm7/G C
Sell a couple bottles of 'Dr. Good'!
[Chorus 1]
Fmaj7 Cmaj7 Fmaj7 Cmaj7
Gyp - sies, tramps and thieves,
Fmaj7 Cmaj7 Fmaj7
We'd hear it from the people of the town,
Cmaj7 Fmaj7 Cmaj7 Fmaj7 Cmaj7
They'd call us gyp - sies, tramps and thieves,
Am G Fmaj7
But every night all the men would come around,
* Amadd9 Am/E Amadd9 Am/E
And lay their money down!
Amadd9 Am/E Amadd9 Am/E
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[Verse 2]
Am C
Picked up a boy, just south of Mobile,
Dm7 F
Gave him a ride, filled him with a hot meal,
C Em * Amadd9 Am/E Amadd9 Am/E
I was sixteen, he was twenty one,
D7 Dm7
Rode with us to Memphis-------,
Dm7/G C
And Papa would have shot him if he knew what he'd done
[Chorus 2]
Fmaj7 Cmaj7 Fmaj7 Cmaj7
Gyp - sies, tramps and thieves,
Fmaj7 Cmaj7 Fmaj7
We'd hear it from the people of the town,
Cmaj7 Fmaj7 Cmaj7 Fmaj7 Cmaj7
They'd call us gyp - sies, tramps and thieves,
Am G Fmaj7
But every night ...all the men would come around,
N.C.
And lay their money down!
[Bridge]
Dm C Dm C
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Dm C Dm C
I never had schooling, but he taught me well,
Dm C Dm C
With his smooth southern style,
Dm C Dm C
Three months later I'm a gal in trouble,
Dm C Dm7 Cmaj7 Fmaj7
And I haven't seen him for a while, oh, hoh!
Cmaj7 Fmaj7
I haven't seen him for a while, oh, hoh - oh!
[Verse 3]
Am C
She was born in a wagon of a traveling show,
Dm7 F
Her Mama had to dance for the money they'd throw,
C Em * Amadd9 Am/E Amadd9 Am/E
Grandpa'd do what - ever he could,
D7 Dm7
Preach a little gospel---------,
Dm7/G C
Sell a couple bottles of 'Dr. Good'
[Chorus 3]
Fmaj7 Cmaj7 Fmaj7 Cmaj7
Gyp - sies, tramps and thieves,
Fmaj7 Cmaj7 Fmaj7
We'd hear it from the people of the town,
Cmaj7 Fmaj7 Cmaj7 Fmaj7 Cmaj7
They'd call us gyp - sies, tramps and thieves,
Am G Fmaj7
But every night all the men would come around,
* Amadd9 Am/E Amadd9 Am/E
And lay their money down
[Chorus 4]
Fmaj7 Cmaj7 Fmaj7 Cmaj7
Gyp - sies, tramps and thieves,
Fmaj7 Cmaj7 Fmaj7
We'd hear it from the people of the town,
Cmaj7 Fmaj7 Cmaj7 Fmaj7 Cmaj7
They'd call us gyp - sies, tramps and thieves,
Am G Fmaj7
But every night all the men would come around,
Amadd9
...And lay their money ...down