Intro
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[Intro]
(Fmaj7)
e |-----0---0---0---0--|-----0---0---0---0---|
C# |--------------------|---------------------|
A |---2---0------------|---------------------|
E |-----------3---2----|---0-----------------|
B |--------------------|-------3---2---3-----|
F# |--------------------|---------------------|
* Bmadd9 Am/F# Bmadd9 Am/F#
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[Verse 1]
Bm D
I was born in the wagon of a traveling show,
Em7 G
My Mama used to dance for the money they'd throw,
D F#m * Bmadd9 Am/F# Bmadd9 Am/F#
Papa would do what - ever he could,
E7 Em7
Preach a little gospel------,
Em7/A D
Sell a couple bottles of 'Dr. Good'!
[Chorus 1]
Gmaj7 Dmaj7 Gmaj7 Dmaj7
Gyp - sies, tramps and thieves,
Gmaj7 Dmaj7 Gmaj7
We'd hear it from the people of the town,
Dmaj7 Gmaj7 Dmaj7 Gmaj7 Dmaj7
They'd call us gyp - sies, tramps and thieves,
Bm A Gmaj7
But every night all the men would come around,
* Bmadd9 Am/F# Bmadd9 Am/F#
And lay their money down!
Bmadd9 Am/F# Bmadd9 Am/F#
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[Verse 2]
Bm D
Picked up a boy, just south of Mobile,
Em7 G
Gave him a ride, filled him with a hot meal,
D F#m * Bmadd9 Am/F# Bmadd9 Am/F#
I was sixteen, he was twenty one,
E7 Em7
Rode with us to Memphis-------,
Em7/A D
And Papa would have shot him if he knew what he'd done
[Chorus 2]
Gmaj7 Dmaj7 Gmaj7 Dmaj7
Gyp - sies, tramps and thieves,
Gmaj7 Dmaj7 Gmaj7
We'd hear it from the people of the town,
Dmaj7 Gmaj7 Dmaj7 Gmaj7 Dmaj7
They'd call us gyp - sies, tramps and thieves,
Bm A Gmaj7
But every night ...all the men would come around,
N.C.
And lay their money down!
[Bridge]
Em D Em D
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Em D Em D
I never had schooling, but he taught me well,
Em D Em D
With his smooth southern style,
Em D Em D
Three months later I'm a gal in trouble,
Em D Em7 Dmaj7 Gmaj7
And I haven't seen him for a while, oh, hoh!
Dmaj7 Gmaj7
I haven't seen him for a while, oh, hoh - oh!
[Verse 3]
Bm D
She was born in a wagon of a traveling show,
Em7 G
Her Mama had to dance for the money they'd throw,
D F#m * Bmadd9 Am/F# Bmadd9 Am/F#
Grandpa'd do what - ever he could,
E7 Em7
Preach a little gospel---------,
Em7/A D
Sell a couple bottles of 'Dr. Good'
[Chorus 3]
Gmaj7 Dmaj7 Gmaj7 Dmaj7
Gyp - sies, tramps and thieves,
Gmaj7 Dmaj7 Gmaj7
We'd hear it from the people of the town,
Dmaj7 Gmaj7 Dmaj7 Gmaj7 Dmaj7
They'd call us gyp - sies, tramps and thieves,
Bm A Gmaj7
But every night all the men would come around,
* Bmadd9 Am/F# Bmadd9 Am/F#
And lay their money down
[Chorus 4]
Gmaj7 Dmaj7 Gmaj7 Dmaj7
Gyp - sies, tramps and thieves,
Gmaj7 Dmaj7 Gmaj7
We'd hear it from the people of the town,
Dmaj7 Gmaj7 Dmaj7 Gmaj7 Dmaj7
They'd call us gyp - sies, tramps and thieves,
Bm A Gmaj7
But every night all the men would come around,
Amadd9
...And lay their money ...down