Intro
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[Intro]
(Fmaj7)
e |-----0---0---0---0--|-----0---0---0---0---|
A |--------------------|---------------------|
F |---2---0------------|---------------------|
C |-----------3---2----|---0-----------------|
G |--------------------|-------3---2---3-----|
D |--------------------|---------------------|
* Gmadd9 Am/D Gmadd9 Am/D
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[Verse 1]
Gm A#
I was born in the wagon of a traveling show,
Cm7 D#
My Mama used to dance for the money they'd throw,
A# Dm * Gmadd9 Am/D Gmadd9 Am/D
Papa would do what - ever he could,
C7 Cm7
Preach a little gospel------,
Cm7/F A#
Sell a couple bottles of 'Dr. Good'!
[Chorus 1]
D#maj7 A#maj7 D#maj7 A#maj7
Gyp - sies, tramps and thieves,
D#maj7 A#maj7 D#maj7
We'd hear it from the people of the town,
A#maj7 D#maj7 A#maj7 D#maj7 A#maj7
They'd call us gyp - sies, tramps and thieves,
Gm F D#maj7
But every night all the men would come around,
* Gmadd9 Am/D Gmadd9 Am/D
And lay their money down!
Gmadd9 Am/D Gmadd9 Am/D
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[Verse 2]
Gm A#
Picked up a boy, just south of Mobile,
Cm7 D#
Gave him a ride, filled him with a hot meal,
A# Dm * Gmadd9 Am/D Gmadd9 Am/D
I was sixteen, he was twenty one,
C7 Cm7
Rode with us to Memphis-------,
Cm7/F A#
And Papa would have shot him if he knew what he'd done
[Chorus 2]
D#maj7 A#maj7 D#maj7 A#maj7
Gyp - sies, tramps and thieves,
D#maj7 A#maj7 D#maj7
We'd hear it from the people of the town,
A#maj7 D#maj7 A#maj7 D#maj7 A#maj7
They'd call us gyp - sies, tramps and thieves,
Gm F D#maj7
But every night ...all the men would come around,
N.C.
And lay their money down!
[Bridge]
Cm A# Cm A#
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Cm A# Cm A#
I never had schooling, but he taught me well,
Cm A# Cm A#
With his smooth southern style,
Cm A# Cm A#
Three months later I'm a gal in trouble,
Cm A# Cm7 A#maj7 D#maj7
And I haven't seen him for a while, oh, hoh!
A#maj7 D#maj7
I haven't seen him for a while, oh, hoh - oh!
[Verse 3]
Gm A#
She was born in a wagon of a traveling show,
Cm7 D#
Her Mama had to dance for the money they'd throw,
A# Dm * Gmadd9 Am/D Gmadd9 Am/D
Grandpa'd do what - ever he could,
C7 Cm7
Preach a little gospel---------,
Cm7/F A#
Sell a couple bottles of 'Dr. Good'
[Chorus 3]
D#maj7 A#maj7 D#maj7 A#maj7
Gyp - sies, tramps and thieves,
D#maj7 A#maj7 D#maj7
We'd hear it from the people of the town,
A#maj7 D#maj7 A#maj7 D#maj7 A#maj7
They'd call us gyp - sies, tramps and thieves,
Gm F D#maj7
But every night all the men would come around,
* Gmadd9 Am/D Gmadd9 Am/D
And lay their money down
[Chorus 4]
D#maj7 A#maj7 D#maj7 A#maj7
Gyp - sies, tramps and thieves,
D#maj7 A#maj7 D#maj7
We'd hear it from the people of the town,
A#maj7 D#maj7 A#maj7 D#maj7 A#maj7
They'd call us gyp - sies, tramps and thieves,
Gm F D#maj7
But every night all the men would come around,
Amadd9
...And lay their money ...down