Intro
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[Intro]
(Fmaj7)
e |-----0---0---0---0--|-----0---0---0---0---|
F# |--------------------|---------------------|
D |---2---0------------|---------------------|
A |-----------3---2----|---0-----------------|
E |--------------------|-------3---2---3-----|
B |--------------------|---------------------|
* Emadd9 Am/B Emadd9 Am/B
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[Verse 1]
Em G
I was born in the wagon of a traveling show,
Am7 C
My Mama used to dance for the money they'd throw,
G Bm * Emadd9 Am/B Emadd9 Am/B
Papa would do what - ever he could,
A7 Am7
Preach a little gospel------,
Am7/D G
Sell a couple bottles of 'Dr. Good'!
[Chorus 1]
Cmaj7 Gmaj7 Cmaj7 Gmaj7
Gyp - sies, tramps and thieves,
Cmaj7 Gmaj7 Cmaj7
We'd hear it from the people of the town,
Gmaj7 Cmaj7 Gmaj7 Cmaj7 Gmaj7
They'd call us gyp - sies, tramps and thieves,
Em D Cmaj7
But every night all the men would come around,
* Emadd9 Am/B Emadd9 Am/B
And lay their money down!
Emadd9 Am/B Emadd9 Am/B
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[Verse 2]
Em G
Picked up a boy, just south of Mobile,
Am7 C
Gave him a ride, filled him with a hot meal,
G Bm * Emadd9 Am/B Emadd9 Am/B
I was sixteen, he was twenty one,
A7 Am7
Rode with us to Memphis-------,
Am7/D G
And Papa would have shot him if he knew what he'd done
[Chorus 2]
Cmaj7 Gmaj7 Cmaj7 Gmaj7
Gyp - sies, tramps and thieves,
Cmaj7 Gmaj7 Cmaj7
We'd hear it from the people of the town,
Gmaj7 Cmaj7 Gmaj7 Cmaj7 Gmaj7
They'd call us gyp - sies, tramps and thieves,
Em D Cmaj7
But every night ...all the men would come around,
N.C.
And lay their money down!
[Bridge]
Am G Am G
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Am G Am G
I never had schooling, but he taught me well,
Am G Am G
With his smooth southern style,
Am G Am G
Three months later I'm a gal in trouble,
Am G Am7 Gmaj7 Cmaj7
And I haven't seen him for a while, oh, hoh!
Gmaj7 Cmaj7
I haven't seen him for a while, oh, hoh - oh!
[Verse 3]
Em G
She was born in a wagon of a traveling show,
Am7 C
Her Mama had to dance for the money they'd throw,
G Bm * Emadd9 Am/B Emadd9 Am/B
Grandpa'd do what - ever he could,
A7 Am7
Preach a little gospel---------,
Am7/D G
Sell a couple bottles of 'Dr. Good'
[Chorus 3]
Cmaj7 Gmaj7 Cmaj7 Gmaj7
Gyp - sies, tramps and thieves,
Cmaj7 Gmaj7 Cmaj7
We'd hear it from the people of the town,
Gmaj7 Cmaj7 Gmaj7 Cmaj7 Gmaj7
They'd call us gyp - sies, tramps and thieves,
Em D Cmaj7
But every night all the men would come around,
* Emadd9 Am/B Emadd9 Am/B
And lay their money down
[Chorus 4]
Cmaj7 Gmaj7 Cmaj7 Gmaj7
Gyp - sies, tramps and thieves,
Cmaj7 Gmaj7 Cmaj7
We'd hear it from the people of the town,
Gmaj7 Cmaj7 Gmaj7 Cmaj7 Gmaj7
They'd call us gyp - sies, tramps and thieves,
Em D Cmaj7
But every night all the men would come around,
Amadd9
...And lay their money ...down