Intro
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Amadd9 = 577557 G#m7 = xx0211 G#m7/C# = 300211
D#m/A# = x77555 B = 133211 C# = 320033
D#m = x02210 A#m = 022000 Bmaj7 = 133210
F# = x32010 G#7 = xx0212 F#maj7 = x32000
G#m = xx0231
N.C. = No chords
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[Intro]
(Fmaj7)
e |-----0---0---0---0--|-----0---0---0---0---|
F |--------------------|---------------------|
C# |---2---0------------|---------------------|
G# |-----------3---2----|---0-----------------|
D# |--------------------|-------3---2---3-----|
A# |--------------------|---------------------|
* D#madd9 Am/A# D#madd9 Am/A#
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[Verse 1]
D#m F#
I was born in the wagon of a traveling show,
G#m7 B
My Mama used to dance for the money they'd throw,
F# A#m * D#madd9 Am/A# D#madd9 Am/A#
Papa would do what - ever he could,
G#7 G#m7
Preach a little gospel------,
G#m7/C# F#
Sell a couple bottles of 'Dr. Good'!
[Chorus 1]
Bmaj7 F#maj7 Bmaj7 F#maj7
Gyp - sies, tramps and thieves,
Bmaj7 F#maj7 Bmaj7
We'd hear it from the people of the town,
F#maj7 Bmaj7 F#maj7 Bmaj7 F#maj7
They'd call us gyp - sies, tramps and thieves,
D#m C# Bmaj7
But every night all the men would come around,
* D#madd9 Am/A# D#madd9 Am/A#
And lay their money down!
D#madd9 Am/A# D#madd9 Am/A#
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[Verse 2]
D#m F#
Picked up a boy, just south of Mobile,
G#m7 B
Gave him a ride, filled him with a hot meal,
F# A#m * D#madd9 Am/A# D#madd9 Am/A#
I was sixteen, he was twenty one,
G#7 G#m7
Rode with us to Memphis-------,
G#m7/C# F#
And Papa would have shot him if he knew what he'd done
[Chorus 2]
Bmaj7 F#maj7 Bmaj7 F#maj7
Gyp - sies, tramps and thieves,
Bmaj7 F#maj7 Bmaj7
We'd hear it from the people of the town,
F#maj7 Bmaj7 F#maj7 Bmaj7 F#maj7
They'd call us gyp - sies, tramps and thieves,
D#m C# Bmaj7
But every night ...all the men would come around,
N.C.
And lay their money down!
[Bridge]
G#m F# G#m F#
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G#m F# G#m F#
I never had schooling, but he taught me well,
G#m F# G#m F#
With his smooth southern style,
G#m F# G#m F#
Three months later I'm a gal in trouble,
G#m F# G#m7 F#maj7 Bmaj7
And I haven't seen him for a while, oh, hoh!
F#maj7 Bmaj7
I haven't seen him for a while, oh, hoh - oh!
[Verse 3]
D#m F#
She was born in a wagon of a traveling show,
G#m7 B
Her Mama had to dance for the money they'd throw,
F# A#m * D#madd9 Am/A# D#madd9 Am/A#
Grandpa'd do what - ever he could,
G#7 G#m7
Preach a little gospel---------,
G#m7/C# F#
Sell a couple bottles of 'Dr. Good'
[Chorus 3]
Bmaj7 F#maj7 Bmaj7 F#maj7
Gyp - sies, tramps and thieves,
Bmaj7 F#maj7 Bmaj7
We'd hear it from the people of the town,
F#maj7 Bmaj7 F#maj7 Bmaj7 F#maj7
They'd call us gyp - sies, tramps and thieves,
D#m C# Bmaj7
But every night all the men would come around,
* D#madd9 Am/A# D#madd9 Am/A#
And lay their money down
[Chorus 4]
Bmaj7 F#maj7 Bmaj7 F#maj7
Gyp - sies, tramps and thieves,
Bmaj7 F#maj7 Bmaj7
We'd hear it from the people of the town,
F#maj7 Bmaj7 F#maj7 Bmaj7 F#maj7
They'd call us gyp - sies, tramps and thieves,
D#m C# Bmaj7
But every night all the men would come around,
Amadd9
...And lay their money ...down