[ * Riff]
Amadd9Am/EE|-----7------5-5-5--|
B|-----5------5-5-5--|
G|-----5------5-5-5--|
D|--7--7------7-7-7--|
A|---------7---------|
E|-------------------|
The Fmaj7 Intro riff below is also used in the Choruses
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Amadd9 = 577557 Dm7 = xx0211 Dm7/G = 300211
Am/E = x77555 F = 133211 G = 320033
Am = x02210 Em = 022000 Fmaj7 = 133210
C = x32010 D7 = xx0212 Cmaj7 = x32000
Dm = xx0231
N.C. = No chords
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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|--------------------|---------------------|
* Amadd9Am/EAmadd9Am/E
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[Verse 1]
AmC
I was born in the wagon of a traveling show,
Dm7F
My Mama used to dance for the money they'd throw,
CEm * Amadd9Am/EAmadd9Am/E
Papa would do what - ever he could,
D7Dm7
Preach a little gospel------,
Dm7/GC
Sell a couple bottles of 'Dr. Good'!
[Chorus 1]
Fmaj7Cmaj7Fmaj7Cmaj7
Gyp - sies, tramps and thieves,
Fmaj7Cmaj7Fmaj7
We'd hear it from the people of the town,
Cmaj7Fmaj7Cmaj7Fmaj7Cmaj7
They'd call us gyp - sies, tramps and thieves,
AmGFmaj7
But every night all the men would come around,
* Amadd9Am/EAmadd9Am/E
And lay their money down!
Amadd9Am/EAmadd9Am/E
| / / / / | / / / / |
[Verse 2]
AmC
Picked up a boy, just south of Mobile,
Dm7F
Gave him a ride, filled him with a hot meal,
CEm * Amadd9Am/EAmadd9Am/E
I was sixteen, he was twenty one,
D7Dm7
Rode with us to Memphis-------,
Dm7/GC
And Papa would have shot him if he knew what he'd done
[Chorus 2]
Fmaj7Cmaj7Fmaj7Cmaj7
Gyp - sies, tramps and thieves,
Fmaj7Cmaj7Fmaj7
We'd hear it from the people of the town,
Cmaj7Fmaj7Cmaj7Fmaj7Cmaj7
They'd call us gyp - sies, tramps and thieves,
AmGFmaj7
But every night ...all the men would come around,
N.C.
And lay their money down!
[Bridge]
DmCDmC
| / / / / | / / / / |
DmCDmC
I never had schooling, but he taught me well,
DmCDmC
With his smooth southern style,
DmCDmC
Three months later I'm a gal in trouble,
DmCDm7Cmaj7Fmaj7
And I haven't seen him for a while, oh, hoh!
Cmaj7Fmaj7
I haven't seen him for a while, oh, hoh - oh!
[Verse 3]
AmC
She was born in a wagon of a traveling show,
Dm7F
Her Mama had to dance for the money they'd throw,
CEm * Amadd9Am/EAmadd9Am/E
Grandpa'd do what - ever he could,
D7Dm7
Preach a little gospel---------,
Dm7/GC
Sell a couple bottles of 'Dr. Good'
[Chorus 3]
Fmaj7Cmaj7Fmaj7Cmaj7
Gyp - sies, tramps and thieves,
Fmaj7Cmaj7Fmaj7
We'd hear it from the people of the town,
Cmaj7Fmaj7Cmaj7Fmaj7Cmaj7
They'd call us gyp - sies, tramps and thieves,
AmGFmaj7
But every night all the men would come around,
* Amadd9Am/EAmadd9Am/E
And lay their money down
[Chorus 4]
Fmaj7Cmaj7Fmaj7Cmaj7
Gyp - sies, tramps and thieves,
Fmaj7Cmaj7Fmaj7
We'd hear it from the people of the town,
Cmaj7Fmaj7Cmaj7Fmaj7Cmaj7
They'd call us gyp - sies, tramps and thieves,
AmGFmaj7
But every night all the men would come around,
Amadd9
...And lay their money ...down