INTRO: D A D A D G C G D G D A D
Times down here they was [A]hard as life
Ice on the frozen [D]river
And the promises made by the [A]men in grey
They seem to be de[D]livered
[G]Deaken and me we were [C]marking [G]time
In the [D]ranks of the unem[G]ployed
When they [D]hired us on for a [A]week or so
To work with the Gypsy [D]Boys, oh[A][D]
Well, the factory closed down [A]yesterday
The textiles' turn to[D]morrow
Say what you will, but [A]down this way
One goes, the other [D]follows
So it's [G]up you riggers, up you [C]riggers [G]go
While your [D]chains around, re[G]joice
'Cause they [D]hired us on for a [A]week or so
To work with the Gypsy [D]Boys
INSTRUMENTAL: D A D A D G C G D G D A D
Well, the lights come up and the [A]crowd goes home
And they're bringing the stage-hand [D]down
And we're paid our wages and the [A]loading's over
We're gone to another [D]town
And from [G]Pennsylvania in the [C]great North [G]West
From [D]Champagne, Illi[G]nois
Well, they've [D]hired us on for a [A]week or so
To work with the Gypsy [D]Boys, oh
For they're [G]calling the towns, tipping [C]all a[G]shore
All [D]lights and fire and [G]noise
And they've [D]hired us on for a [A]week or so
To work with the Gypsy [D]Boys [A] [D]
Times down here they was [A]hard as life
Ice on the frozen [D]river
And the promises made by the [A]men in grey
They seem to be de[D]livered
[G]Deaken and me we were [C]marking [G]time
In the [D]ranks of the unem[G]ployed
When they [D]hired us on for a [A]week or so
To work with the Gypsy [D]Boys, oh[A][D]
Well, the factory closed down [A]yesterday
The textiles' turn to[D]morrow
Say what you will, but [A]down this way
One goes, the other [D]follows
So it's [G]up you riggers, up you [C]riggers [G]go
While your [D]chains around, re[G]joice
'Cause they [D]hired us on for a [A]week or so
To work with the Gypsy [D]Boys
INSTRUMENTAL: D A D A D G C G D G D A D
Well, the lights come up and the [A]crowd goes home
And they're bringing the stage-hand [D]down
And we're paid our wages and the [A]loading's over
We're gone to another [D]town
And from [G]Pennsylvania in the [C]great North [G]West
From [D]Champagne, Illi[G]nois
Well, they've [D]hired us on for a [A]week or so
To work with the Gypsy [D]Boys, oh
For they're [G]calling the towns, tipping [C]all a[G]shore
All [D]lights and fire and [G]noise
And they've [D]hired us on for a [A]week or so
To work with the Gypsy [D]Boys [A] [D]
