Intro: F E Am D/F#
VERSE:
[F]I was a f[E]ool I was s[Am]o much younger then[D/F#]
[F]The night she t[E]ook me by surpris[Am]e
[F]I should have kn[E]own all the tro[Am]uble that I'd be i[D/F#]n
[F]But then she hoo[E]ked me with those ey[Am]es
[F]Her drink was g[E]in as she said to[Am]night would never en[D/F#]d
[F]But her love weighe[E]d so heavy on my mi[Am]nd
[F]For she was the li[E]ve-in lover of a dru[Am]mmer I called my frien[D5]d
[F]She weren't nothing but a g[E]ypsy in disgui[D]se
CHORUS:
[F]Gypsy wo[E]man how'd you do[Am] that to me[D/F#]
[F]Gypsy w[E]oman stole my [Am]heart and then you [Am/G]set me [Am/F]free[Am/E]
[F]Gypsy wo[E]man how'd you le[Am]arn to like [D/F#]that
[F]Gypsy wo[E]man come on ba[Am]ck
VERSE:
[F]Spending my w[E]ages on [Am]rose and wine[D/F#]
[F]We'd ride the d[E]ays and we'd dance the [Am]nights
[F]The things we could [E]do in my [Am]old V[D/F#]W
[F]The city lights never see[E]med so bright fro[Am]m the reservoir
[F]And my friends they w[E]ould warn me saying s[Am]he's one fickle quee[D/F#]n
[F]Better get out while the[E] getting is good my [Am]friend
[F]And besides her old drummer man is [E]looking
And he's so [Am]big and bad and [D/F#]mean
[F]But what I didn't kno[E]w t[F]hen is what I know too we[E]ll
[F]She played me like[E] a violin[D]
(Chorus)
[F]So you tell me that you're l[G]eaving me now[Am]
[F]After all the times that we[G] have been throug[Am]h
[F]As your clown how am I [G]gonna ever go home[Am]
Somebody tel[F]l me what am I [G]gonna do[D]
VERSE:
[F]And so it goes I lost my [E]pride
And I lost my[Am] job[D/F#]
This gyp[F]sy woman took nearly e[E]very thing I called my [Am]own
[Am]It was a big surprise
[F]So next time she comes da[E]ncing pranc[Am]ing through[D] the town
[F]Gonna recognize t[E]he gypsy
[F]I'm gonna recognize [E]the gypsy
[F]Gonna recognize the g[E]ypsy in disgui[Am]se
To give it an ending that is more like one of Martin Sexton?s live versions of this
song, play something like this. Give it a little Gypsy style.
E----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G--------1--------1-------1----------1----------------1--------1------------1----------1-|
B----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D--------------------------------0---------2h3----0---------2---------------------0------|
A-0------------2-------3------------------------------------------------3----------------|
E----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E------------------------------------------------------------------|
G-----1-------1---------1------------1---------1--------1------1---|
B------------------------------------------------------------------|
D------------------------------------------------------------------|
A-2-------3--------------------0-----------------------------------|
E-------------------4------------------------3--------1------0-----|
I would take it into something like this and progressively go faster each time I go through it.
E-----------------------------------------------------------|
B---1-----3-----5------6------5--------3-------5-------3----|
G---2-----4-----5------7------5--------4-------5-------4----| Repeat as desired
D-----------------------------------------------------------|
A-0------------0------------0----------------0--------------|
E-------0-----------0--------------0-----------------0------|
End with this:
E------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B---1-----3-----5------6------5--------3-------5-------1--------3--------1-------3---------|
G---2-----4-----5------7------5--------4-------5-------2--------4--------2-------4------4--|
D---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------6--|
A-0------------0------------0----------------0---------------0----------------0------------|
E-------0-----------0--------------0-----------------0---------------0---------------0-----|
E --------------------------------------------|
B ---1-------1---------1---------1----------1-|
G ------------------------------------------2-|
D ------------------------------------------2-|
A -0----------------------------------------0-|
E --------3--------1------------0-----------0-|
VERSE:
[F]I was a f[E]ool I was s[Am]o much younger then[D/F#]
[F]The night she t[E]ook me by surpris[Am]e
[F]I should have kn[E]own all the tro[Am]uble that I'd be i[D/F#]n
[F]But then she hoo[E]ked me with those ey[Am]es
[F]Her drink was g[E]in as she said to[Am]night would never en[D/F#]d
[F]But her love weighe[E]d so heavy on my mi[Am]nd
[F]For she was the li[E]ve-in lover of a dru[Am]mmer I called my frien[D5]d
[F]She weren't nothing but a g[E]ypsy in disgui[D]se
CHORUS:
[F]Gypsy wo[E]man how'd you do[Am] that to me[D/F#]
[F]Gypsy w[E]oman stole my [Am]heart and then you [Am/G]set me [Am/F]free[Am/E]
[F]Gypsy wo[E]man how'd you le[Am]arn to like [D/F#]that
[F]Gypsy wo[E]man come on ba[Am]ck
VERSE:
[F]Spending my w[E]ages on [Am]rose and wine[D/F#]
[F]We'd ride the d[E]ays and we'd dance the [Am]nights
[F]The things we could [E]do in my [Am]old V[D/F#]W
[F]The city lights never see[E]med so bright fro[Am]m the reservoir
[F]And my friends they w[E]ould warn me saying s[Am]he's one fickle quee[D/F#]n
[F]Better get out while the[E] getting is good my [Am]friend
[F]And besides her old drummer man is [E]looking
And he's so [Am]big and bad and [D/F#]mean
[F]But what I didn't kno[E]w t[F]hen is what I know too we[E]ll
[F]She played me like[E] a violin[D]
(Chorus)
[F]So you tell me that you're l[G]eaving me now[Am]
[F]After all the times that we[G] have been throug[Am]h
[F]As your clown how am I [G]gonna ever go home[Am]
Somebody tel[F]l me what am I [G]gonna do[D]
VERSE:
[F]And so it goes I lost my [E]pride
And I lost my[Am] job[D/F#]
This gyp[F]sy woman took nearly e[E]very thing I called my [Am]own
[Am]It was a big surprise
[F]So next time she comes da[E]ncing pranc[Am]ing through[D] the town
[F]Gonna recognize t[E]he gypsy
[F]I'm gonna recognize [E]the gypsy
[F]Gonna recognize the g[E]ypsy in disgui[Am]se
To give it an ending that is more like one of Martin Sexton?s live versions of this
song, play something like this. Give it a little Gypsy style.
E----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G--------1--------1-------1----------1----------------1--------1------------1----------1-|
B----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D--------------------------------0---------2h3----0---------2---------------------0------|
A-0------------2-------3------------------------------------------------3----------------|
E----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E------------------------------------------------------------------|
G-----1-------1---------1------------1---------1--------1------1---|
B------------------------------------------------------------------|
D------------------------------------------------------------------|
A-2-------3--------------------0-----------------------------------|
E-------------------4------------------------3--------1------0-----|
I would take it into something like this and progressively go faster each time I go through it.
E-----------------------------------------------------------|
B---1-----3-----5------6------5--------3-------5-------3----|
G---2-----4-----5------7------5--------4-------5-------4----| Repeat as desired
D-----------------------------------------------------------|
A-0------------0------------0----------------0--------------|
E-------0-----------0--------------0-----------------0------|
End with this:
E------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B---1-----3-----5------6------5--------3-------5-------1--------3--------1-------3---------|
G---2-----4-----5------7------5--------4-------5-------2--------4--------2-------4------4--|
D---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------6--|
A-0------------0------------0----------------0---------------0----------------0------------|
E-------0-----------0--------------0-----------------0---------------0---------------0-----|
E --------------------------------------------|
B ---1-------1---------1---------1----------1-|
G ------------------------------------------2-|
D ------------------------------------------2-|
A -0----------------------------------------0-|
E --------3--------1------------0-----------0-|
