Intro: F E Am D/F#
VERSE:
F E Am D/F#
I was a fool I was so much younger then
F E Am
The night she took me by surprise
F E Am D/F#
I should have known all the trouble that I'd be in
F E Am
But then she hooked me with those eyes
F E Am D/F#
Her drink was gin as she said tonight would never end
F E Am
But her love weighed so heavy on my mind
F E Am D5
For she was the live-in lover of a drummer I called my friend
F E D
She weren't nothing but a gypsy in disguise
CHORUS:
F E Am D/F#
Gypsy woman how'd you do that to me
F E Am Am/G Am/F Am/E
Gypsy woman stole my heart and then you set me free
F E Am D/F#
Gypsy woman how'd you learn to like that
F E Am
Gypsy woman come on back
VERSE:
F E Am D/F#
Spending my wages on rose and wine
F E Am
We'd ride the days and we'd dance the nights
F E Am D/F#
The things we could do in my old VW
F E Am
The city lights never seemed so bright from the reservoir
F E Am D/F#
And my friends they would warn me saying she's one fickle queen
F E Am
Better get out while the getting is good my friend
F E
And besides her old drummer man is looking
Am D/F#
And he's so big and bad and mean
F E F E
But what I didn't know then is what I know too well
F E D
She played me like a violin
(Chorus)
F G Am
So you tell me that you're leaving me now
F G Am
After all the times that we have been through
F G Am
As your clown how am I gonna ever go home
F G D
Somebody tell me what am I gonna do
VERSE:
F E
And so it goes I lost my pride
Am D/F#
And I lost my job
F E Am
This gypsy woman took nearly every thing I called my own
Am
It was a big surprise
F E Am D
So next time she comes dancing prancing through the town
F E
Gonna recognize the gypsy
F E
I'm gonna recognize the gypsy
F E Am
Gonna recognize the gypsy in disguise
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|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------1--------1-------1----------1----------------1--------1------------1----------1-|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------0---------2h3----0---------2---------------------0------|
A|-0------------2-------3------------------------------------------------3----------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----1-------1---------1------------1---------1--------1------1---|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------|
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-|
