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Intro: F  E  Am  D/F#

VERSE:

F (133211@1)      E (022100@1)        Am (x02210@1)               D/F#I (200232@1)was a fool I was so much younger then
F (133211@1)            E (022100@1)              AmThe (x02210@1)night she took me by surprise
F (133211@1)             E (022100@1)            Am (x02210@1)              D/F#I (200232@1)should have known all the trouble that I'd be in
F (133211@1)             E (022100@1)                 AmBut (x02210@1)then she hooked me with those eyes
F (133211@1)            E (022100@1)              Am (x02210@1)                D/F#Her (200232@1)drink was gin as she said tonight would never end
F (133211@1)                E (022100@1)                AmBut (x02210@1)her love weighed so heavy on my mind
F (133211@1)               E (022100@1)                 Am (x02210@1)                  D5For (xx023x@1)she was the live-in lover of a drummer I called my friend
F (133211@1)                        E (022100@1)           DShe (xx0232@1)weren't nothing but a gypsy in disguise

CHORUS:

F (133211@1)     E (022100@1)             Am (x02210@1)        D/F#Gypsy (200232@1)woman how'd you do that to me
F (133211@1)    E (022100@1)           Am (x02210@1)               Am/G (302210@1) Am/F (102210@1)Am/EGypsy (x02210@1)woman stole my heart and then you set me free
F (133211@1)     E (022100@1)             Am (x02210@1)        D/F#Gypsy (200232@1)woman how'd you learn to like that
F (133211@1)     E (022100@1)           AmGypsy (x02210@1)woman come on back

VERSE:

F (133211@1)          E (022100@1)     Am (x02210@1)          D/F#Spending (200232@1)my wages on rose and wine
F (133211@1)            E (022100@1)                    AmWe'd (x02210@1)ride the days and we'd dance the nights
F (133211@1)                 E (022100@1)      Am (x02210@1) D/F#The (200232@1)things we could do in my old VW
F (133211@1)                      E (022100@1)              AmThe (x02210@1)city lights never seemed so bright from the reservoir
F (133211@1)                  E (022100@1)                  Am (x02210@1)                D/F#And (200232@1)my friends they would warn me saying she's one fickle queen
F (133211@1)                     E (022100@1)                 AmBetter (x02210@1)get out while the getting is good my friend
F (133211@1)                                EAnd (022100@1)besides her old drummer man is looking
            Am (x02210@1)            D/F#And (200232@1)he's so big and bad and mean
F (133211@1)                  E (022100@1)F (133211@1)                      EBut (022100@1)what I didn't know then is what I know too well
F (133211@1)               E (022100@1)      DShe (xx0232@1)played me like a violin

(Chorus)

F (133211@1)                         G (320003@1)            AmSo (x02210@1)you tell me that you're leaving me now
F (133211@1)                        G (320003@1)              AmAfter (x02210@1)all the times that we have been through
F (133211@1)                    G (320003@1)                 AmAs (x02210@1)your clown how am I gonna ever go home
            F (133211@1)            G (320003@1)        DSomebody (xx0232@1)tell me what am I gonna do

VERSE:

F (133211@1)                      EAnd (022100@1)so it goes I lost my pride
             Am (x02210@1)         D/F#And (200232@1)I lost my job
        F (133211@1)                   E (022100@1)                    AmThis (x02210@1)gypsy woman took nearly every thing I called my own
AmIt (x02210@1)was a big surprise
F (133211@1)                      E (022100@1)        Am (x02210@1)       DSo (xx0232@1)next time she comes dancing prancing through the town
F (133211@1)              EGonna (022100@1)recognize the gypsy
F (133211@1)                 EI'm (022100@1)gonna recognize the gypsy
F (133211@1)                  E (022100@1)           AmGonna (x02210@1)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----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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-|
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