Tom: A5
Verse 1:
               A5                     C5
        I was born in the wagon of a traveling show
            D5                         F5
        My mama used to dance for the money they'd throw
         C5             E5      A5
        Papa'd do whatever he could
         D5                      F5
        Preach a little gospel
         G5                            C5
        Sell a couple bottles of Dr. Good

Chorus:
        F5 C5   F5        C5
        Gypsies, tramps and thieves
            F5              C5           F5          C5
        We'd hear it from the people of the town, they'd call us
        F5 C5   F5        C5
        Gypsies, tramps and thieves
        A5                       G5                F5
        But every night all the men would come around
                            [1,3: A5   2: D5 C5  D5 C; to bridge]
        And lay their money down

Verse 2:
               A5                     C5
        Picked up a boy this side of Mobile
            D5                         F5
        Gave him a ride, fed him with a hot meal
         C5          E5      A5
        I was 16, he was 21
         D5                F5
        Rode with us to Memphis
         G5                                  C5
        And Papa would have shot him if he knew what he'd done

        [chorus]

Bridge:
        D5         C5                D5        C5
        Never had schoolin' but he taught me well
                  D5      C5       D5    C5
        With his smooth Southern style
         D5            C5         D5       C5
        Three months later I'm a gal in trouble
              D5            C5        F5
        And I haven't seen him for a while
                                 C5     F5
        I haven't seen him for a while

Verse 3:
              A5                     C5
        She was born in the wagon of a traveling show
            D5                         F5
        Her mama used to dance for the money they'd throw
         C5          E5           A5
        Grandpa'd do whatever he could
         D5                F5
        Preach a little gospel
         G5                                  C5
        Sell a couple bottles of Dr. Good