[ * Riff]
   Amadd9   Am/E
E|-----7------5-5-5--|
B|-----5------5-5-5--|
G|-----5------5-5-5--|
D|--7--7------7-7-7--|
A|---------7---------|
E|-------------------|

The Fmaj7 Intro riff below is also used in the Choruses

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Amadd9 = 577557    Dm7 = xx0211    Dm7/G = 300211
Am/E   = x77555    F   = 133211    G     = 320033
Am     = x02210    Em  = 022000    Fmaj7 = 133210
C      = x32010    D7  = xx0212    Cmaj7 = x32000
                                   Dm    = xx0231
N.C. = No chords

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[Intro]
    (Fmaj7)
E|-----0---0---0---0--|-----0---0---0---0---|
B|--------------------|---------------------|
G|---2---0------------|---------------------|
D|-----------3---2----|---0-----------------|
A|--------------------|-------3---2---3-----|
E|--------------------|---------------------|

*  Amadd9  Am/E     Amadd9   Am/E
||: /   /   /   /  |  /   /   /   / :||[x2]

[Verse 1]
      Am                     C
I was born in the wagon of a traveling show,
   Dm7                        F
My Mama used to dance for the money they'd throw,
C                    Em    * Amadd9  Am/E   Amadd9  Am/E
Papa would do what - ever he could,
D7                      Dm7
Preach a little gospel------,
Dm7/G                        C
Sell a couple bottles of 'Dr. Good'!

[Chorus 1]
Fmaj7 Cmaj7  Fmaj7      Cmaj7
Gyp - sies,  tramps and thieves,
     Fmaj7            Cmaj7         Fmaj7
We'd hear it from the people of the town, 
       Cmaj7   Fmaj7  Cmaj7  Fmaj7      Cmaj7
They'd call us gyp  - sies,  tramps and thieves,
Am                  G                 Fmaj7
    But every night all the men would come around,
                  * Amadd9  Am/E    Amadd9  Am/E
And lay their money down!

  Amadd9  Am/E      Amadd9  Am/E
|  /   /   /   /  |  /   /   /   /  |

[Verse 2]
Am                    C
Picked up a boy, just south of Mobile,
Dm7                         F
Gave him a ride, filled him with a hot meal,
C                     Em   * Amadd9  Am/E   Amadd9  Am/E
I was sixteen, he was twenty one,
D7                       Dm7
Rode with us to Memphis-------,
    Dm7/G                                         C
And Papa would have shot him if he knew what he'd done

[Chorus 2]
Fmaj7 Cmaj7  Fmaj7      Cmaj7
Gyp - sies,  tramps and thieves,
     Fmaj7            Cmaj7         Fmaj7
We'd hear it from the people of the town, 
       Cmaj7   Fmaj7  Cmaj7  Fmaj7      Cmaj7
They'd call us gyp  - sies,  tramps and thieves,
Am                  G                    Fmaj7
    But every night ...all the men would come around,
N.C.
And lay their money down!

[Bridge]
  Dm     C       Dm     C
|  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  |

  Dm        C                 Dm        C
I never had schooling, but he taught me well,
         Dm     C        Dm     C
With his smooth southern style,
Dm           C           Dm     C
Three months later I'm a gal in trouble,
      Dm           C   Dm7   Cmaj7      Fmaj7
And I haven't seen him for a while, oh, hoh!
                   Cmaj7                  Fmaj7
I haven't seen him for a while, oh, hoh - oh!

[Verse 3]
        Am                   C
She was born in a wagon of a traveling show,
    Dm7                       F
Her Mama had to dance for the money they'd throw,
C                   Em    * Amadd9  Am/E   Amadd9  Am/E
Grandpa'd do what - ever he could,
D7                        Dm7
Preach a little gospel---------,
Dm7/G                         C
Sell a couple bottles of 'Dr. Good'

[Chorus 3]
Fmaj7 Cmaj7  Fmaj7      Cmaj7
Gyp - sies,  tramps and thieves,
     Fmaj7            Cmaj7         Fmaj7
We'd hear it from the people of the town, 
       Cmaj7   Fmaj7  Cmaj7  Fmaj7      Cmaj7
They'd call us gyp  - sies,  tramps and thieves,
Am                  G                 Fmaj7
    But every night all the men would come around,
                  * Amadd9  Am/E    Amadd9  Am/E
And lay their money down

[Chorus 4]
Fmaj7  Cmaj7  Fmaj7      Cmaj7
 Gyp - sies,  tramps and thieves,
     Fmaj7            Cmaj7         Fmaj7
We'd hear it from the people of the town,
       Cmaj7   Fmaj7  Cmaj7  Fmaj7      Cmaj7
They'd call us gyp  - sies,  tramps and thieves,
Am                  G                 Fmaj7
    But every night all the men would come around,
                          Amadd9
...And lay their money ...down