[ * 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 NOTE: Please IGNOD ANY POP-UP CHORD BOXES the website might automatically suggest and use the typed shapes shown below: 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 Please scroll down to the bottom of the page and select a star rating for this tab ============================================================= [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