Gypsy Boy chords by Billy Joe Shaver

Chords with lyrics

Verse 1:
B minorBm
   The painted lantern circus
     F#F#
With the wagons swinging slowly
   B minorBm
On a cold October morning
   F#F#
On a day that should be holy
 G+G
Winding through the forest
    D MajorD
As the sun is just a-breakin'
  G+G
And i am only seven
    D MajorD
And a gypsy in the makin'

Verse 2:
B minorBm
Winds a-blowin' through me
     F#F#
And the canvas flaps a-tearin'
     B minorBm
And the folks is talkin' low now
     F#F#
'Cause they don't want me to hear 'em
  G+G
And Uncle says there's trouble
     D MajorD
With the bulls along the border
   G+G
And i'm a-wond'rin' why
    D MajorD       B minorBm
And a-wishin' i were older

Verse 3:
B minorBm
  Many years ago it seems
   F#F#
And many summers ending
   B minorBm
The wagon wheels is rustin'
    F#F#
And the axles is a-bendin'
   G+G
And Grandma's bones is bleachin'
     D MajorD
And our hearts is still a-dyin'
   G+G
But i'm a Gypsy Boy
     D MajorD
And there ain't no time for cryin'

Verse 4:
 B minorBm
Now it's getting colder
    F#F#
And the air is growin' ugly
    B minorBm
And the wolves is gettin' bolder
   F#F#
And there ain't no sun above me
    G+G
And i think it's time to move now
    D MajorD
But i don't know where we're goin'
    G+G
And i know it won't be long now
  D MajorD         B minorBm
Before it starts to snowin'


Verse 5:
B minorBm
Babies cryin' softly
     F#F#
And the women are a-sighin'
   B minorBm
And somewhere in a wagon
     F#F#
There's a soul that must be dyin'
       G+G
'Cause the crepe is hangin' black
     D MajorD
From the window of each lorry
      G+G
And we'll likely camp at sunset
     D MajorD
So's the body can be buried

Verse 6:
B minorBm
So the carts will rumble
     F#F#
Though there ain't no road to travel
    B minorBm
And i listen to the grindin'
    F#F#
Of the wooden wheels on gravel
     G+G
And the sad songs and the old songs
   D MajorD
Will warm me and they'll hold me
     G+G
'Til my head at last grows weary
    D MajorD
And the arms of sleep enfold me
   G+G
For i am a Gypsy Boy
    D MajorD
And my home is where you find me
   G+G
For i am a Gypsy Boy
    D MajorD         B minorBm
And my home is where you find me