The Raggle Taggle Gypsy chords by Traditional

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 5th

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Key: A minorAm

Difficulty: Novice

Verse 1:
E7E7     A minorAm
There were three gypsies coming to my hall door
  FF     G7G7    C majorC  E7E7
And downstairs ran this lady-o.
C majorC    A minorAm      E7E7     A minorAm
One sang high and the other sang low
          E7E7     A minorAm E7E7 A minorAm
And the other sang Bonny Bonny Bis-cay-o.

Verse 2:
E7E7  A minorAm
Then she pulled off her silk-finished gown,
  FF    G7G7   C majorC   E7E7
and put on a hose of leather-o.
C majorC         A minorAm   E7E7    A minorAm
The ragged ragged rags about our door,
           E7E7      A minorAm E7E7 A minorAm
She is gone with the raggle-taggle gypsy-o.

Verse 3:
E7E7   A minorAm
It was late last night when my lord came home,
 FF    G7G7   C majorC  E7E7
Enquiring for his lady-o.
C majorC    A minorAm     E7E7   A minorAm
The servants said on every hand,
           E7E7      A minorAm E7E7 A minorAm
"She is gone with the raggle-taggle gypsy-o."

Instrumental:
E7E7     A minorAm
  FF     G7G7    C majorC  E7E7
C majorC    A minorAm      E7E7     A minorAm
          E7E7     A minorAm E7E7 A minorAm
Verse 4:
E7E7 A minorAm
"O saddle for me my milk-white steed,
  FF    G7G7  C majorC  E7E7
and go fetch me my pony-o,
C majorC     A minorAm   E7E7   A minorAm
That I may go and seek my bride,
           E7E7      A minorAm E7E7 A minorAm
Who is gone with the raggle-taggle gypsy-o."

Verse 5:
E7E7 A minorAm
O he rode high and he rode low,
  FF      G7G7    C majorC  E7E7
he rode through woode and copses-o,
C majorC    A minorAm    E7E7     A minorAm
Until he came to a wide open field,
       E7E7    A minorAm E7E7 A minorAm
and there he spied his lady-o.

Instrumental:
E7E7     A minorAm
  FF     G7G7    C majorC  E7E7
C majorC    A minorAm      E7E7     A minorAm
          E7E7     A minorAm E7E7 A minorAm
Verse 6:
E7E7 A minorAm
"O what made you leave your house and land,
   FF    G7G7     C majorC  E7E7
what made you leave your money-o,
C majorC       A minorAm     E7E7     A minorAm
What made you leave your new-wedded lord,
          E7E7      A minorAm E7E7 A minorAm
to be off with the raggle-taggle gypsy-o?"

Verse 7:
E7E7 A minorAm
"O what care I for my house and land,
   FF  G7G7   C majorC  E7E7
what care I for money-o?
C majorC     A minorAm    E7E7     A minorAm
What care I for my new-wedded lord,
          E7E7      A minorAm E7E7 A minorAm
to be off with the raggle-taggle gypsy-o."

Verse 8:
E7E7  A minorAm
"Last night you slept on a goose-feathered bed,
     FF      G7G7   C majorC   E7E7
with the sheet turned down so bravely-o.
C majorC       A minorAm     E7E7    A minorAm
Tonight you'll sleep in a cold open field,
        E7E7      A minorAm E7E7 A minorAm
along with the raggle-taggle gypsy-o."

Verse 9:
E7E7 A minorAm
"O what care I for my goose-feathered bed,
     FF      G7G7    C majorC   E7E7
with the sheet turned down so bravely-o?
C majorC       A minorAm     E7E7    A minorAm
Tonight I will sleep in a cold open field,
       E7E7      A minorAm E7E7 A minorAm
along wih the raggle-taggle gypsy-o."