Gypsy Woman chords by Martin Sexton

Chords with lyrics

Intro: D/F#D/F#


VERSE:

D/F#D/F#
I was a fool I was so much younger then
A minorAm
The night she took me by surprise
D/F#D/F#
I should have known all the trouble that I'd be in
A minorAm
But then she hooked me with those eyes
D/F#D/F#
Her drink was gin as she said tonight would never end
A minorAm
But her love weighed so heavy on my mind
D5D5
For she was the live-in lover of a drummer I called my friend
D MajorD
She weren't nothing but a gypsy in disguise

CHORUS:

D/F#D/F#
Gypsy woman how'd you do that to me
Am/E
Gypsy woman stole my heart and then you set me free
D/F#D/F#
Gypsy woman how'd you learn to like that
A minorAm
Gypsy woman come on back


VERSE:

D/F#D/F#
Spending my wages on rose and wine
A minorAm
We'd ride the days and we'd dance the nights
D/F#D/F#
The things we could do in my old VW
A minorAm
The city lights never seemed so bright from the reservoir
D/F#D/F#
And my friends they would warn me saying she's one fickle queen
A minorAm
Better get out while the getting is good my friend
E MajorE
And besides her old drummer man is looking
      D/F#D/F#
And he's so big and bad and mean
E MajorE
But what I didn't know then is what I know too well
D MajorD
She played me like a violin

(Chorus)

A minorAm
So you tell me that you're leaving me now
A minorAm
After all the times that we have been through
A minorAm
As your clown how am I gonna ever go home
      D MajorD
Somebody tell me what am I gonna do

VERSE:

E MajorE
And so it goes I lost my pride
       D/F#D/F#
And I lost my job
    A minorAm
This gypsy woman took nearly every thing I called my own
A minorAm
It was a big surprise
D MajorD
So next time she comes dancing prancing through the town
E MajorE
Gonna recognize the gypsy
E MajorE
I'm gonna recognize the gypsy
A minorAm
Gonna recognize the gypsy in disguise


To give it an ending that is more like one of Martin Sexton’s live versions of this
song, play something like this. Give it a little Gypsy style.


E----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G--------1--------1-------1----------1----------------1--------1------------1----------1-|
B----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D--------------------------------0---------2h3----0---------2---------------------0------|
A-0------------2-------3------------------------------------------------3----------------|
E----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

E------------------------------------------------------------------|
G-----1-------1---------1------------1---------1--------1------1---|
B------------------------------------------------------------------|
D------------------------------------------------------------------|
A-2-------3--------------------0-----------------------------------|
E-------------------4------------------------3--------1------0-----|

I would take it into something like this and progressively go faster each time I go through it.


E-----------------------------------------------------------|
B---1-----3-----5------6------5--------3-------5-------3----|
G---2-----4-----5------7------5--------4-------5-------4----| Repeat as desired
D-----------------------------------------------------------|
A-0------------0------------0----------------0--------------|
E-------0-----------0--------------0-----------------0------|

End with this:

E------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B---1-----3-----5------6------5--------3-------5-------1--------3--------1-------3---------|
G---2-----4-----5------7------5--------4-------5-------2--------4--------2-------4------4--|
D---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------6--|
A-0------------0------------0----------------0---------------0----------------0------------|
E-------0-----------0--------------0-----------------0---------------0---------------0-----|


E MajorE --------------------------------------------|
BB ---1-------1---------1---------1----------1-|
G+G ------------------------------------------2-|
D MajorD ------------------------------------------2-|
A augmentedA -0----------------------------------------0-|