Gypsy Davy chords by Guthrie Woody

Gypsy Davy

By Woody Guthrie

Verse 1
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It was late last night when the boss come home

He's askin' about his lady
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The only answer he received, "she's gone with the
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Gypsy Davy, gone with the gypsy Dave"


Verse 2
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"go saddle for me my buckskin' horse

And a hundred dollars saddle
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Point out to me their wagon tracks
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And after them I'll travel, after them I'll ride"

Verse 3
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Well, I had not rode 'til the midnight moon

When I saw the campfire gleaming
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I heard the notes of the big guitar
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And the voice of the gypsy singin' That song of the gypsy Dave



Verse 3
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There in the light of the camping fire

I saw her fair face beaming
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Her heart in tune with the big guitar
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And the voice of the gypsy singing That song of the gypsy Dave


Verse 4
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Have you forsaken your house and home

Have you forsaken your baby
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Have you forsaken your husband dear
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To go to the gypsy Davey And sing with the gypsy Dave That

song of the gypsy Dave



Verse 5
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Yes, I've forsaken my husband dear

To go with the gypsy Davy
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And I've forsaken my mansion high
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But not my blue-eyed baby Not my blue-eyed babe


Verse 6
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She smiled to leave her husband dear

And go with the Gypsy Davy
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But the tears come a-tricklin' down her cheeks
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To think of the blue-eyed baby Pretty little blue-eyed babe


Verse 7
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Take off take off your buskin'gloves

Made of spanish leather
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Give to me your lily-white hand
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We'll ride back home together And we'll ride home again


Verse 8
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No, I won't take off my buskin' gloves

They're made of Spanish leather
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I'll go my way from day to day
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And sing with the gypsy Davy That song of the gypsy Dave
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That song of the gypsy Davey That song of the gypsy Dave