Gypsy Woman
Martin SextonVersion1
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Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
I was a fool I was so much younger then
The night she took me by surprise
I should have known all the trouble that I'd be in
But then she hooked me with those eyes
Her drink was gin as she said tonight would never end
But her love weighed so heavy on my mind
For she was the live-in lover of a drummer I called my friend
She weren't nothing but a gypsy in disguise
Gypsy woman how'd you do that to me
Gypsy woman stole my heart and then you set me free
Gypsy woman how'd you learn to like that
Gypsy woman come on back
Spending my wages on rose and wine
We'd ride the days and we'd dance the nights
The things we could do in my old VW
The city lights never seemed so bright from the reservoir
And my friends they would warn me saying she's one fickle queen
Better get out while the getting is good my friend
And besides her old drummer man is looking
And he's so big and bad and mean
But what I didn't know then is what I know too well
She played me like a violin
(Chorus)
So you tell me that you're leaving me now
After all the times that we have been through
As your clown how am I gonna ever go home
Somebody tell me what am I gonna do
And so it goes I lost my pride
And I lost my job
This gypsy woman took nearly every thing I called my own
It was a big surprise
So next time she comes dancing prancing through the town
Gonna recognize the gypsy
I'm gonna recognize the gypsy
Gonna recognize the gypsy in disguise
To give it an ending that is more like one of Martin Sextons 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 --------------------------------------------|
B ---1-------1---------1---------1----------1-|
G ------------------------------------------2-|
D ------------------------------------------2-|
A -0----------------------------------------0-|
E --------3--------1------------0-----------0-|
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Readable chord sheet for Gypsy Woman by Martin Sexton
[F] [E] [Am] [D/F#] [F]I was a f[E]ool I was s[Am]o much younger then[D/F#] [F]The night she t[E]ook me by surpris[Am]e [F]I should have kn[E]own all the tro[Am]uble that I'd be i[D/F#]n [F]But then she hoo[E]ked me with those ey[Am]es [F]Her drink was g[E]in as she said to[Am]night would never en[D/F#]d [F]But her love weighe[E]d so heavy on my mi[Am]nd [F]For she was the li[E]ve-in lover of a dru[Am]mmer I called my frien[D5]d [F]She weren't nothing but a g[E]ypsy in disgui[D]se [F]Gypsy wo[E]man how'd you do[Am] that to me [D/F#] [F]Gypsy w[E]oman stole my [Am]heart and then you [Am/G]set me [Am/F]free [Am/E] [F]Gypsy wo[E]man how'd you le[Am]arn to like [D/F#]that [F]Gypsy wo[E]man come on ba[Am]ck [F]Spending my w[E]ages on [Am]rose and wine [D/F#] [F]We'd ride the d[E]ays and we'd dance the [Am]nights [F]The things we could [E]do in my [Am]old V[D/F#]W [F]The city lights never see[E]med so bright fro[Am]m the reservoir [F]And my friends they w[E]ould warn me saying s[Am]he's one fickle quee[D/F#]n [F]Better get out while the[E] getting is good my [Am]friend [F]And besides her old drummer man is [E]looking And he's so [Am]big and bad and [D/F#]mean [F]But what I didn't kno[E]w t[F]hen is what I know too we[E]ll [F]She played me like[E] a violin[D] (Chorus) [F]So you tell me that you're l[G]eaving me now [Am] [F]After all the times that we[G] have been throug[Am]h [F]As your clown how am I [G]gonna ever go home [Am] Somebody tel[F]l me what am I [G]gonna do [D] [F]And so it goes I lost my [E]pride And I lost my[Am] job [D/F#] This gyp[F]sy woman took nearly e[E]very thing I called my [Am]own [Am]It was a big surprise [F]So next time she comes da[E]ncing pranc[Am]ing through[D] the town [F]Gonna recognize t[E]he gypsy [F]I'm gonna recognize [E]the gypsy [F]Gonna recognize the g[E]ypsy in disgui[Am]se To give it an ending that is more like one of Martin Sextons 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 --------------------------------------------| B ---1-------1---------1---------1----------1-| G ------------------------------------------2-| D ------------------------------------------2-| A -0----------------------------------------0-| E --------3--------1------------0-----------0-|