Martin Sexton – Gypsy Woman chords

Intro: F  E  Am  D/F#


VERSE:

F        E          Am                 D/F#I was a fool I was so much younger then
F              E                AmThe night she took me by surprise
F               E              Am                D/F#I should have known all the trouble that I'd be in
F               E                   AmBut then she hooked me with those eyes
F              E                Am                  D/F#Her drink was gin as she said tonight would never end
F                  E                  AmBut her love weighed so heavy on my mind
F                 E                   Am                    D5For she was the live-in lover of a drummer I called my friend
F                          E             DShe weren't nothing but a gypsy in disguise


CHORUS:

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


VERSE:

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


(Chorus)


F                           G              AmSo you tell me that you're leaving me now
F                          G                AmAfter all the times that we have been through
F                      G                   AmAs your clown how am I gonna ever go home
            F              G          DSomebody tell me what am I gonna do

VERSE:

F                        EAnd so it goes I lost my pride
             Am           D/F#And I lost my job
        F                     E                      AmThis gypsy woman took nearly every thing I called my own
AmIt was a big surprise
F                        E          Am         DSo next time she comes dancing prancing through the town
F                EGonna recognize the gypsy
F                   EI'm gonna recognize the gypsy
F                    E             AmGonna 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 desiredD-----------------------------------------------------------|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-|