The Gypsy Boy chords by Guy Clark
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Verse 1
(G major) (C major) People thinking somebody un (E minor) derstands,
you know, understands what (C major) they mean
when (G major) all they had to do was say it. (C major) (G major)
Words, you know,
words are (C major) the only thing you (G major) got
when (C major) you get right down
to it. (G major) (C major) (G major) (F major) (G major)
(B major) (C major)
Oh, (G major) (F major) (G major)
(C major) (G major) (C major) (B major)
the gypsy boy (C major) sat (G major) thinking
on the happenings of late
He (C major) smiled (F major) on his fu (E minor) ture,
wor (F major) ried on his (G major) fate
And the (C major) sky had opened up
an (G major) d the rain came down (C major) his hail
It's (F major) colder than I (E flat minor) thought, he said, (E minor)
somehow (F major) it never fails (C major)
So he pulled himsel (G major) f together
and to shelter he did go. (C major)
(G major) There (F major) stood a (E minor) gypsy girl
in (F major) and out of the (G major) snow.
Well he looked back (C major) to the hailstones
fall (G major) ing to the ground. (C major)
Back (F major) to the (E minor) gypsy girl
stand (F major) ing there snow (C major) bound.
Well, she did not (G major) say a word to him,
but she looked him in the eye (C major)
Wondered (F major) to her (E minor) self
as he sat (F major) down there nearby (G major)
How can (C major) it be this gypsy boy
ain't (G major) covered up with (B major) snow (C major)
(G major) Did (F major) not let it (E minor) bother her,
for she (F major) did not care to know (C major)
Well, he offered her (B major) his hat
and she (G major) silently smiled, no (C major)
(G major) To (F major) take more than a (E flat minor) hat, she thought,
(C major) to (F major) warn me from (G major) this snow
But she (B major) offered him a slick (C major) er
from (G major) where she made (B major) her bed (C major)
But he (F major) turned it down without (E flat minor) a sound
(E minor) and put (F major) his hat back (B major) to his head (C major)
All night long into (G major) the day
there weathers it is storm (C major)
The (F major) gypsy boy and (E minor) gypsy girl
huddle (F major) to keep warm (G major)
Not a word (C major) between (G major) them passed,
not a small hello (C major)
(G major) Each (F major) intent on (E flat minor) keeping
from (E minor) the (F major) hail or the snow (C major) (F major)
(G major) (C major) (G major)
(C major) (F major) (G major) (C major)
(G major) (C major) (B major)
(C major) And as the sky was clearing, (D minor)
they (G major) stood and looked around (C major)
He (F major) walked east, (E flat minor) to the west,
(F major) neither made (G major) a sound
Down (B major) the road he'd stopped again,
(C major) looking (G major) back to from where they'd (C major) came
The (F major) gypsy boy cried alone, (E minor)
(B major) and the (C major) gypsy girl sang.
Outro 1
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