Song: Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves
Artist: Cher
Composer: Bob Stone
Album: Cher
Tabbed by DJ ('DiddyD' on ultimateGuitar.com)
19th Sept 2015
Tuning:
The original studio track is quite flat, the backing tape
may have been slowed down by the producer to change the
pitch and tempo. Tune down all strings (approx. minus 40
if using a chromatic tuner) to match the original recording.
Alternatively, find a more recent concert version to play
along with, which should more likely be in correct pitch.
[*Riff]
Amadd9 Am/E
e |-----7------5-5-5--|
B |-----5------5-5-5--|
G |-----5------5-5-5--|
D |--7--7------7-7-7--|
A |---------7---------|
E |-------------------|
Amadd9 = 577557 Dm7 = xx0211 Dm7/G = 300211
Am/E = x77555 F = 133211 G = 320033
Am = x02210 Em = 022000 Fmaj7 = 133210
C = x32010 D7 = xx0212 Cmaj7 = x32000
Dm = xx0231
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[Intro]
(Fmaj7)
e |-----0---0---0---0--|-----0---0---0---0---|
B |--------------------|---------------------|
G |---2---0------------|---------------------|
D |-----------3---2----|---0-----------------|
A |--------------------|-------3---2---3-----|
E |--------------------|---------------------|
* Amadd9 Am/E Amadd9 Am/E
||: / / / / | / / / / :||[x2]
[Verse 1]
Am C
I was born in the wagon of a traveling show,
Dm7 F
My Mama used to dance for the money they'd throw,
C Em * Amadd9 Am/E Amadd9 Am/E
Papa would do what - ever he could, | / / / / |
D7 Dm7
Preach a little gospel------,
Dm7/G C
Sell a couple bottles of Dr. Good!
[Chorus 1]
Fmaj7 Cmaj7 Fmaj7 Cmaj7
Gyp - sies, tramps and thieves,
Fmaj7 Cmaj7 Fmaj7
We'd hear it from the people of the town,
Cmaj7 Fmaj7 Cmaj7 Fmaj7 Cmaj7
They'd call us gyp - sies, tramps and thieves,
Am G Fmaj7
But every night all the men would come around,
* Amadd9 Am/E Amadd9 Am/E
And lay their money down! | / / / / |
Amadd9 Am/E Amadd9 Am/E
| / / / / | / / / / |
[Verse 2]
Am C
Picked up a boy, just south of Mobile,
Dm7 F
Gave him a ride, filled him with a hot meal,
C Em * Amadd9 Am/E Amadd9 Am/E
I was sixteen, he was twenty one, | / / / / |
D7 Dm7
Rode with us to Memphis-------,
Dm7/G C
And Papa would have shot him if he knew what he'd done!
[Chorus 2]
Fmaj7 Cmaj7 Fmaj7 Cmaj7
Gyp - sies, tramps and thieves,
Fmaj7 Cmaj7 Fmaj7
We'd hear it from the people of the town,
Cmaj7 Fmaj7 Cmaj7 Fmaj7 Cmaj7
They'd call us gyp - sies, tramps and thieves,
Am G Fmaj7
But every night ...all the men would come around,
And lay their money down!
[Bridge]
Dm C Dm C
| / / / / | / / / / |
Dm C Dm C
I never had schooling, but he taught me well,
Dm C Dm C
With his smooth southern style,
Dm C Dm C
Three months later I'm a gal in trouble,
Dm C Dm7 Cmaj7 Fmaj7
And I haven't seen him for a while----, Oh, hoh----!
Cmaj7 Fmaj7
I haven't seen him for a while---------! Oh, hoh -oh----!
[Verse 3]
Am C
She was born in a wagon of a traveling show,
Dm7 F
Her Mama had to dance for the money they'd throw,
C Em * Amadd9 Am/E Amadd9 Am/E
Grandpa'd do what - ever he could,
D7 Dm7
Preach a little gospel------,
Dm7/G C
Sell a couple bottles of Dr. Good!
[Chorus 3]
Fmaj7 Cmaj7 Fmaj7 Cmaj7
Gyp - sies, tramps and thieves,
Fmaj7 Cmaj7 Fmaj7
We'd hear it from the people of the town,
Cmaj7 Fmaj7 Cmaj7 Fmaj7 Cmaj7
They'd call us gyp - sies, tramps and thieves,
Am G Fmaj7
But every night all the men would come around,
* Amadd9 Am/E Amadd9 Am/E
And lay their money down! | / / / / |
[Chorus 4]
Fmaj7 Cmaj7 Fmaj7 Cmaj7
Gyp - sies, tramps and thieves,
Fmaj7 Cmaj7 Fmaj7
We'd hear it from the people of the town,
Cmaj7 Fmaj7 Cmaj7 Fmaj7 Cmaj7
They'd call us gyp - sies, tramps and thieves,
Am G Fmaj7
But every night all the men would come around,
Amadd9
...And lay their money ...down-------!