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Gypsy Davey chords
Arlo Guthrie (Gypsy Laddie English Traditional Folk Music 1720)
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It was late last night when the boss come home,
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asking about his lady
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The only answer that he got was,
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she's gone with the Gypsy Davey,
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gone with the Gypsy Dave
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Go saddle me up my buckskin home,
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and my hundred dollar saddle
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Point out to me their wagon tracks,
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and after them I'll travel, and after them I'll ride
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Well, I had not rode 'till the midnight moon,
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I saw their campfire gleaming
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I heard the notes of the big guitar,
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and the voice of the Gypsies singing,
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that song of the Gypsy Dave
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It was there in the light of the camping fire,
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I saw her fair face beaming
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Her heart in tune to the big guitar,
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and the song of the gypsies singing,
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that song of the Gypsy Dave
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Have you forsaken your house and home?
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Have you forsaken your baby?
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Have you forsaken your husband dear?
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To go with the Gypsy Davey
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And sing with the Gypsy Davey
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that song of the Gypsy Dave?
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Yes, I've forsaken my husband dear,
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to go with the Gypsy Davey
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And I've forsaken my mansion high,
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but not my blue eyed baby,
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not my blue eyed babe
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She smiled to leave her husband dear,
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to go with the Gypsy Davey
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But the tears come a-trickling down her cheeks,
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to think about her blue eyed baby,
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to think about her blue eyed babe
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Take off take off those buckskin gloves,
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made of Spanish leather
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Come give to me your lily-white hand,
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and we'll ride home together,
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and home again we'll ride
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No, I won't take off my buckskin gloves,
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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 Davey,
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the song of the Gypsy Davey,
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the song of the Gypsy Dave,
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the song of the Gypsy Davey,
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the song of the Gypsy Dave
E A 4x
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