Chords for Cher Gypsies Tramps And Theives Lyrics

[A] _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ I was born in the wagon [C] of a traveling show.
[Dm] My mama used to [F] dance for the money they'd [C] throw.
Mama would [Em] do whatever he [Am] could.
_ [D] Preach a little [Dm] gospel.
[F] Sell a couple bottles of Dr.
[C] Good. _
_ Dips, leaps, tramps and sleeps.
We'd hear it from the people of the town they'd call.
Dips, leaps, tramps and [Am] sleeps.
[G] But every night all the men [F] would come around.
And lay [Am] their money down. _
_ _ _ _ _ Picked up a boy to [C] sell the mobile.
[F] Gave him a ride, filled him with a hot [C] meal.
I was [Em] sixteen, he was twenty [Am]-one.
_ _ [D] Rode with us from [Dm] Memphis.
And Papa would have shot him if he knew what [C] he'd done.
[F] _ [C] Dips, leaps, tramps and sleeps.
We'd hear it from the people of the town they'd call.
Dips, leaps, tramps and [Am] sleeps.
But [G] every night all the men would [F] come around.
And lay their money [Dm] down.
[C] _ [Dm] _
[C] [Dm] I [C] never had schooling but it taught me [Dm] well.
With a [C] smooth southern style.
[Dm] Three [C] months later I'm a gal in trouble.
[Dm] And I haven't [C] seen [Dm] him [C] for a while.
_ _ [F] _ _ _
_ [C] For a _ while.
[F] _ _
_ [Am] She was born in the [C] wagon of a traveling [F] show.
My mama had to dance for the money they'd [C] throw.
So [Em] Grandpa'd do whatever [Am] he could.
_ [D] Read your little [Dm] gospel.
Sell a couple bottles of [C] Dr.
Good.
[F] _ [C] Dips, leaps, tramps and sleeps.
We'd hear it from the people of [F] the town [C] they'd call.
Dips, leaps, tramps and [Am] sleeps.
But every night [G] all the men [F] would come around.
[B] And lay [Am] their money down.
_ _ [F] [C] Dips, leaps, tramps and sleeps.
We'd hear it from the people of the town they'd call.
[Em] Dips, [F] leaps, tramps [Am] and sleeps.
But every [G] night all the men [F] would come around.
And lay [Am] their money down.
_ _ [F] _ [C] _ _