Chords for John Gorka with Kathy Mattea - The Gypsy Life

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Thank you. _ _
_ _ Thank you for helping me out on this song, on the vocals, and Mark O'Connor is going
to play the violin.
It's a song called The Gypsy Life.
_ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ There [Am] is nothing in [G] my head _ today.
[Am] _ _ _ [C] _
_ Nothing awful _ [G] there to ponder or confuse _ _ [C]
me.
Go ahead and what [G] you have to [Am] say.
_ _ _ [C] _
And I [F] will [Cm] listen as [G] I listen to the _ _ [C] news.
_ I [F] know the whole [G] truth there is horrible.
[Am] _ _ _ _ [C] _
It's [F] better if you [G] take a little at a _ _ _ [C]
time.
Too [F] much and you are [G]
not portable.
[Am] _ _ [Dm] _ [C] _ _
_ Not [A] enough and you'll [G] be making [C] happy [G] _ _ [C] _ [F] _
_ rhymes.
You might _ [D]
like the gypsy _ _ [C] life.
[F] _
You judge your progress by [Am] the phases of [G] the _ moon.
[F] _
_ _ Get your compass [C] and your sharpest _ knife.
[F] Cause _ _ people [C] [F] love you [Am] when they know you're leaving [G] _ _ soon.
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ If you [F] choose [Am] to [G] settle in one [Am] _ [Dm] place,
_ [C] _
you may [A] be harder [G] over on the ones you _ [C] love.
_ _ [F] Like a tree [C] without [G] the growing _ _ [A] _ [Dm] space,
_ [C]
you will [F] be taking [Am] from [G] below _ and from _ [Am] above.
[F] _
_ _ _ You might _ [D]
like the gypsy _ _ life.
[F] _
You judge your progress by [Am] the phases of [G] the _ [F] moon.
_ _ Get your compass [C] and your sharpest _ knife. _ _
[F] _ Cause people love you [Am] when they know you're [G] leaving soon. _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ [F] _
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[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ [Dm] _
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[C] _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ There is nothing in [G] my head _ [Am] today. _
_ _ [C] _ I'll [Am] cross the river, [G] people, _ as I cross my [C] heart.
_ _ The pigeon bridges [G] are a place to stay.
[Am] _ _
_ [C] I _ will [F] go [Am] under as [G] I try to do my _ [C] part.
[F] _ _ _ You might [C] [G] like the gypsy [C] _
_ [F] life.
You judge your progress [Am] by the phases of [G] the _ _ [F] moon.
_ Get your compass [G] and your sharpest knife.
_ [F] Cause _ people love you [Am] when they know you're [G] leaving _ soon.
[F] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] Soon.
[F] _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Fm] _
[A] _ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Matthew Matthea, _ Marco Pano
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