Gypsy RockThe TV version is from December 21, 1971. Its chords are different
from the original 1961 recording, and point to the later "Gypsy Dance."
Chords and TV version donated by a friend of the page. |
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| Now CmJack was working on the farm one evening in July, |
| When all at once a gypsy girl came G7gaily tripping Cmby, |
| She smiled as she went running barefoot through his cabbage patch, |
| Her hair was long and black and she had G7fingernails to Cmmatch. |
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| "Oh Cmlet us play of hide and see," the gypsy gaily cried, |
| "Now close your eyes and count to twenty G7while I go and Cmhide. |
| And if you find me I will let you steal a kiss from me, |
| And if you cannot find me I'll be G7right behind that Cmtree." |
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| He Cmcaught her then he kissed her hand, oh he was very keen, |
| It was eleven inches long, the G7biggest hand he'd Cmseen. |
| And as he kissed that hand a thought into his mind was put, |
| If that hand had been one inch longer G7he'd have kissed a Cmfoot. |
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| He Cmasked her what her lips were for as they sat by a hedge, |
| She said, "They're there to stop my mouth from G7fraying 'round the Cmedge." |
| "I want you for my wife," he begged as eager as could be, |
| She said, "Now don't be silly, what would G7your wife do with Cmme?" |
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| The Cmday they wed, Jack said, "I am the happiest man on earth," |
| The preacher said, "Well pay me then and G7give me what she's Cmworth." |
| Oh Jackie gave him half a crown, the preacher looked at Jack, |
| And then he saw his bride-to-be and G7gave him nine pence Cmback. |
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| Oh CmJack went off a-roaming soon after they were wed, |
| But his wife, she got so lonesome and she G7went around with CmFred. |
| Oh Jackie got to hear of this and said, "It's time I stopped her," |
| So he flew home by aeroplane G7and by heliCmcopter. |
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