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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| CmDuy, duy, duy, duy, yuh, duh, duh, duh, yuh,duh,duh, duh, detzi(?). |
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| Please don't blame my doggie, it's not his fault at all, |
| Someone left a wet umbrella G7standing in the Cmhall. |
| Oy! |
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| Chorus: |
| CmHi-diggi-dum-dum, diggi-diggi-dum-dum, hi-diggi-dum-dum, diggi-diggi-dum. |
| Hi-diggi-dum-dum, diggi-diggi-dum-dum, hi-diggi-dum-dum, diggi-diggi-dum. |
| All together! |
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| CmSome girls are like Cairo, mysterious and hot, |
| And other girls are like Paree, withG7all the charm it's Cmgot. |
| But my girl, she is like Tibet with all its ice and snow there, |
| 'Cause everyone knows where it is, but G7no one wants to Cmgo there. |
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| I Cmlike the girls that do, and I like the girls that don't, |
| I like the girls that will, and I G7like the girls that Cmwon't. |
| But the ones I like the best of all, I know you'll agree I'm right, |
| Is the girl who says she never has, but you G7often think she Cmmight. |
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| Duy, duy, duy, duy, duy, duy, duy, duy, yuh, duh, duh, duh, detzi(?). |
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| Here we go, and— |
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| CmJackie is a barefoot boy and loves the gypsy life, |
| He also loves the gypsy girls, but G7don't you tell his Cmwife. |
| One day he met a gypsy girl who was so big and round, |
| When standing up she looked like Harry G7Secombe sitting Cmdown. |
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| He Cmsaid, "Oh look into my eyes and tell me what you see," |
| She said, "Two big fat gypsy girls and G7theyboth look like Cmme." |
| He asked her what her lips were for as they sat by a hedge, |
| She said, "They're there to stop me mouth from G7fraying 'round the Cmedge." |
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| Chorus |
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| She Cmsaid, "You give me half a crown and I will read your palm," |
| And then she saw his loveline, went G7halfway up his Cmarm. |
| So now she's changed her prices, although she's just as willing, |
| It's big fat men at two pound ten, and G7little boys a Cmshilling. |
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| Chorus |
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| Oh Cmone day they got married and they honeymoon was spent, |
| In a cottage down at Ilford Coomb which G7overlooked the Cmrent. |
| He staggered from his bed one day, his face was thin and lined, |
| He went over to the window and he G7went up with the Cmblind. |
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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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| CmHi-diggi-dum-dum, diggi-diggi-dum-dum, hi-diggi-dum-dum, diggi-diggi-dum. |
| Hi-diggi-dum-dum, diggi-diggi-dum-dum, |
| FHi, G7hi, n/chi! Cm |
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