Gypsys, Tramps, And Thieves

by Cher · posted by Wailer

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How to read this tab — notation key

+: Blow note
−: Draw note
b or ': Half-step bend
bb or '': Two half-step bend
bbb or ''': Three half-step bend
(###): Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
< or *: Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)

Full reference and posting tips in the tab guide.

Tab

4  4   -4  -4  5  -5  -5 -5 6  -6  6  -5  -6
I was born in the wa-gon of a trav-el-in show
 6  6   6  -5   6    6   -6  6  -5   -4    -4
Ma-ma used to dance for the mon-ey theyd throw.
4  4   -4   -5  6   -6 -6 7    -8       6    6
Pa-pa would do what-ev-er he could....preach a
 6   -6  6  -5    4   6   6  6  -6  6    -5  -4
lit-tle gos-pel, and sell a cou-ple bot-tles of 
 6   -4  -5
Doc-tor Good

CHORUS
 -8  8     -9     8     -8     7   -8  -8   -8
Gyp-sys, Tramps, and Thieves, wed hear it from 
-8  -8   7  -7  6   -6    -6    7   -8
the peo-ple of the town, theyd call us,
 -8  8     -9     8    -8      -5 -6 -6 -6    6
Gyp-sys, Tramps, and Thieves, and ev-ry nite all
 6   6    6    -5 -5  -5     4  -4    4   -4   4
the men would come a-round, and lay their mon-ey
 -4
down.


2ND VERSE

We picked up a boy just south of Mo-bile,
we gave him a ride, filled him with a hot meal.
I was six-teen, he was twen-ty one, rode with us
to Mem-phis, and Pa-pa would-a shot him if he 
knew what hed done.

REPEAT CHORUS

Play on a harmonica— watch which holes to blow & draw, with sound