Gypsys, Tramps, And Thieves

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

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

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