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Gypsy by Suzanne Vega
Gypsy
[Relatively fast 2/2 time]
[Capo 2]
G G/F# Em7 C G/B G/F# G C
[intro]
G G/F# Em7 Em7/B C C Dsus/A D Dsus D
[intro]
G G/B G G/B
[intro]
G G/F# Em7 Em7/B C C G G/B
You come from far away with pictures in your eyes
G G/F# Em7 Em7/B C C D/A Dsus
Of coffee shops and morning streets in the blue and silent sunrise
G G/F# Em7 Em7/B C C G G/B
But night is the cathedral where we recognized the sign
G G/F# Em7 Em7/B G Dsus/A G G/B
We strangers know each other now as part of the whole design
Am7 Am7s9 D/A Dsus Am7 Am7s9 D/A Dsus
Oh, hold me like a baby that will not fall asleep
Am7 Am7s9 D/A Dsus Am7 Am7s9 D/A Dsus
Curl me up inside you and let me hear you through the heat
G G/F# Em7 C G/B G/F# G G/B
Ohhhh...
You're the jester of this courtyard with a smile like a girl's
Distracted by the women with the dimples and the curls
By the pretty and the mischevious, by the timid and the blessed
By the blowing skirts of ladies who promise to gather you to their breast
Oh, hold me like a baby that will not fall asleep
Curl me up inside you and let me hear you through the heat
Ohhhh...
G G/F# Em7 Em7/B C C Dsus/A D Dsus D
[guitar solo]
G G/B G G/B
[guitar solo]
You have hands of raining water and that earring in your ear
The wisdom on your face denies the number of your years
With the fingers of the potter and the laughing tale of a fool
The arranger of disorder with your strange and simple rules
Yeah, now I've met me another spinner of strange and gauzy threads
With a long and slender body and a bump upon the head
Oh, hold me like a baby that will not fall asleep
Curl me up inside you and let me hear you through the heat
Ohhhh...
With a long and slender body and the sweetest, softest hands
And we'll blow away forever soon and go on to different lands
And please do not ever look for me, but with me you will stay
And you will hear yourself in song, blowing by one day
But now hold me like a baby that will not fall asleep
Curl me up inside you and let me hear you through the heat
G G/F# Em7 C G/B G/F# G C
Ohhhhhh...
G G/F# Em7 Em7/B C C Dsus/A D Dsus D
Ohhhhhh...
G G/F# Em7 C G/B G/F# G.
[instrumental]
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version 2
Capo at 2nd fret. Quarter note = 147 (approx)
Key:
0h2 - hammer-on to second fret from open string
% - "D.S. al coda" symbol
@ - Coda symbol
|[ - Beginning of a section to be repeated
]| - Repeat the section, starting from "|["
|| - End of song
INTRO SECTION:
E-----------------|-----------------|---------3-------|---------3-------|
B-----------3-----|---3-------3-----|---3-------3-----|---3-------3-----|
G-------0-------0-|-------0-------0-|-------0-------0-|-------0-------0-|
D-----0-------0---|-----2-------2---|-----0-------0---|-----0-------2---|
A-----------------|---------3-------|-2---------------|---------3-------|
E-3-------2-------|-0---------------|---------2-------|-3---------------|
1 2 3 4
|-----------------|------------------|-3---------------|-3-------2-------|
|---3-------3-----|---3--------3-----|---3------3------|---3-------3-----|
|-------0-------0-|-------0--------0-|-------0------0--|-------2-------2-|
|-----0-------0---|-----2--------2---|-----2------2----|-----0-------0---|
|-----------------|---------0h2------|-3-------3-------|-0---------------|
|-3-------2-------|-0----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
5 6 7 8
|-3-------2h3-----|-3----------------|-3----------------|
|---3-------3-----|---3--------3-----|---3--------3-----|
|-------2-------0-|-------0--------0-|-------0--------0-|
|-----0-------0---|-----0--------0---|-----0--------0---|
|-----------------|---------0h2------|---------0h2------|
|-----------------|-3----------------|-3----------------|
9 10 11
VERSES:
%
|[-3---------------|-----------------|-3---------------|------------------|
|[---3-------3-----|---3-------3-----|---3-------3-----|---3--------3-----|
|[-------0-------0-|-------0-------0-|-------0-------0-|-------0--------0-|
|[-----0-------0---|-----2-------2---|-----2-------2---|-----0--------0---|
|[-----------------|---------2-------|-3-------3-------|---------0h2------|
|[-3-------2-------|-0---------------|-----------------|-3----------------|
|-3---------------|-----------------|-3---------------|---------2h3-----|
|---3-------3-----|---3-------3-----|---3-------3-----|---3-------3-----|
|-------0-------0-|-------0-------0-|-------0-------0-|-------2-------0-|
|-----0-------0---|-----2-------2---|-----2-------2---|-----0-------0---|
|-----------------|---------2-------|-3-------3-------|-0---------------|
|-3-------2-------|-0---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-3---------------|-----------------|-3---------------|------------------|
|---3-------3-----|---3-------3-----|---3-------3-----|---3--------3-----|
|-------0-------0-|-------0-------0-|-------0-------0-|-------0--------0-|
|-----0-------0---|-----2-------2---|-----2-------2---|-----0--------0---|
|-----------------|---------2-------|-3-------3-------|---------0h2------|
|-3-------2-------|-0---------------|-----------------|-3----------------|
|-3---------------|-----------------|-3-------3-------|------------------|
|---3-------3-----|---3-------3-----|---3-------3-----|---3--------3-----|
|-------0-------0-|-------0-------0-|-------0-------0-|-------0--------0-|
|-----0-------0---|-----2-------2---|-----2-------0---|-----0--------0---|
|-----------------|---------2-------|---------0-------|---------0h2------|
|-3-------2-------|-0---------------|-3---------------|-3----------------|
CHORUS:
|-0-------0-------|-2-------3-------|-0-------0-------|-2-------3-------|
|---1-------0-----|---3-------3-----|---1-------0-----|---3-------3-----|
|-------0-------0-|-------2-------0-|-------0-------0-|-------2-------0-|
|-----2-------2---|-----0-------0---|-----2-------2---|-----0-------0---|
|-0-------0-------|-0---------------|-0-------0-------|-0---------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
to coda
@
|-0-------0-------|-2-------3-------|-0-------0-------|-2-------3-------|
|---1-------0-----|---3-------3-----|---1-------0-----|---3-------3-----|
|-------0-------0-|-------2-------0-|-------0-------0-|-------2-------0-|
|-----2-------2---|-----0-------0---|-----2-------2---|-----0-------0---|
|-0-------0-------|-0---------------|-0-------0-------|-0---------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
____________________
|1. |
| |
|-3---------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------]|
|---3-------3-----|---3-------3-----|---3-------3-----|---3--------3-----]|
|-------0-------0-|-------0-------0-|-------0-------0-|-------0--------0-]|
|-----0-------0---|-----2-------2---|-----0-------0---|-----0--------0---]|
|-----------------|---------3-------|-2---------------|---------0h2------]|
|-3-------2-------|-0---------------|---------2-------|-3----------------]|
__________________________________________________________________________
|2. |3. D.S. al coda
| | %
|------------------|-3---------------| ]|------------------|
|---3--------3-----|-----------3-----| Repeat bars ]|---3--------3-----|
|-------0--------0-|-------0-------0-| 6-11 of intro ]|-------0--------0-|
|-----0--------0---|-----0-------0---| ]|-----0--------0---|
|---------0h2------|-----------------| ]|---------0h2------|
|-3----------------|-3-------2-------| ]|-3----------------|
ENDING SECTION:
Coda
@
|-----------------| |-3---------------|-3-------2-------|
|---3-------3-----| Repeat bars |---3-------------|---3-------3-----|
|-------0-------0-| 2-6 of intro |-------0---0---0-|-------2-------2-|
|-----0-------0---| |-----2-------2---|-----0-------0---|
|-----------------| |-3-------3-------|-0---------------|
|-3-------2-------| |-----------------|-----------------|
|-3-------2h3-----|-----------------|-3---------------|-----------------|
|---2-------3-----|---3-------3-----|---3-----3-------|---3-------3-----|
|-------2-------0-|-------0-------0-|-------0-------0-|-------0-------0-|
|-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---|-----2-------2---|-----0-------0---|
|-----------------|-----------------|---2-----3-------|-2---------------|
|-----------------|-3-------2-------|-0---------------|---------2-------|
|---------3-------||
|-----------------||
|-----------------||
|-----------------||
|-----------------||
|-3---------------||
Tab notes:
1. I keep my left pinky and little fingers anchored on the bottom
two strings for most of the song. The places where they should
be removed and put elsewhere should become obvious when you start
to learn the song.
2. In the chorus section, the second part of the 2nd (and 4th, 6th,
and 8th) bar should be played as the D chord; the 5th note in the
bar is played by putting down the pinky finger on the 3rd fret.
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WORDS
You come from far away with pictures in your eyes
of coffee shops and morning streets in the blue and silent sunrise.
But night is the cathedral where we recognized the sign.
We strangers know each other now as part of the whole design.
Chorus:
Oh, hold me like a baby that will not fall asleep.
Curl me up inside you and let me hear you through the heat.
Oh.___
You're the jester of this courtyard with a smile like a girl's,
Distracted by the women with the dimples and the curls,
By the pretty and the mischevious, by the timid and the blessed,
By the blowing skirts of ladies who promise to gather you to their breast.
(Chorus)
You have hands of raining water and that earring in your ear.
The wisdom on your face denies the number of your years,
With the fingers of the potter and the laughing tale of the fool,
The arranger of disorder with your strange and simple rules.
{NOTE: repeat last eight bars for the following two lines.}
Yeah, now I've met me another spinner of strange and gauzy threads
With a long and slender body and a bump upon the head.
(Chorus)
With a long and slender body and the sweetest, softest hands,
And we'll blow away forever soon and go on to different lands.
And please do not ever look for me, but with me you will stay.
And you will hear yourself in song, blowing by one day.
(Chorus)
TIMING AND MELODY
1st VERSE: (One note shown per syllable, even if note lasts for more
than one eighth.)
____________________________________________________________________
| 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 | 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 |
1. You come from far a - way___ with
d d c b a g g
_____________________________________________________________________
| 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 | 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 |
pic-tures____________in your eyes___ of
a g g f# g g
_____________________________________________________________________
| 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 | 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 |
cof - fee shops__ and morn - ing streets in the blue___
d d d c b a g g g g
_____________________________________________________________________
| 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 | 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 |
and si - lent sun - rise. But
g g g g a g
_____________________________________________________________________
| 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 | 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 |
night is the ca-the - dral____________where we
b a g g b a g g
_____________________________________________________________________
| 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 | 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 |
rec- og-nized the sign.___ We
a g g f# g g
_____________________________________________________________________
| 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 | 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 |
stran- gers know each___ oth- er now___ as
d d d b c b b b
_____________________________________________________________________
| 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 | 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 |
part of the whole de- sign.___ Oh,_____
d b b c f# g c
CHORUS: (One note shown per syllable, even if note lasts for more
than one eighth; except for the sung word "Oh.")
_____________________________________________________________________
| 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 | 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 |
_______ hold___ me like___ a ba - by that
c b a g b a a
_____________________________________________________________________
| 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 | 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 |
will not___ fall a - sleep.
g g g a a
_____________________________________________________________________
| 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 | 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 |
Curl me up in - side___ you___ and let me
c b a g b a a a a
_____________________________________________________________________
| 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 | 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 |
hear you___ through the heat. Oh._____
a g g a a b_______
_____________________________________________________________________
| 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 | 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 |
_________________("Oh." continued - sung)__________________________
_b a g_______________f# g_____g_______________________________
___________________________________
|(lead-in to next verse...) |
__________________________________|_________________________________|
| 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 | 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 ]|
_____("Oh." continued - sung)____________ 2. You're the
_g_______________________f# g_____g_____ g g
END OF LAST CHORUS ROUND AND SONG ENDING: (Same notation as above.)
_____________________________________________________________________
| 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 | 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 |
heat. Oh,_____________________________
a g_______________f#______g e___
(One octave higher...)
_____________________________________________________________________
| 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 | 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 |
_________________("Oh." continued - sung)__________________________
_e d_____________________________d c b c b_______a b___
(One octave higher....) (Back down now.)
_____________________________________________________________________
| 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 | 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 |
_("Oh." contd)_ oh._______________________________________
_b_____________ (rest) c_________c b___________b a___________
_____________________________________________________________________
| 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 | 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 |
_________________("oh." continued - sung)__________________________
_a g_________________ f# g_____g_______________________________
___________________________________
| 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 |
____("oh." continued - sung)____
_g_____________ f#_____________
Timing and Melody Notes:
1. There are some slight variations in melody for each verse, not
shown above because I don't have them transcribed. You'll have to hear the
recording or put changes in as you see fit. The melody only spans a small
range, which suits Suzanne Vega's voice nicely, but it can sound a bit mono-
tonic to my ear when I sing it, unless I spice it up a bit. It doesn't
damage the song; quite the contrary.
2. Sing each "Oh." as one continuous word, i.e., all notes are
slurred. Note that there are two "Oh."s in the ending, separated by a
quarter-note rest.
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