Key: D
Introduction:
D G D A
Silver coins that jingle-jangle, fancy shoes that dance in time,
D G D A D
all the secrets of her dark eyes, the lady'd sing a gypsy rhyme.
G D A
Yellow clover in tangled blossoms, in a meadow silky green,
D G D A D
where she held me to her bosom, just a boy of seventeen.
G D G D
I recall a gypsy woman, silver spangles in her eyes,
G D
Ivory skin against the moonlight,
A D
and the taste of life's sweet wine.
D G D
Soft breezes blow from fragrant meadows,
A
stir the darkness in my mind.
G D
Oh gentle woman, you sleep beside me,
A D
and little know who haunts my mind.
G D A
Gypsy lady, I hear your laughter, and the dances in my head,
D G D A D
while my tender wife and babies slumber softly in their beds.
G D
I recall a gypsy woman, silver spangles in her eyes,
G D
Ivory skin against the moonlight,
A D
and the taste of life's sweet wine.