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Adam Schneider

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Dec 1, 1993, 1:53:20 PM12/1/93
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(This is essentially the same as the version posted at Nevada; I tried to
make it a little easier to follow; if you want the melody, though, I think
the nevada version has the melody.)


GYPSY (Suzanne Vega)
--------------------

[Relatively fast 2/2 time]
[Capo 2]
["=" is a hammer-on or pull-off; "02" means hammer-on _quickly_ from 0 to 2.]
[In the third _verse_, play the last eight measures twice.]


G G/F# Em7 C(9) G/B G/F# G C(9)
|----------------|----------------|--------3-------|--------3-------|
|----------3-----|--3-------3-----|--3-------3-----|--3-------3-----|
|------0-------0-|------0-------0-|------0-------0-|------0-------0-|
|----0-------0---|----2-------2---|----0-------0---|----0-------2---|
|----------------|--------3-------|2---------------|--------3-------|
|3-------2-------|0---------------|--------2-------|3---------------|
^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .

G G/F# Em7 Em7/B C(9) Dsus/A D
|----------------|----------------|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---|
|----------------|--------02------|3-------3-------|0---------------|
|3-------2-------|0---------------|----------------|----------------|
^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .

Dsus D Dsus G G/B G G/B
|3-------2=3-----|3---------------|3---------------|
|--3-------3-----|--3-------3-----|--3-------3-----|
|------2-------0-|------0-------0-|------0-------0-|
|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|
|----------------|--------02------|--------02------|
|----------------|3---------------|3---------------|
^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .


G G/F# Em7 Em7/B C(9) G G/B
|| 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-------|--------02------|
|| 3-------2-------|0---------------|----------------|3---------------|
^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .
You come from far away with pictures in your eyes

G G/F# Em7 Em7/B C(9) D/A Dsus
|3---------------|----------------|3---------------|--------2=3-----|
|--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---------------|----------------|----------------|
^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .
Of coffee shops and morning streets & the blue and silent sunrise

G G/F# Em7 Em7/B C(9) G G/B
|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-------|--------02------|
|3-------2-------|0---------------|----------------|3---------------|
^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .
But night is the cathedral where we recognized the sign

G G/F# Em7 Em7/B G Dsus/A G G/B
|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-------|--------02------|
|3-------2-------|0---------------|3---------------|3---------------|
^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .
We strangers know each other now as part of the whole design


Am7 Am7sus9 D/A Dsus Am7 Am7sus9 D/A Dsus
|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-------|----------------|
^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .
Oh, hold me like a baby that will not fall asleep


Am7 Am7sus9 D/A Dsus Am7 Am7sus9 D/A Dsus ** (4th
|0-------0-------|2-------3-------|0-------0-------|2-------3-------| time
|--1-------0-----|--3-------3-----|--1-------0-----|--3-------3-----| to
|------0-------0-|------2-------0-|------0-------0-|------2-------0-| coda)
|----2-------2---|----0-------0---|----2-------2---|----0-------0---|
|0-------0-------|0---------------|0-------0-------|0---------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .
Curl me up inside you and let me hear you through the heat
_________________
| 1. & 3. |
G G/F# Em7 C(9) G/B G/F# G G/B
|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---------------|--------02------ ||
|3-------2-------|0---------------|--------2-------|3--------------- ||
^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .
Ohhhhh....

______________________
| 2.
G G/B G G/F# Em7 Em7/B C(9)
|----------------|3---------------|----------------|-3--------------|
|--3-------3-----|--3-------3-----|--3-------3-----|---3------3-----|
|------0-------0-|------0-------0-|------0-------0-|-------0------0-|
|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----2-------2---|-----2------2---|
|--------02------|----------------|--------02------|-3-------3------|
|3---------------|3-------2-------|0---------------|----------------|
^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .
[guitar solo]

Dsus/A D Dsus D Dsus G G/B G G/B
|3-------2-------|3-------2=3-----|3---------------|3--------------- ||
|--3-------3-----|--3-------3-----|--3-------3-----|--3-------3-----.||
|------2-------2-|------2-------0-|------0-------0-|------0-------0- ||
|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---.||
|0---------------|----------------|--------02------|--------02------ ||
|----------------|----------------|3---------------|3--------------- ||
^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .
[guitar solo]


** CODA:

G G/F# Em7 C(9) G/B G/F# G C(9)
|----------------|----------------|--------3-------|--------3-------|
|--3-------3-----|--3-------3-----|--3-------3-----|--3-------3-----|
|------0-------0-|------0-------0-|------0-------0-|------0-------0-|
|----0-------0---|----2-------2---|----0-------0---|----0-------2---|
|----------------|--------3-------|2---------------|--------3-------|
|3-------2-------|0---------------|--------2-------|3---------------|
^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .

G G/F# Em7 Em7/B C(9)
|----------------|----------------|3---------------|
|--3-------3-----|--3-------3-----|--3-------3-----|
|------0-------0-|------0-------0-|------0-------0-|
|----0-------0---|----2-------2---|----2-------2---|
|----------------|--------02------|3-------3-------|
|3-------2-------|0---------------|----------------|
^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .

Dsus/A D Dsus D Dsus
|3-------2-------|3-------2=3-----|
|--3-------3-----|--2-------3-----|
|------2-------2-|------2-------0-|
|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|
|0---------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|

G G/F# Em7 C(9) G/B G/F# G
|----------------|3---------------|--------3-------|--------3-------|
|--3-------3-----|--3-----3-------|--3-------3-----|----------------|
|------0-------0-|------0-------0-|------0-------0-|----------------|
|----0-------0---|----2-------2---|----0-------0---|----------------|
|----------------|--2-----3-------|2---------------|----------------|
|3-------2-------|0---------------|--------2-------|3---------------|
^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

G G/F# Em7 C(9) G/B G/F# G C(9)
[intro]
G G/F# Em7 Em7/B C(9) C(9) Dsus/A D Dsus D
[intro]
G G/B G G/B
[intro]

G G/F# Em7 Em7/B C(9) C(9) G G/B
You come from far away with pictures in your eyes
G G/F# Em7 Em7/B C(9) C(9) D/A Dsus
Of coffee shops and morning streets in the blue and silent sunrise
G G/F# Em7 Em7/B C(9) C(9) 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(9) 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(9) C(9) 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(9) G/B G/F# G C(9)
Ohhhhhh...
G G/F# Em7 Em7/B C(9) C(9) Dsus/A D Dsus D
Ohhhhhh...
G G/F# Em7 C(9) G/B G/F# G.
[instrumental]


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Adam Schneider ind...@ucscb.ucsc.edu U.C. Santa Cruz
Mail me if you want guitar chords for Indigo Girls,
Mary-Chapin Carpenter, Lucinda Williams, etc.
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