Joan Baez – A Young Gypsy (Guitar)

Am      C          G        Bm
A young gypsy fell out in a slumber

        G                      C
Heading north with a driver he knew

Am           F              C
Someone he'd lived with and trusted

        G                     Am   C
A young woman who trusted him too

C              G             Bm
That very same day the young gypsy

         G                  C
Had come from a farm in the west

          Am           F                     C
Where the children had played throughout the heat of the day

  G                    Am    C
Affording the gypsy no rest

        Am                 C
And the gypsy's bones were weary

        Am                  C
And the front seat looked secure

        Am                       F
And the gypsy slept on until the sun it was gone

        Dm                                         G
And the stars pierced the eyes of the girl at his side

    C              G            Bm
The next morning's day would be Easter

     G                      C
He'd dress in his only fine shirt

    Am              F           C
And shuffle through clusters of strangers

         G                         Am    C
With his gaze and his shoes in the dirt

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And the woman who loved him would watch him

   G                     C
Protect him from curious stares

        Am        F          C
For the womenfolk tend to be friendly

        G                        Am     C
And the gypsy's as young as he's fair

        Am                 C
And the evening brought on laughter

    Am                 C
And jars of bright red wine

        Am                       F
And the gypsy drank some and the gypsy had fun

        Dm                                      G
And his dancing got wild and the grandmothers smiled

C             G      Bm
Sleeping came easily after

       G                      C
In the arms of the woman that fold

         Am        F             C
Up the secrets and dreams of the gypsy

          G                     Am
That will never be sought or be sold

   G                        Am
In fact, they will never be told

        G                   Am   C
For the gypsy is two years old