Capo: 2

***************** WILLIE THE WANDERING GYPSY AND ME **************** written by Billy Joe Shaver performed by Waylon Jennings. Capo on the 2nd fret. Verse 1:

Three fi^Cngers whiskey,pleasures^F the drinkers And moving d^Coes more than the same things for me ^G Willie h^Ce tells me that doers an^Fd thinkers Say moving i^Cs the closest thing to being^G free ^C

Verse 2:

Well he'^Cs rosined his reggins,laid back^F his wages He's dead set ^Con riding in the big rodeo ^G My woman's ^Ctired with an overdue ^Fbaby ^C Willie keeps yelling hey gypsy le^Gt's go ^C

Chorus:

Willie y^Gou're wild as a Texas bl^Fue northern ^C Ready rol^Gled from the same makins a^Fs me ^C I reckon we're gonna ramble till hell fre^Fezes over ^C Willie the wandering gypsy an^Gd me ^C

Verse 3:

Ladies w^Ce surely will take off^F your favors And we'll su^Crely warn you there never will be ^G A single s^Coul living that could put bran^Fd or handle ^C On Willie the wandering gypsy an^Gd me ^C

Verse 4:

Dance on^C the mountain,shout in ^Fthe canyons Swarm in ^Ca loose heard like a wild buffalo ^G Jamming o^Cur heads full of figures ^Fand angles ^C And telling us stuff that we already^G know ^C

Chorus(x2). Thanks to David M. Potter (dmp12@cornell.edu) for the lyrics. Perret Charles-Amir : perret@diva.univ-mlv.fr

Waylon Jennings - Willie the wandering gypsy