[Verse 1]
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Her hair fell in braids like twin rivers of midnight
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flowing down through the snow.
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Her eyes seemed to hold the secret of ages
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you could guess at but you'd never know.
[Verse 2]
A
I seen her first being beat by a lover.
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She was either his sweetheart or wife.
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I never could stand to see beauty mistreated,
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so I set his soul free with my knife.
[Chorus]
D A
I traded my dreams to a wandering
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gypsy girl, sold her my soul for a kiss.
D A
She gave me her love for a bunch of red ribbon,
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but the gypsy's the girl that I miss.
[Verse 3]
A
Sometimes when I hear the wail of a coyote
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as he searches for love in the night
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my heart starts to yearn for the love of the gypsy
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like a blind man must long for his sight.
[Verse 4]
A
For awhile, I thought I'd found an angel from heaven.
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She gave me true love complete.
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I found her one night in the arms of a gambler,
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she cursed me and spat at my feet.
[Chorus]
D A
I traded my dreams to a wandering
E A
gypsy girl, sold her my soul for a kiss.
D A
She gave me her love for a bunch of red ribbon,
E A
but the gypsy's the girl that I miss.
[Verse 5]
A
I seen her today in Alfredo's cantina,
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the sight was too much to endure.
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I shot her down in cold blood as she stood there.
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Tomorrow they'll hang me for sure.
[Verse 6]
A
As I sit in my cell and wait for the hanging,
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I blame no one but myself.
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But I'd rather have had one hour with a gypsy
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than a lifetime with somebody else.
[Chorus]
D A
I traded my dreams to a wandering
E A
gypsy girl, sold her my soul for a kiss.
D A
She gave me her love for a bunch of red ribbon,
E A
but the gypsy's the girl that I miss.
E A
The gypsy's the girl that I miss.
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