The Raggle Taggle Gypsy chords by Traditional

• Capo on 5th

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: Am

Difficulty: Novice

Verse 1:
E7     Am
There were three gypsies coming to my hall door
  F     G7    C  E7
And downstairs ran this lady-o.
C    Am      E7     Am
One sang high and the other sang low
          E7     Am E7 Am
And the other sang Bonny Bonny Bis-cay-o.

Verse 2:
E7  Am
Then she pulled off her silk-finished gown,
  F    G7   C   E7
and put on a hose of leather-o.
C         Am   E7    Am
The ragged ragged rags about our door,
           E7      Am E7 Am
She is gone with the raggle-taggle gypsy-o.

Verse 3:
E7   Am
It was late last night when my lord came home,
 F    G7   C  E7
Enquiring for his lady-o.
C    Am     E7   Am
The servants said on every hand,
           E7      Am E7 Am
"She is gone with the raggle-taggle gypsy-o."

Instrumental:
E7     Am
  F     G7    C  E7
C    Am      E7     Am
          E7     Am E7 Am
Verse 4:
E7 Am
"O saddle for me my milk-white steed,
  F    G7  C  E7
and go fetch me my pony-o,
C     Am   E7   Am
That I may go and seek my bride,
           E7      Am E7 Am
Who is gone with the raggle-taggle gypsy-o."

Verse 5:
E7 Am
O he rode high and he rode low,
  F      G7    C  E7
he rode through woode and copses-o,
C    Am    E7     Am
Until he came to a wide open field,
       E7    Am E7 Am
and there he spied his lady-o.


Instrumental:
E7     Am
  F     G7    C  E7
C    Am      E7     Am
          E7     Am E7 Am
Verse 6:
E7 Am
"O what made you leave your house and land,
   F    G7     C  E7
what made you leave your money-o,
C       Am     E7     Am
What made you leave your new-wedded lord,
          E7      Am E7 Am
to be off with the raggle-taggle gypsy-o?"

Verse 7:
E7 Am
"O what care I for my house and land,
   F  G7   C  E7
what care I for money-o?
C     Am    E7     Am
What care I for my new-wedded lord,
          E7      Am E7 Am
to be off with the raggle-taggle gypsy-o."

Verse 8:
E7  Am
"Last night you slept on a goose-feathered bed,
     F      G7   C   E7
with the sheet turned down so bravely-o.
C       Am     E7    Am
Tonight you'll sleep in a cold open field,
        E7      Am E7 Am
along with the raggle-taggle gypsy-o."

Verse 9:
E7 Am
"O what care I for my goose-feathered bed,
     F      G7    C   E7
with the sheet turned down so bravely-o?
C       Am     E7    Am
Tonight I will sleep in a cold open field,
       E7      Am E7 Am
along wih the raggle-taggle gypsy-o."