The Raggle Taggle Gypsy Chords
The Raggle Taggle Gypsy by Misc Traditional is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of E. It uses the chords E7, Am, F, G7 and C. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
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."