Guitar intro:
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----10-8----12-10-8------10-8----12-10-8------10-8----12-10-8---|
D|-10------10---------8-10------10---------8-10------10---------8-|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------10-8-------12-10-8---------10-8-------12-10-8---| <- played
D|-10---------10------------8-10---------10------------8-| twice!
A|-------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------|
organ chords to the line below:
Round 1-3..etc...:
Cm Eb
Round 2-4..etc...:
F Ab
E|----------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------10-8-------------------12-10-8---| <- played
D|-10-10-10-10-10-10------10-10-10-10-10-10---------8-| 8 times!
A|----------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/u/uriah_heep/gypsy_tab_ver_3.html ]
The "Gypsy guitar riff":
Cm Eb Cm Eb
E|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|-5--5--5--5/8--5--5--5--5/8--| In the opening play
A|-3--3--3--3/6--3--3--3--3/6--| this riff 3 times
E|-----------------------------|
verse:
Cm
I was only seventeen
I fell in love with a gypsy queen
G# G G# G then play the "Gypsy guitar riff"
She told me: "Hold on"
Cm
Her father was the leading man
Said: "You're not welcome
G#-G
On our land"
C#-C
And then as a foe,
he told me to go
Guitar bridge:
E|-----------9-|
B|--------9----|
G|-----8-------|
D|-10----------|
A|-------------|
E|-------------|
Then play the "Gypsy guitar riff"
verse:
He took me to a little shack
And put a whip across my back
Then told her: "Leave me"
I was out for quite a time
Came back with her on my mind
Sweet little girl
She means all the world
play the Guitar bridge followed by the "Gypsy guitar riff"
Organ solo - play the "Gypsy guitar riff" as long as the keyboard
player wants!
verse:
Oh, I want my qypsy queen
Will she still be torn between
Her father and lover
One day I will go to him <- play the "Gypsy guitar riff" along
Strong enough to fight and win <- with the vocals on these two lines:
The kind of a man
That he'll understand
Guitar bridge followed by the "Gypsy guitar riff"
