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Band: Lynyrd Skynyrd
Song: Roll Gypsy Roll
Album: Gimme Back My Bullets (1976)
Chords Used:
e|----G3----F1----C3----Bb1----D5----A5----Am5----|
B|----3----1----5----3----7----5----5----|
G|----4----2----5----3----7----6----5----|
D|----5----3----5----3----7----7----7----|
A|----5----3----3----1----5----7----7----|
E|----3----1-------------------5----5----|
[Intro]
G   F   G   Fx2
[Verse 1]
GRidin' on a Fgreyhound, Gcountin' those white Flines
GDestination FI don't know and I'm Gfeelin' like I'm Fdyin'
CWell, ten years Bbon this road, Cmy, it's took its Bbtoll
But the Gman with the Fplan says the Gband has got to gFo
[Chorus]
I said Amroll, Cgypsy, rGoll
Lord, just Ampick up your Cbags and gGo
[Verse 2]
GMet many a Fwoman on my Gway down the Fline
GEvery woman Fthat I met I Gleft satisfFied
CI made lots of Bbmoney, just how Cmuch well I don't Bbknow
GBut most of the Fmoney I done Gstuck up my Fnose
[Chorus]
I said Amroll, Cgypsy, rGoll
Lord, just Ampick up your Cbags and gGo
[Bridge]
DGypsy's life's a story and it's Cone that's never Gtold
DHe's always hungry, he's Calways on the Ggo
DWith no tomorrow, it's Chow it seems to Gbe
When you're Dmoving around from tCown to townA  
[Solo]
D   C   Gx4
Am   C   Gx2
[Verse 3]
CMade lots of Bbmoney, just how Cmuch well I don't Bbknow
GBut most of the Fmoney I done Gstuck up my Fnose
CAnd maybe that's the Bbreason I don't Cknow where I'm Bbgoing
I don't Dknow
[Outro]
G   F   G   Fx4
(fade out)
All chords in this song (7)

The story behind the song

"Roll Gypsy Roll" comes from Lynyrd Skynyrd, a band that helped popularize the Southern rock genre. Formed in Jacksonville, Florida, in 1964, they spent years touring and changing lineups before releasing their first album in 1973. This song appears on their 1976 album, Gimme Back My Bullets. It evokes a sense of restless movement and a free spirit, reflecting the band's own journey and sound.

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