From: ras@athena.mit.edu (Richard A Shandross)
Subject: TAB: Gypsy - Suzanne Vega (melody included)
Organization: Massachvsetts Institvte of Technology
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 02:25:40 GMT

Hi everybody...  I've gotten so much from this newsgroup that I decided that I
just *have to* post a good song to partially repay you all.  Well, this one is
my favorite of *all* to play.  The music can be found in the book, "The 
Authentic Guitar Style of Suzanne Vega," Cherry Lane Music, transcription by 
Mark  Phillips.  It's a fantastic book, and I hope this sampling encourages you
to go out and buy it.  

I've made a few small changes where playing has shown me that there must have 
been a typo in the original.  And I've included the timing and melody for those
of you who don't know the song.  Vega sings it on the amazing Solitude Standing
album.

For those of you new to fingerpicking, don't be freaked by the apparent com-
plexity.  It's not nearly as hard as it looks, because there's a lot of
repetition and the fingerwork is not difficult.  Believe me, I'm no wizard on
the guitar, and I do fine with this.  Learn it slowly, then eventually speed up
to the indicated tempo.

Enjoy the song, Rich.
		

				GYPSY
			    by Suzanne Vega


Capo at 2nd fret.  Quarter note = 156  (approx)

Key:   
	0h2  - hammer-on to second fret from open string
        %    - "D.S. al coda" symbol
        @    - Coda symbol
        |[   - Beginning of a section to be repeated
	]|   - Repeat the section, starting from "|["
        ||   - End of song

INTRO SECTION:

E-----------------|-----------------|---------3-------|---------3-------|
B-----------3-----|---3-------3-----|---3-------3-----|---3-------3-----|
G-------0-------0-|-------0-------0-|-------0-------0-|-------0-------0-|
D-----0-------0---|-----2-------2---|-----0-------0---|-----0-------2---|
A-----------------|---------3-------|-2---------------|---------3-------|
E-3-------2-------|-0---------------|---------2-------|-3---------------|
1                 2                 3                 4

|-----------------|------------------|-3---------------|-3-------2-------|
|---3-------3-----|---3--------3-----|---3------3------|---3-------3-----|
|-------0-------0-|-------0--------0-|-------0------0--|-------2-------2-|
|-----0-------0---|-----2--------2---|-----2------2----|-----0-------0---|
|-----------------|---------0h2------|-3-------3-------|-0---------------|
|-3-------2-------|-0----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
5                 6                  7                 8

|-3-------2h3-----|-3----------------|-3----------------|
|---3-------3-----|---3--------3-----|---3--------3-----|
|-------2-------0-|-------0--------0-|-------0--------0-|
|-----0-------0---|-----0--------0---|-----0--------0---|
|-----------------|---------0h2------|---------0h2------|
|-----------------|-3----------------|-3----------------|
9                 10                 11


VERSES:

 %                  
|[-3---------------|-----------------|-3---------------|------------------|
|[---3-------3-----|---3-------3-----|---3-------3-----|---3--------3-----|
|[-------0-------0-|-------0-------0-|-------0-------0-|-------0--------0-|
|[-----0-------0---|-----2-------2---|-----2-------2---|-----0--------0---|
|[-----------------|---------2-------|-3-------3-------|---------0h2------|
|[-3-------2-------|-0---------------|-----------------|-3----------------|


|-3---------------|-----------------|-3---------------|---------2h3-----|
|---3-------3-----|---3-------3-----|---3-------3-----|---3-------3-----|
|-------0-------0-|-------0-------0-|-------0-------0-|-------2-------0-|
|-----0-------0---|-----2-------2---|-----2-------2---|-----0-------0---|
|-----------------|---------2-------|-3-------3-------|-0---------------|
|-3-------2-------|-0---------------|-----------------|-----------------|


|-3---------------|-----------------|-3---------------|------------------|
|---3-------3-----|---3-------3-----|---3-------3-----|---3--------3-----|
|-------0-------0-|-------0-------0-|-------0-------0-|-------0--------0-|
|-----0-------0---|-----2-------2---|-----2-------2---|-----0--------0---|
|-----------------|---------2-------|-3-------3-------|---------0h2------|
|-3-------2-------|-0---------------|-----------------|-3----------------|


|-3---------------|-----------------|-3-------3-------|------------------|
|---3-------3-----|---3-------3-----|---3-------3-----|---3--------3-----|
|-------0-------0-|-------0-------0-|-------0-------0-|-------0--------0-|
|-----0-------0---|-----2-------2---|-----2-------0---|-----0--------0---|
|-----------------|---------2-------|---------0-------|---------0h2------|
|-3-------2-------|-0---------------|-3---------------|-3----------------|



CHORUS:


|-0-------0-------|-2-------3-------|-0-------0-------|-2-------3-------|
|---1-------0-----|---3-------3-----|---1-------0-----|---3-------3-----|
|-------0-------0-|-------2-------0-|-------0-------0-|-------2-------0-|
|-----2-------2---|-----0-------0---|-----2-------2---|-----0-------0---|
|-0-------0-------|-0---------------|-0-------0-------|-0---------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

                                                                     to coda 
                                                                        @
|-0-------0-------|-2-------3-------|-0-------0-------|-2-------3-------|
|---1-------0-----|---3-------3-----|---1-------0-----|---3-------3-----|
|-------0-------0-|-------2-------0-|-------0-------0-|-------2-------0-|
|-----2-------2---|-----0-------0---|-----2-------2---|-----0-------0---|
|-0-------0-------|-0---------------|-0-------0-------|-0---------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
                                                       
						      ____________________
						      |1.		 |
            					      |                  |
|-3---------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------]|
|---3-------3-----|---3-------3-----|---3-------3-----|---3--------3-----]|
|-------0-------0-|-------0-------0-|-------0-------0-|-------0--------0-]|
|-----0-------0---|-----2-------2---|-----0-------0---|-----0--------0---]|
|-----------------|---------3-------|-2---------------|---------0h2------]|
|-3-------2-------|-0---------------|---------2-------|-3----------------]|


__________________________________________________________________________
|2.                                                   |3.         D.S. al coda 
|                                                     |                  %
|------------------|-3---------------|               ]|------------------| 
|---3--------3-----|-----------3-----| Repeat bars   ]|---3--------3-----|
|-------0--------0-|-------0-------0-| 6-11 of intro ]|-------0--------0-|
|-----0--------0---|-----0-------0---|               ]|-----0--------0---|
|---------0h2------|-----------------|               ]|---------0h2------|
|-3----------------|-3-------2-------|               ]|-3----------------|



ENDING SECTION:


Coda
@                        
|-----------------|                 |-3---------------|-3-------2-------|
|---3-------3-----| Repeat bars     |---3-------------|---3-------3-----|
|-------0-------0-| 2-6 of intro    |-------0---0---0-|-------2-------2-|
|-----0-------0---|                 |-----2-------2---|-----0-------0---|
|-----------------|                 |-3-------3-------|-0---------------|
|-3-------2-------|                 |-----------------|-----------------|


|-3-------2h3-----|-----------------|-3---------------|-----------------|
|---2-------3-----|---3-------3-----|---3-----3-------|---3-------3-----|
|-------2-------0-|-------0-------0-|-------0-------0-|-------0-------0-|
|-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---|-----2-------2---|-----0-------0---|
|-----------------|-----------------|---2-----3-------|-2---------------|
|-----------------|-3-------2-------|-0---------------|---------2-------|

|---------3-------||
|-----------------||
|-----------------||
|-----------------||
|-----------------||
|-3---------------||



Tab notes:

	1.  I keep my left pinky and little fingers anchored on the bottom 
	    two strings for most of the song.  The places where they should
	    be removed and put elsewhere should become obvious when you start
	    to learn the song. 

	2.  In the chorus section, the second part of the 2nd (and 4th, 6th,
	    and 8th) bar should be played as the D chord; the 5th note in the
            bar is played by putting down the pinky finger on the 3rd fret.



                 ******************************************


	   			   WORDS


You come from far away with pictures in your eyes
of coffee shops and morning streets in the blue and silent sunrise.
But night is the cathedral where we recognized the sign.
We strangers know each other now as part of the whole design.


  Chorus:

Oh, hold me like a baby that will not fall asleep.
Curl me up inside you and let me hear you through the heat.
Oh.___



You're the jester of this courtyard with a smile like a girl's,
Distracted by the women with the dimples and the curls,
By the pretty and the mischevious, by the timid and the blessed,
By the blowing skirts of ladies who promise to gather you to their breast.

  (Chorus)

You have hands of raining water and that earring in your ear.
The wisdom on your face denies the number of your years,
With the fingers of the potter and the laughing tale of the fool,
The arranger of disorder with your strange and simple rules.

    {NOTE:  repeat last eight bars for the following two lines.}

Yeah, now I've met me another spinner of strange and gauzy threads
With a long and slender body and a bump upon the head.

  (Chorus)

With a long and slender body and the sweetest, softest hands,
And we'll blow away forever soon and go on to different lands.
And please do not ever look for me, but with me you will stay.
And you will hear yourself in song, blowing by one day.

  (Chorus)


                 ******************************************


			    TIMING AND MELODY


1st VERSE:   (One note shown per syllable, even if note lasts for more
              than one eighth.)

____________________________________________________________________
|  8   8   8   8   8   8   8   8  |  8   8   8   8   8   8   8   8  |  

      1.  You     come    from      far      a - way___         with 
           d       d       c         b       a    g              g   

_____________________________________________________________________
|  8   8   8   8   8   8   8   8  |  8   8   8   8   8   8   8   8  |  

  pic-tures____________in your eyes___                           of   
   a   g               g   f#   g                                g

_____________________________________________________________________
|  8   8   8   8   8   8   8   8  |  8   8   8   8   8   8   8   8  |  

  cof -   fee  shops__    and morn -    ing     streets  in the blue___
   d       d    d          c   b         a        g      g   g   g   

_____________________________________________________________________
|  8   8   8   8   8   8   8   8  |  8   8   8   8   8   8   8   8  |  

      and      si -   lent    sun -    rise.                But
       g       g       g       g        a                    g   

_____________________________________________________________________
|  8   8   8   8   8   8   8   8  |  8   8   8   8   8   8   8   8  |
  
  night    is     the      ca-the -     dral____________where    we
    b      a       g       g   b         a                g      g

_____________________________________________________________________
|  8   8   8   8   8   8   8   8  |  8   8   8   8   8   8   8   8  |
   
  rec- og-nized           the sign.___                       We
   a   g   g               f#  g                             g   

_____________________________________________________________________
|  8   8   8   8   8   8   8   8  |  8   8   8   8   8   8   8   8  |
  
  stran- gers     know        each___   oth- er   now___         as
    d      d       d           b         c   b     b             b

_____________________________________________________________________
|  8   8   8   8   8   8   8   8  |  8   8   8   8   8   8   8   8  |

  part     of the whole    de- sign.___                      Oh,_____
   d       b   b   c       f#   g                            c




CHORUS:   (One note shown per syllable, even if note lasts for more 
	   than one eighth; except for the sung word "Oh.")

_____________________________________________________________________
|  8   8   8   8   8   8   8   8  |  8   8   8   8   8   8   8   8  |

  _______     hold___  me     like___    a   ba -    by     that
               c       b       a         g   b       a       a

_____________________________________________________________________
|  8   8   8   8   8   8   8   8  |  8   8   8   8   8   8   8   8  |

  will        not___  fall     a -  sleep.
   g           g       g       a     a

_____________________________________________________________________
|  8   8   8   8   8   8   8   8  |  8   8   8   8   8   8   8   8  |

  Curl         me  up  in -   side___   you___          and let  me
   c           b   a   g       b         a               a   a   a

_____________________________________________________________________
|  8   8   8   8   8   8   8   8  |  8   8   8   8   8   8   8   8  |

  hear        you___  through the   heat.                    Oh._____
   a           g        g      a     a                       b_______


_____________________________________________________________________
|  8   8   8   8   8   8   8   8  |  8   8   8   8   8   8   8   8  |

  _________________("Oh." continued - sung)__________________________
  _b   a   g_______________f#  g_____g_______________________________


                                  ___________________________________
                                  |(lead-in to next verse...)       |     
__________________________________|_________________________________|
|  8   8   8   8   8   8   8   8  |  8   8   8   8   8   8   8   8  ]|

  _____("Oh." continued - sung)____________      2. You're  the
  _g_______________________f#  g_____g_____          g       g




END OF LAST CHORUS ROUND AND SONG ENDING:   (Same notation as above.)

_____________________________________________________________________
|  8   8   8   8   8   8   8   8  |  8   8   8   8   8   8   8   8  |
  
  heat.                              Oh,_____________________________
   a                                 g_______________f#______g   e___
                                    (One octave higher...)

_____________________________________________________________________
|  8   8   8   8   8   8   8   8  |  8   8   8   8   8   8   8   8  |

  _________________("Oh." continued - sung)__________________________
  _e   d_____________________________d   c   b   c   b_______a   b___     
  (One octave higher....)               (Back down now.)

_____________________________________________________________________
|  8   8   8   8   8   8   8   8  |  8   8   8   8   8   8   8   8  |

  _("Oh." contd)_          oh._______________________________________
  _b_____________ (rest)   c_________c   b___________b   a___________

_____________________________________________________________________
|  8   8   8   8   8   8   8   8  |  8   8   8   8   8   8   8   8  |

  _________________("oh." continued - sung)__________________________
  _a   g_________________  f#  g_____g_______________________________

___________________________________
|  8   8   8   8   8   8   8   8  |     

  ____("oh." continued - sung)____
  _g_____________  f#_____________




Timing and Melody Notes:

	1.  There are some slight variations in melody for each verse, not
shown above because I don't have them transcribed.  You'll have to hear the
recording or put changes in as you see fit.  The melody only spans a small
range, which suits Suzanne Vega's voice nicely, but it can sound a bit mono-
tonic to my ear when I sing it, unless I spice it up a bit.  It doesn't 
damage the song; quite the contrary.

	2.  Sing each "Oh." as one continuous word, i.e., all notes are 
slurred.  Note that there are two "Oh."s in the ending, separated by a 
quarter-note rest.