Dirty Pennies Intro: e|---------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------| G|----------0-------------0------------0-------------| D|-------0----0--------0----0-------0----0-----------| A|---------------------------------------------------| E|----3-------------2-------------0------------------| e|---------------------------------------------------| B|-----------------3--------------3------------------| G|---------------------------------------------------| D|--------------------------------------------0------| A|----0---2---3-------2--0----------2--0-------------| E|-----------------------------3---------------------| G (320003@1) D/F# (200232@1) EmIn (022000@1)a small town where all knew all C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) DWandered (xx0232@1)a peasant lady nobody knew G (320003@1) D/F# (200232@1) EmBut (022000@1)her only friend was a young boy C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) DBrought (xx0232@1)her hot tea and leftover stew G (320003@1) D/F# (200232@1) EmIn (022000@1)those burning wintry Decembers C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) He’d pick dirty pennies up off the cold street G (320003@1) D/F# (200232@1) EmAnd (022000@1)while his mother was out Christmas shopping, Am (x02210@1) D (xx0232@1) GHe’d (320003@1)say, “Come on in, warm your feet G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1)Dsus4 (xx0233@1)(2x) C9 (x3233x@1) D (xx0232@1)Dsus4 (xx0233@1) (2x) G (320003@1) D/F# (200232@1) EmAs (022000@1)long as you share with me stories.” C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) DSo (xx0232@1)she spoke, “I’m a product of war. G (320003@1) D/F# (200232@1) EmMy (022000@1)mother never knew who she could be C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) DAs (xx0232@1)my father lay drunk on the floor.” G (320003@1) D/F# (200232@1) EmAnd (022000@1)she spoke of the cart that she wheeled C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) DHad (xx0232@1)keys with no locks and guitars with no strings G (320003@1) D/F# (200232@1) EmAnd (022000@1)a puzzle that could never be finished Am (x02210@1) D (xx0232@1) GThis (320003@1)is my home, these broken things G (320003@1) D/F# (200232@1) Em (022000@1) CAh, (x32010@1)but the boy went on to be taught in the schools G (320003@1) D/F# (200232@1) G/B (143121@7) C9To (x3233x@1)not talk to strangers, and don’t feed the fools G (320003@1) D/F# (200232@1) G/B (143121@7) C9Grew (x3233x@1)older and further and of her, forgot G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) Bm (x24432@1) C9As (x3233x@1)she was forced to move from lot to lot to lot G (320003@1) D/F# (200232@1) Em (022000@1) CG D/F# (200232@1) G/B (143121@7) C9 (x3233x@1) (2x) G (320003@1) D/F# (200232@1) EmShe (022000@1)said, “I guess it was much in his nature C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) DTo (xx0232@1)become an enforcer of law. G (320003@1) D/F# (200232@1) EmMy (022000@1)old friend’s got a gun to protect me C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) DFrom (xx0232@1)the rock-tossing drunks from the bars G (320003@1) D/F# (200232@1) EmAlways (022000@1)seemed like the sort to help others C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) DSo (xx0232@1)I’ll find him while he’s on the beat G (320003@1) D/F# (200232@1) EmAnd (022000@1)say, remember me, I’m the old lady Am (x02210@1) D (xx0232@1) GYou’d (320003@1)give me pennies you’d find on the street.” G (320003@1) D/F# (200232@1) EmWhen (022000@1)she found him, she saw not the young boy C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) DWho (xx0232@1)dug for the roots of her junk G (320003@1) D/F# (200232@1) Em (022000@1) EmShe (022000@1)came face to face with a stern, vacant soldier C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) DGrinnin’ (xx0232@1)and spinnin’ a club G (320003@1) D/F# (200232@1) EmHe (022000@1)said, “Don’t you know that you can’t be here? C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) DYou’ll (xx0232@1)hurt business, and scare away the kids. G (320003@1) D/F# (200232@1) EmGo (022000@1)wander around in some other town Am (x02210@1) D (xx0232@1) GGet (320003@1)out or I’m taking you in.” G (320003@1) D/F# (200232@1) Em (022000@1) C“But (x32010@1)officer, I fondly remember you, G (320003@1) D/F# (200232@1) G/B (143121@7) C9 (x3233x@1) Young boy who would give me the leftover stew G (320003@1) D/F# (200232@1) G/B (143121@7) C9And (x3233x@1)would take me inside to the warm fire coals. G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) G/B (143121@7) C9 (x3233x@1) Those hundreds of pennies bought me all these clothes. G (320003@1) D/F# (200232@1) Em (022000@1) CG D/F# (200232@1) G/B (143121@7) C9 (x3233x@1) (2x) G (320003@1) D/F# (200232@1) EmIt’s (022000@1)against the law to peddle C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) DIt’s (xx0232@1)against the law to eat G (320003@1) D/F# (200232@1) EmIt’s (022000@1)against the law to have nothing more C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) DThan (xx0232@1)the shoes, full of holes, on your feet G (320003@1) D/F# (200232@1) EmAnd (022000@1)now they put bars across the park benches C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) DSo (xx0232@1)I guess it’s illegal to sleep. G (320003@1) D/F# (200232@1) EmThey (022000@1)buried something inside of you, officer Am (x02210@1) D (xx0232@1) GInto (320003@1)your cold heart, dig deep G (320003@1) D/F#Em CAnd (x32010@1)you’ll see that it’s me G (320003@1) D/F#G/B C9And (x3233x@1)here I’ll be, nothing new to me. G (320003@1) D/F# (200232@1) G/B (143121@7) C9I’ll (x3233x@1)be heartbroken and cold, frozen and alone. G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) G/B (143121@7) C9My (x3233x@1)coffin was a dumpster and they didn’t even know.” G (320003@1) D/F# (200232@1) Em (022000@1) CBut (x32010@1)while out on the beat, he looked down to his feet, G (320003@1) D/F# (200232@1)G/B (143121@7) C9And (x3233x@1)he saw a dirty penny heads up at his feet G (320003@1) D/F# (200232@1) EmAnd (022000@1)it made him think of an old tall tale Am (x02210@1) D (xx0232@1) GOf (320003@1)a woman who pushed ??�round a cart G (320003@1) D/F# (200232@1) EmAnd (022000@1)the boy who fed her and helped her C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) DKnew (xx0232@1)he should have deep in his heart G (320003@1) D/F# (200232@1) EmOh, (022000@1)where did he hear that old tall tale? C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) DBut (xx0232@1)hey, what a story to spread So he told it to his own growing boy Once in a while before bed Outro: G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1)Dsus4 (xx0233@1)(2x) C9 (x3233x@1) D (xx0232@1)Dsus4 (xx0233@1)(2x)