Dirty Pennies
Intro:
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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) C (x32010@1)name="chord_320003@1">G 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) C (x32010@1)name="chord_320003@1">G 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# (200232@1)name="chord_022000@1">Em CAnd (x32010@1)you’ll see that it’s me
G (320003@1) D/F# (200232@1)name="chord_143121@7">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:
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