{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":959589,"song":"Dirty Pennies","artist":"Erik Petersen","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11618248-dirty-pennies-chords-by-erik-petersen/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/959589?type=chord","rating":4.79477,"votes":16,"content":"[tab]Dirty Pennies\r\nIntro:\r\n    e|---------------------------------------------------|\r\n    B|---------------------------------------------------|\r\n    G|----------0-------------0------------0-------------|\r\n    D|-------0----0--------0----0-------0----0-----------|\r\n    A|---------------------------------------------------|\r\n    E|----3-------------2-------------0------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    e|---------------------------------------------------|\r\n    B|-----------------3--------------3------------------|\r\n    G|---------------------------------------------------|\r\n    D|--------------------------------------------0------|\r\n    A|----0---2---3-------2--0----------2--0-------------|\r\n    E|-----------------------------3---------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D/F#[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nIn a small town where all knew all[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWandered a peasant lady nobody knew[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]D/F#[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nBut her only friend was a young boy[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBrought her hot tea and leftover stew[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]D/F#[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nIn those burning wintry Decembers[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe’d pick dirty pennies up off the cold street[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D/F#[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd while his mother was out Christmas shopping,[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe’d say, “Come on in, warm your feet[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Dsus[/ch]  (2x)    [ch]C9[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Dsus[/ch]    (2x)\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D/F#[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAs long as you share with me stories.”[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSo she spoke, “I’m a product of war.[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D/F#[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nMy mother never knew who she could be[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAs my father lay drunk on the floor.”[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D/F#[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd she spoke of the cart that she wheeled[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHad keys with no locks and guitars with no strings[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D/F#[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd a puzzle that could never be finished[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThis is my home, these broken things[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D/F#[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAh, but the boy went on to be taught in the schools[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D/F#[/ch]        [ch]G/B[/ch]             [ch]C9[/ch]\r\nTo not talk to strangers, and don’t feed the fools[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D/F#[/ch]         [ch]G/B[/ch]    [ch]C9[/ch]\r\nGrew older and further and of her, forgot[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]Bm[/ch]            [ch]C9[/ch]\r\nAs she was forced to move from lot to lot to lot[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D/F#[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D/F#[/ch]    [ch]G/B[/ch]   [ch]C9[/ch]     (2x)\r\n\r\n[tab]               [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D/F#[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nShe said, “I guess it was much in his nature[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTo become an enforcer of law.[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D/F#[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nMy old friend’s got a gun to protect me[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFrom the rock-tossing drunks from the bars[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D/F#[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAlways seemed like the sort to help others[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSo I’ll find him while he’s on the beat[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D/F#[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd say, remember me, I’m the old lady[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYou’d give me pennies you’d find on the street.”[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D/F#[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWhen she found him, she saw not the young boy[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWho dug for the roots of her junk[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D/F#[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nShe came face to face with a stern, vacant soldier[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nGrinnin’ and spinnin’ a club[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D/F#[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nHe said, “Don’t you know that you can’t be here?[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nYou’ll hurt business, and scare away the kids.[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D/F#[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nGo wander around in some other town[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nGet out or I’m taking you in.”[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D/F#[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\n“But officer, I fondly remember you,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D/F#[/ch]           [ch]G/B[/ch]    [ch]C9[/ch]\r\nYoung boy who would give me the leftover stew[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D/F#[/ch]         [ch]G/B[/ch]        [ch]C9[/ch]\r\nAnd would take me inside to the warm fire coals.[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G/B[/ch]       [ch]C9[/ch]\r\nThose hundreds of pennies bought me all these clothes.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D/F#[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D/F#[/ch]    [ch]G/B[/ch]   [ch]C9[/ch]     (2x)\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D/F#[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nIt’s against the law to peddle[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIt’s against the law to eat[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D/F#[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nIt’s against the law to have nothing more[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThan the shoes, full of holes, on your feet[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D/F#[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd now they put bars across the park benches[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSo I guess it’s illegal to sleep.[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D/F#[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThey buried something inside of you, officer[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nInto your cold heart, dig deep[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D/F#[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd you’ll see that it’s me[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D/F#[/ch] [ch]G/B[/ch]              [ch]C9[/ch]\r\nAnd here I’ll be, nothing new to me.[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D/F#[/ch]    [ch]G/B[/ch]        [ch]C9[/ch]\r\nI’ll be heartbroken and cold, frozen and alone.[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G/B[/ch]         [ch]C9[/ch]\r\nMy coffin was a dumpster and they didn’t even know.”[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D/F#[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut while out on the beat, he looked down to his feet,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D/F#[/ch]  [ch]G/B[/ch]             [ch]C9[/ch]\r\nAnd he saw a dirty penny heads up at his feet[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D/F#[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd it made him think of an old tall tale[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOf a woman who pushed around a cart[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D/F#[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd the boy who fed her and helped her[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nKnew he should have deep in his heart[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D/F#[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nOh, where did he hear that old tall tale?[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut hey, what a story to spread[/tab]\r\n\r\nSo he told it to his own growing boy\r\n\r\nOnce in a while before bed\r\n\r\nOutro:\r\n      [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Dsus[/ch]  (2x)   [ch]C9[/ch]\r\n           [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Dsus[/ch]  (2x)","plain_text":"G    D  Dsus  (2x)    C9    D  Dsus    (2x)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nG    D/F#    Em    C\nG    D/F#    G/B   C9     (2x)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nG    D/F#    Em    C\nG    D/F#    G/B   C9     (2x)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSo he told it to his own growing boy\n\nOnce in a while before bed\n\nOutro:\n      G    D  Dsus  (2x)   C9\n           D  Dsus  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