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Bad Penny original guitar chords by
Rory Gallagher
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1979•Rock•290 views•
Key: D minor•
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Well, like a bad penny you turned up again
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You're in my sights, there's a mist on my lens
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I think you know how it was
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when I tripped and fell
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Well, you double- dealed me, ba by,
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and I broke like a shell, hey
Interlude 1
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Verse 2
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Well, like a bad penny you sure lost the glow
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But I'm out of reach,
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your smile's sure gone cold
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Well, it can't ever be like it was then
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Well, don't you fool with me, ba by
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Well, don't you mess with my plans
Interlude 2
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Bridge 1
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Some stormy nights,
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your mem'ry haunts me
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You won't go away
Verse 3
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Well, like a bad penny you
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turned up in the change
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Try to fit into the picture you can't
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get inside the frame
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I think you know I'm still sore,
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but I'm on the mend
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Times sure have changed,
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it won't happen again
Verse 4
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Well, like a bad penny spins
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around and around

Well, you won't know what's gone
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wrong when it all falls down
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You got to learn from now on
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to stop playin' games
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You ought to keep on moving,
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you got to spin on your way
Bridge 2
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Some lonely nights, I hear you callin'
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Won't you go away
Verse 5
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Well, like a bad penny you
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turned up again
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You're in my sights, there's a mist on my lens
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I think you know how it was
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when I tripped and fell
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Well, you double-dealed me, baby,
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I cracked like a shell, yeah
Outro 1
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An acoustic guitar head with tuning pegs

Tuning:Standard Open Tuner
Chords

  • Dm

  • F

  • C

  • G

  • Bb5

  • C5

    3

Capo: 0

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