Indian Head Penny chords by Billy Dean

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Verse 1
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G 
D 
 (D major) I rolled off the Frisco mint  (G major)  (D major) in 1909
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The  (E minor)  (A major) last one they ever made,
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 (G major) you should've  (A major) seen me  (D major) shine
When I landed on the counter
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Em 
they gave  (G major) me  (D major) to a kid  (E minor) 
A 
 (A major) Making change for a jaw breaker
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A 
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was the  (G major) first thing  (A major) that I did  (D major) 

Verse 2
D 
I got  (D major) traded for a pocket knife,
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two  (G major) marbles  (D major) an d some string  (E minor) 
A 
 (A major) Wound up on a railroad track
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 (G major) waiting  (A major) for a train  (D major) 
Snatched up by a hobo and turned
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Em 
 (G major) right  (D major) into wine  (E minor) 
A 
Pitched  (A major) up against the wall at
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A 
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 (G major) least a thou (A major) sand times  (D major) 

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Verse 3

Round and round a penny goes

Round and back again

Listen and I'll tell you

The places that I've been

I was stolen from a banker

Verse 4
by
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 (G major) Pretty Boy  (D major) Floyd and  (E minor) then
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He gave  (A major) me to a farmer who was
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D 
 (G major) trying to save  (A major) his land  (D major) 
I was good luck to a soldier
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Em 
 (G major) back in world  (D major) war two  (E minor) 
A 
He  (A major) lost me in a poker game
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A 
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the day  (G major) the war  (A major) was through  (D major) 
B 
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 (B major) I got  (E major) stuck behind the back

Verse 5
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 (E major) seat
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E 
F#m 
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of  (A major)  (E major)  (F sharp minor) a     '51 Chev (B major) rolet
Spare change in the sixties,
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getting  (A major) worthless  (B major) every day  (E major) 
Not it's piggy banks and gum machines
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E 
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and  (A major) oc casional  (E major) wishing well (F sharp minor) s
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Or  (B major) laying on a bar room floor  (A major) 
B 
 (B major) As

Verse 6

far and wide

So both of us can dare

A promise I will love and bide

That's all I have to share

Verse 7
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E 
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 (B major) A chance  (E major) to sail among the  (A major) stars
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F#m 
B 
That  (C sharp minor) few  (F sharp minor)  (B major) will ever see
To feel the deepest missing you
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B 
That  (C sharp minor) most  think  (B major) cannot be
E 
A heart  (E major) that beats for only one
A 
And loves you fast  (A major) and true
F#m 
B 
A promise  (F sharp minor) I      (B major) will love and bide
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B 
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C#m 
That's all I have  (A major)  (B major) for you  (E major)  (C sharp minor) 
E 
 (E major) These things I have to give to you
C#m 
E 
 (C sharp minor) Their value  (E major) isn't much
B 
Just things that you can barely  (B major) see
C#m 
And  (C sharp minor) rarely ever touch

Verse 8
E 
A hand to hold when we're alone And  (E major) 
no one seems to care
C#m 
A gentle  (C sharp minor) touch to reassure
E 
And tell you  (E major) I'm still there
C#m 
To try my best to  (C sharp minor) reminisce
Our dreams that all come true
E 
C#m 
 (E major) A   (C sharp minor) promise I will love and bide
E 
C#m 
That's  (E major)  (C sharp minor) all   I have for you
E 
C#m 
My promise  (E major) I  will love and  (C sharp minor) bide
This I give to you