Key: G major
Verse 1
G
Bdim
Bb
Am
I put a penny in my pocket
D
G
An d in a little time
Eb
Am
That penny in my pocket
D
G
Had grown into a dime
E
Am
And in a little longer
Ebdim
G
A quarter jingled out
and I waited till the teapot
G
Am
had a dollar in the spot.
Bm
Am
C
I put the dollar in my mattress,
D
Bm
an d had some pleasant dreams,
G
Bm
F#
Eb
Am
till suddenly my mat tress
D
Bm
G
was bursting at the seams.
E
Am
And that's how I acquired
Cm
G
the wealth I now possess.
Am
D
that penny is the secret of my success.
G
E
Bb
G
Bb
Am
I had a penny in my pocket
C
D
Bm
an d not another soon.
Em
F#
Eb
Am
An d with my only shirt tail,
D
Ebdim
Cm
G
Bm
G
E
I shined a rich man's shoe.
Am
Eb
He threw me down a nickel,
and the blind man left me all his meager
Am
C
Am
savings in his will.
E
C
Bm
I bought myself a wagon
E
C#m
A
Ab
and started hauling ice.
Ebdim
Bm
I cut the ice to ice cubes
D
Abdim
C#m
C#
and got a higher price.
F#
Bm
I crushed the cubes to ices
Bdim
Dm
Bdim
Dm
for still a higher fare.
A
E
A
F#m
D
A big tycoon said,
B
Bm
F
son, you must come work for me.
C#
G
En route to work next morning,
Cm
Eb
F
Dm
Bb
I helped a lady cross.
Gb
Cm
The lady was, you guessed it,
F
Bb
G
the mother of the boss.
Ebm
Ebdim
Bb
I need you at my side.
Eb
Cm
Eb
G
and quite suddenly she died.
G
C
G
C
Ebdim
a silo and a steed.
Dm
G
Ddim
All yonkers started buying grain
G
C
and hay and feed.
A
Dm
Ddim
An d now I've half a million,
Fm
C
G
but proudly I confess
Am
C
it's that shiny little penny
D
Dm
It's that penny that's the secret
C
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsG Bdim Bb Am D...
Chords
G
Bdim
Bb
Am
D
Eb
E
Ebdim
Em
Bm
C
F#
Cm
C#m
A
Ab
Abdim
C#
Dm
F#m
B
F
Gb
Ebm
Gm
Ddim
Fm
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