Penny Jar chords by Dave Giles

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Verse 1
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 (D major)  (B minor)  (D major) It's been a bad month,
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had to  (G major) count out my  (D major) penny jar
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in  (G major) order to  (A major) pay my phone bill
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And I've  (G major) only my (D major) self to  (A major) blame,
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cos I've had some  (D major) crazy nights
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And  (G major) though I've got  (D major) no regrets,
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 (G major) I think I need to  (D major) learn how to  (A major) say no
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I can't af (G major) ford another  (D major) round to (A major) night
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Now I see,  (D major)  (G major) this  (D major) dream may someday  (B minor) fade
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But I'm  (D major) poor and I'm  (G major) happy
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and  (E minor) gladly I'll  (A major) stay this  (D major) way
There must be more to life
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than  (G major) working for  (D major) money
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in  (G major) or der to  (D major) pay your  (A major) taxes
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But  (G major) some people  (D major) don't seem to  (A major) care,
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maybe I'll  (D major) settle down
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And  (G major) do as my  (D major) brother says,
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get  (G major) married, have  (D major) kids, get a  (A major) proper job
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But  (G major) that would mean  (D major) finding a  (A major) girl
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Now I sing,  (D major) whoa,
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 (G major) this  (D major) dream may someday  (B minor) fade
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But I'm  (D major) poor and I'm  (G major) not being glad
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 (E minor) that I'll  (A major) stay this  (D major) way
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Yeah, now I sing, whoa,  (G major) 
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this  (D major) dream may someday fade  (B minor) 
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But I'm  (D major) poor and  (G major) I'm happy
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and  (E minor) gladly I'll  (A major) stay this  (D major) way  (G major) 
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I'm sorry if my  (D major) choices disappoint  (A major) you  (G major) 
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But there are things that  (D major) I  like to  (A major) do
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 (G major) I'll keep playing this gui (D major) tar
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Hoping  (A major) one day that  (G major) maybe I'll  (D major) get  (E minor) lucky
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May (G major) be I'll  (D major) get  (E minor) lucky
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Yeah,  (G major) maybe I'll  (D major) get  (E minor) lucky
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Then I'll sing,  (D major) oh,  (G major) oh
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This  (D major) dream can never  (B minor) fade
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Cos  (E minor) my  (D major) horses came  (G major) in
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so I  (E minor) don't have to  (A major) count out my  (D major) pennies
Yeah, then I'll sing
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Woah,  (G major) this  (D major) dream can never fade
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 (B minor) Cos my  (D major) horses came  (G major) in
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so I  (E minor) don't have to  (A major) count out my  (D major) pennies
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Yeah, my horses came  (G major) in
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so I  (E minor) don't have to  (A major) count out my  (D major) pennies you