Poor Jenny [Version 1] chords by The Everly Brothers
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Verse 1
(G major) (D major) I
(G major) took my little Jenny
to a (E minor) party last night
At (E flat major) ten o'clock it ended in a (C minor)
heckuva fight
When someone (A flat major) hit my Jenny she
went (G major) out like a light (E minor) (A major)
Poor (D major) Jenny
Verse 2
And (G major) then some joker went and called
the cops (E minor) on the phone
So (E flat major) everybody scattered
out for (C minor) places unknown
I (A flat major) couldn't carry Jenny so I
(G major) left her alone (E minor) (A major) (D major)
Poor Jenny (G major)
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Verse 3
Well (G major) Jenny had her (F major) picture in
the (G major) paper this mornin' (F major)
(G major) (C major) She made it with a bang
Ac (A major) cordin' to the story (E minor) in
the pa (A major) per this mornin'
(D major) Jenny is the leader of a teenage gang
Verse 4
Jenny (G major) has a brother and
he's hot (E minor) on my trail
Her daddy (E flat major) wants to ride
me out of town (C minor) on a rail
I hope (A flat major) I'll be around when Jenny
gets (G major) out of jail (E minor) (A major) (D major)
Interlude 1
Poor Jenny
(G major) (D major)
Verse 5
I went (G major) downtown to see her, she
was locked (E minor) in a cell
She was (E flat major) n't very glad to see me,
that (C minor) I could tell
In fact, (A flat major) to tell the truth,
she wasn't look (G major) in' too well (E minor) (A major)
Poor (D major) Jenny
Verse 6
Her eye (G major) was black, her face was red,
her hair (E minor) was a fright
She looked (E flat major) as though she'd been
a'cryin' half (C minor) of the night
(A flat major) I told her I was sorry,
she said "Get (G major) out of sight" (E minor) (A major) (D major)
Poor Jenny (G major)
Verse 7
It seems (G major) a shame that (F major) Jenny had to (G major) go get apprehended,
(C major) a heckuva fate (F major)
This (A major) party was the (E minor) first one (G major)
she (A major) ever had attended
(D major) It had to happen on our very first date
Verse 8
(G major) Jenny has a brother and
he's (E minor) hot on my trail
Her (E flat major) daddy wants to ride
me out of (C minor) town on a rail
I (A flat major) hope I'll be around when Jenny
(G major) gets out of jail (E minor) (A major) (D major)
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Poor Jenny
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Poor Jenny [Version 1]
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