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The Ballad Of Penny Evans chords by
Steve Goodman
Steve Goodman

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Verse 1
G
F
G

Oh, my name is Penny Evans,
C
Eb
G

and my age is twenty -one.
G
F
G
Gm

A young widow in the war
G
G
C

that's being fought in Vietnam.
G
Am
C
G

And I have two in fant daughters,
C
G

and I do the be st I can.

Now they say the war is over,
Am

but I think it's just begun
G

And I remember I was seventeen
G
Am

on the day I met young Bill
A
G
Am

At his father's grand piano
G

we'd play good old heart and soul

And I only knew the left -hand part,

and he the right so well

He's the only boy I slept with,
G
A

and the only one I will
G

It's first we had a baby girl,
Am

and we had two good years
G

And it was next the 1 -A notice came,


and we parted without tears

And it was nine months from

our last good night,

our second babe appears
F

And so it's ten months an
G

d a telegram
A

confirming all our fears
Am
G
Em

And now every month
G
G

I get a check from
A

an army bureaucrat
Am
G
A

And it's every month I tear it up
G

and I mail the damn thing back

Do you think that makes it alright?

Do you think I'd fall for that?

And you can keep your
G

bloody money
G
A

Sure won't bring my Billy back
G
Am

I never cared for politics
G
Am
A

And speeches I don't understand
Am
G

An d likewise never took
Am
G

no charity
Am
G

From any living man
Am

But tonight, there's 50 ,000 gone
G

in that unhappy land
Am
G
F

And 50 ,000 heart and souls
G
Am

being played with just one hand
G
Am

And my name is Penny Evans,
G

and I've just gone 21
G

A young widow in the war
Am

that's being fought in Vietnam

And I have two infant daughters
G

And I thank God I have no sons

Now they say the war is over

But I think it's just begun
A

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Chords
  • G

  • F

  • C

  • Eb

    6
  • Gm

    3
  • Am

  • A

  • Em

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