The Ballad Of Penny Evans

The Ballad Of Penny Evans easy guitar chords by Steve Goodman

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  • G

  • F

  • C

  • Eb

    6

  • Gm

    3

  • Am

  • A

  • Em

  • G

  • F

  • C

  • Eb

    6

  • Gm

    3

  • Am

  • A

  • Em

    • 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
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    And so it's ten months an
    G

    d a telegram
    A

    confirming all our fears
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    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
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    Am

    being played with just one hand
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    Am

    And my name is Penny Evans,
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    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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