Bad Penny Tab by Rory Gallagher
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Intro 1
(D minor) (F major) (C major) (D minor)
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(D minor) (F major) (C major) (D minor)
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(D minor) (F major) (C major) (D minor)
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(D minor) (F major) (C major) (D minor) Well, like a
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Verse 1
(D minor) bad penny you (F major) (C major) turned up a (D minor) gain
You're in my sights, (F major) there's a (C major) mist on my (D minor) lens
I think you know how it was (F major)
when (C major) I tripped and (D minor) fell
Well, you double_- dealed me, ba (F major) by,
and I
(C major) broke like a (D minor) shell, hey
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Interlude 1
(D minor) (F major) (C major) (D minor)
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(D minor) (F major) (C major) (D minor) Well, like a
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Verse 2
(D minor) bad penny you (F major) (C major) sure lost the (D minor) glow
But I'm out of reach, (F major)
your (C major) smile's sure gone (D minor) cold
Well, it can't ever be (F major) (C major) like it was (D minor) then
Well, don't you fool with me, ba (F major) by
Well, don't you (C major) mess with my (D minor) plans
Interlude 2
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(D minor) (F major) (C major) (D minor)
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(D minor) (F major) (C major) (D minor)
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(D minor) (F major) (C major) (D minor)
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Bridge 1
(C major) Some stormy nights, (G major)
(C major) your mem'ry haunts me
You won't (B flat5) go away (C5)
Verse 3
Well, like a (D minor) bad penny you (F major)
(C major) turned up in the (D minor) change
Try to fit into the pic (F major) ture you can't
(C major) get inside (D minor) the frame
I think you know I'm still (F major) sore,
but (C major) I'm on (D minor) the mend
Times sure have changed, (F major)
it won't (C major) happen a (D minor) gain
Verse 4
Well, like a (D minor) bad penny spins (F major)
a (C major) round and a (D minor) round
Well, you won't know what's gone
(F major) wrong when (C major) it all falls (D minor) down
You got to learn from now on (F major)
to (C major) stop playin' (D minor) games
You ought to keep on moving, (F major)
you got to (C major) spin on your (D minor) way
Bridge 2
(C major) Some lonely nights, (G major) (C major) I hear you callin'
Won't you (B flat5) go away (C5)
Verse 5
Well, like a (D minor) bad penny you (F major)
(C major) turned up a (D minor) gain
You're in my sights, (F major) there's a (C major) mist on my (D minor) lens
I think you know how it was (F major)
when (C major) I tripped and (D minor) fell
Well, you double-dealed me, (F major) baby,
I (C major) cracked like a (D minor) shell, yeah
Outro 1
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