Indian Head Penny Chords by John Conlee
Tempo:
74.2 bpm
Chords used:
A
E
D
C#m
Em
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
I rolled off the Frisco Mint [D] in [Em] 1909, [A] the last one they ever made.
[D] You [A] should have seen [D] me shine when I landed on the counter they gave me [Em] to a kid.
[A] Making chains for a jawbreaker was the first thing that [D] I did.
Then I got traded for a pocket knife, [G] two marbles and [Em] some string.
[A] Wound up on the railroad [G] track, [A] waiting [D] for a train.
I got snatched up by a hobo and turned right [Em] into wine.
[A] Pitched up against the wall [G] at least [A] a [D] thousand times.
[Bm] Round and round the penny goes, round and back again.
[Bm] Listen and I'll tell you [D] the places [A] that I've been.
I [D] got stolen from a banker, [G] my pretty boy Floyd [Em] and them.
[A] They gave me to a farmer [G] who was [A] trying to [D] save his land.
I was good luck to a soldier back in [Em] World War II.
But he lost [A] me in a poker game [G] the day [A] the war was through.
[E] Got stuck behind the back seat of a 51 [F#m] Chevrolet.
[B] I was spare change in the 60s, getting worthless [E] every day.
Now it's piggy banks and gun machines and occasional wishing [F#m] well.
[B] Just laying on the bar room floor, Indian [E] heads are taped.
[C#m] Round and round the penny goes, [E] round and back again.
[D#] [C#m] Listen and I'll tell [E] you the places that I've [B] been.
Oh, but I'm [E] a pretty lucky penny.
[A] You know it happens [F#m] every time.
[B] Just when I start feeling lost [D#m] and left [E] behind.
Some kid will pick me up [A] and wonder where I've [F#m] been.
[B] Put me in his pocket.
Here I [E] go again.
[C#m] Round and round the penny goes, [E] round and back again.
[C#m] Listen and I'll tell [E] you the places [B] that I've been.
[C#m] Round and round the penny goes, round and back again.
Listen and I'll tell you [E] the places that I've been.
[C#] [C#m] [E] [C#m]
[C#] [C#m]
[D] You [A] should have seen [D] me shine when I landed on the counter they gave me [Em] to a kid.
[A] Making chains for a jawbreaker was the first thing that [D] I did.
Then I got traded for a pocket knife, [G] two marbles and [Em] some string.
[A] Wound up on the railroad [G] track, [A] waiting [D] for a train.
I got snatched up by a hobo and turned right [Em] into wine.
[A] Pitched up against the wall [G] at least [A] a [D] thousand times.
[Bm] Round and round the penny goes, round and back again.
[Bm] Listen and I'll tell you [D] the places [A] that I've been.
I [D] got stolen from a banker, [G] my pretty boy Floyd [Em] and them.
[A] They gave me to a farmer [G] who was [A] trying to [D] save his land.
I was good luck to a soldier back in [Em] World War II.
But he lost [A] me in a poker game [G] the day [A] the war was through.
[E] Got stuck behind the back seat of a 51 [F#m] Chevrolet.
[B] I was spare change in the 60s, getting worthless [E] every day.
Now it's piggy banks and gun machines and occasional wishing [F#m] well.
[B] Just laying on the bar room floor, Indian [E] heads are taped.
[C#m] Round and round the penny goes, [E] round and back again.
[D#] [C#m] Listen and I'll tell [E] you the places that I've [B] been.
Oh, but I'm [E] a pretty lucky penny.
[A] You know it happens [F#m] every time.
[B] Just when I start feeling lost [D#m] and left [E] behind.
Some kid will pick me up [A] and wonder where I've [F#m] been.
[B] Put me in his pocket.
Here I [E] go again.
[C#m] Round and round the penny goes, [E] round and back again.
[C#m] Listen and I'll tell [E] you the places [B] that I've been.
[C#m] Round and round the penny goes, round and back again.
Listen and I'll tell you [E] the places that I've been.
[C#] [C#m] [E] [C#m]
[C#] [C#m]
Key:
A
E
D
C#m
Em
A
E
D
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
I rolled off the Frisco Mint [D] in [Em] 1909, [A] the last one they ever made.
[D] You [A] should have seen [D] me shine when I landed on the counter they gave me [Em] to a kid.
_ [A] Making chains for a jawbreaker was the first thing that [D] I did.
Then I got traded for a pocket knife, [G] two marbles and [Em] some string.
[A] Wound up on the railroad [G] track, [A] waiting [D] for a train.
I got snatched up by a hobo and turned right [Em] into wine.
[A] Pitched up against the wall [G] at least [A] a [D] thousand times.
[Bm] Round and round the penny goes, round and back again.
[Bm] Listen and I'll tell you [D] the places [A] that I've been.
I [D] got stolen from a banker, [G] my pretty boy Floyd [Em] and them.
[A] They gave me to a farmer [G] who was [A] trying to [D] save his land.
I was good luck to a soldier back in [Em] World War II.
But he lost [A] me in a poker game [G] the day [A] the war was through.
[E] Got stuck behind the back seat of a 51 [F#m] Chevrolet.
[B] I was spare change in the 60s, getting worthless [E] every day.
Now it's piggy banks and gun machines and occasional wishing [F#m] well.
[B] Just laying on the bar room floor, Indian [E] heads are taped.
[C#m] Round and round the penny goes, [E] round and back again.
[D#] [C#m] Listen and I'll tell [E] you the places that I've [B] been.
Oh, but I'm [E] a pretty lucky penny.
[A] You know it happens [F#m] every time.
_ [B] Just when I start feeling lost [D#m] and left [E] behind.
Some kid will pick me up [A] and wonder where I've [F#m] been.
[B] Put me in his pocket.
Here I [E] go again.
[C#m] Round and round the penny goes, [E] round and back again.
[C#m] Listen and I'll tell [E] you the places [B] that I've been.
[C#m] Round and round the penny goes, round and back again.
Listen and I'll tell you [E] the places that I've been.
[C#] _ [C#m] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C#] _ [C#m] _ _ _ _
I rolled off the Frisco Mint [D] in [Em] 1909, [A] the last one they ever made.
[D] You [A] should have seen [D] me shine when I landed on the counter they gave me [Em] to a kid.
_ [A] Making chains for a jawbreaker was the first thing that [D] I did.
Then I got traded for a pocket knife, [G] two marbles and [Em] some string.
[A] Wound up on the railroad [G] track, [A] waiting [D] for a train.
I got snatched up by a hobo and turned right [Em] into wine.
[A] Pitched up against the wall [G] at least [A] a [D] thousand times.
[Bm] Round and round the penny goes, round and back again.
[Bm] Listen and I'll tell you [D] the places [A] that I've been.
I [D] got stolen from a banker, [G] my pretty boy Floyd [Em] and them.
[A] They gave me to a farmer [G] who was [A] trying to [D] save his land.
I was good luck to a soldier back in [Em] World War II.
But he lost [A] me in a poker game [G] the day [A] the war was through.
[E] Got stuck behind the back seat of a 51 [F#m] Chevrolet.
[B] I was spare change in the 60s, getting worthless [E] every day.
Now it's piggy banks and gun machines and occasional wishing [F#m] well.
[B] Just laying on the bar room floor, Indian [E] heads are taped.
[C#m] Round and round the penny goes, [E] round and back again.
[D#] [C#m] Listen and I'll tell [E] you the places that I've [B] been.
Oh, but I'm [E] a pretty lucky penny.
[A] You know it happens [F#m] every time.
_ [B] Just when I start feeling lost [D#m] and left [E] behind.
Some kid will pick me up [A] and wonder where I've [F#m] been.
[B] Put me in his pocket.
Here I [E] go again.
[C#m] Round and round the penny goes, [E] round and back again.
[C#m] Listen and I'll tell [E] you the places [B] that I've been.
[C#m] Round and round the penny goes, round and back again.
Listen and I'll tell you [E] the places that I've been.
[C#] _ [C#m] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C#] _ [C#m] _ _ _ _
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