Chords with lyrics
Tuning: EADGBE
The Magnetic Fields ~ '94 Haven't Got a Penny
NO CAPO
Disc 3, Track 9 from the life-spanning "50 Song Memoir"
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Intro:
C majorC G+G C majorC FF G+G
C majorC G+G C majorC FF G+G
Verse:
C majorC G+G C majorC
I haven't got a penny to my name
FF G+G
And I'm all alone in this city
C majorC G+G C majorC
Cause I haven't got a penny to my name
FF G+G
I could sell myself if I was pretty
Chorus:
C majorC
I'll die alone
FF G+G
No one will mourn
C majorC
I wish I'd known
FF G+G
And not been born
Verse:
C majorC G+G C majorC
Cause I haven't got a penny to my name
FF G+G
And I've alienated everybody
C majorC G+G C majorC
And I'll never have a penny to my name
FF G+G
I'm a thirty-year-old fuddy-duddy
Chorus:
C majorC
When I was eight
FF G+G
My mom displayed
C majorC
Our only dollar
FF G+G
We had it made!
C majorC G+G C majorC
Now I haven't got a penny to my name
Outro:
C majorC
I wish, I wish
FF G+G
I'd not been born