Penny Saved chords by Tea Leaf Green

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard tuning


SONG:  PENNY SAVED
ARTIST: TEA LEAF GREEN
TAB BY: DON CZARSKI
EMAIL: [email protected]


          PENNY SAVED
         TEA LEAF GREEN

INTRO: 2x's

NOTE:
   I play it like this to imitate the organ.

RIFF PLAYED FOR INTRO and 1st VERSE:

  G minorGm      G minorGm      G minorGm       C majorC     G minorGm
E MajorE --------------------------------------------------------
BB --------------------------------------------------------
G+G ----3---3-5-------3---3-5-------3---3-5----5--3-5-5-3---
D MajorD --5---5-------5-5---5-------5-5---5-------------------5-
A augmentedA --------------------------------------------------------
E MajorE --------------------------------------------------------

VERSE:
 G minorGm
Crossroad coffins
Scarecrow callin'
      C majorC           G minorGm
Seeds are fallin' in the crystal light

 G minorGm
Black bird laughin'
Raven flashin'
       C majorC           G minorGm
Black wing blazed in the shade of night


CHORUS:
G minorGm    DmDm
A augmentedA penny saved
    G minorGm
A augmentedA penny earned
    Bb majorBb       G minorGm
Give away the house we burned

     DmDm       G minorGm
Another day's gone for good
        Bb majorBb     C majorC
And all that's left is firewood
   G minorGm
Firewood
   C majorC
Firewood

  G+G FF D MajorD  Bb majorBb C majorC Bb majorBb D MajorD Bb majorBb G+G

E MajorE --3--1--------------------------
BB --------3------1------3---------
G+G ------------3-----3------3------
D MajorD ----------------------------5---
A augmentedA --------------------------------
E MajorE --------------------------------


VERSE:

 G minorGm    G minorGm       C majorC    G minorGm - 2x's
E MajorE ------------------------------------
BB -3--------3--------3----------------
G+G ---5-3------5-3------5--3h5-5-5-3---
D MajorD -------5--------5-----------------5-
A augmentedA ------------------------------------
E MajorE ------------------------------------

 G minorGm
Sister's habit
I've got to have it
       C majorC       G minorGm
Smoke stack grabbin' in the smoke

 G minorGm
The joker's diamond
Is bright and shinin'
        C majorC          G minorGm
The queen of spades has just gone broke


CHORUS:
G minorGm    DmDm
A augmentedA penny saved
     G minorGm
A augmentedA penny earned
   Bb majorBb        G minorGm
Give away the house we burned

 G minorGm     DmDm
Well find a stray
      G minorGm
And fix it firm
       Bb majorBb           C majorC
And fill the ditch with a string of pearls
    G minorGm
Let it burn
          C majorC
With the good time germs


  G+G FF DmDm C minorCm B minorBm C minorCm  D MajorD Bb majorBb G+G

E MajorE --3--1----------------------------
BB --------3----1-----1----3---------
G+G ----------------3----------3------
D MajorD ------------------------------5---
A augmentedA ----------------------------------
E MajorE ----------------------------------


BREAK:
Bb majorBb
 Sinister minister
      G minorGm
Glimmerin' pretty boys
Bb majorBb
 They get high on the morphine
       D MajorD
Slip out the back door
G minorGm      FF
 Sippin' on nicotine
       E minorEm
Step in the Gulf Stream
       Eb MajorEb             D MajorD
Turn on the high beams and burn it all down


INSTRUMENTAL: (improvise SOLO)

At the end of the solo play:

  G+G FF DmDm C minorCm B minorBm C minorCm  D MajorD Bb majorBb G+G

E MajorE --3--1----------------------------
BB --------3----1-----1----3---------
G+G ----------------3----------3------
D MajorD ------------------------------5---
A augmentedA ----------------------------------
E MajorE ----------------------------------


VERSE:

 G minorGm    G minorGm       C majorC    G minorGm  - 2x's
E MajorE ------------------------------------
BB -3--------3--------3----------------
G+G ---5-3------5-3------5--3h5-5-5-3---
D MajorD -------5--------5-----------------5-
A augmentedA ------------------------------------
E MajorE ------------------------------------


 G minorGm
The fearless farmer

Forgot who you are
      C majorC       G minorGm
Just some hot air in the void

 G minorGm
Between two lovers

Who got it coming
      C majorC      G minorGm
Something underneath it all


CHORUS:
G minorGm    DmDm
A augmentedA penny saved
     G minorGm
A augmentedA penny earned
   Bb majorBb        G minorGm
Give away the house we burned

    DmDm       G minorGm
Another day is gone for good
        Bb majorBb     C majorC
And all that's left is firewood
   G minorGm
Firewood
   C majorC
Firewood, ow
   G minorGm
Firewood,
   C majorC
Firewood
             G minorGm
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, wood
             C majorC
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, wood
           G+G
Yeah, hey, hey, hey, hey


  G+G FF DmDm C minorCm B minorBm C minorCm  D MajorD Bb majorBb G+G

E MajorE --3--1----------------------------
BB --------3----1-----1----3---------
G+G ----------------3----------3------
D MajorD ------------------------------5---
A augmentedA ----------------------------------
E MajorE ----------------------------------