Penny Saved

	  		

Intro:  2x's 

NOTE: 
     I play it like this to imitate the organ. 
      
RIFF PLAYED FOR INTRO and 1st Verse: 



Verse: 
 Gm 
Crossroad coffins 
Scarecrow callin' 
            C                     Gm 
Seeds are fallin' in the crystal light  

 Gm 
Black bird laughin' 
Raven flashin' 
             C                     Gm 
Black wing blazed in the shade of night  


Chorus: 
Gm       Dm 
A penny saved  
        Gm 
A penny earned 
       Bb              Gm 
Give away the house we burned 

         Dm             Gm 
Another day's gone for good 
                Bb          C 
And all that's left is firewood 
     Gm 
Firewood 
     C 
Firewood 
    

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

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


Chorus: 
Gm       Dm 
A penny saved  
         Gm 
A penny earned 
      Bb                Gm 
Give away the house we burned 

 Gm          Dm 
Well find a stray  
            Gm 
And fix it firm 
              Bb                      C 
And fill the ditch with a string of pearls 
        Gm  
Let it burn 
                    C     
With the good time germs  




BREAK: 
Bb 
  Sinister minister 
            Gm 
Glimmerin' pretty boys 
Bb 
  They get high on the morphine 
              D 
Slip out the back door  
Gm            F 
  Sippin' on nicotine 
             Em 
Step in the Gulf Stream 
             Eb                         D 
Turn on the high beams and burn it all down  


Instrumental: (improvise SOLO) 

At the end of the solo play: 




 Gm   
The fearless farmer 
    
Forgot who you are 
           C              Gm 
Just some hot air in the void  

 Gm 
Between two lovers 
    
Who got it coming 
           C            Gm 
Something underneath it all  
  

Chorus: 
Gm       Dm 
A penny saved  
         Gm 
A penny earned 
      Bb                Gm 
Give away the house we burned 

        Dm              Gm 
Another day is gone for good 
                Bb          C 
And all that's left is firewood 
     Gm 
Firewood 
     C 
Firewood, ow 
     Gm 
Firewood,  
     C 
Firewood  
                         Gm 
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, wood 
                         C 
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, wood 
                      G 
Yeah, hey, hey, hey, hey