David Allan Coe - The Penny guitar chord

David Allan Coe – The Penny

This song is just spoken so I have have just showed the chords to play, just listen to the cd

To get it right. Sorry…

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Well the old man looked down and this grandson

And he whispered this Penny’s for good luck

And then he opened his hand and showed him the coin

And the date on The Penny was 1911

And he said when you get older boy maybe you’ll understand

You see this Penny don’t shine anymore like it used to

And this Penny’s been lost and this Penny’s been found

This Penny’s been hid in the jar in the attic

And this Penny’s been buried in a car in the ground

This Penny’s seen wars and this Penny’s has seen the sunshine

This Penny’s felt teardrops and this Penny’s seen rain

And this Penny’s been with me since I was a young man

In fact this Penny’s is all of my life that remains.

And the old man seemed sad as he tried to remember

The stories he told of the life that he led

Why there was the one about the time the old Penny rolled down in the gutter

And he said why I can’t count the times that I took that old Penny to bed

Then he told how he lost everything that once mattered

Lost his wife, his money, his job, and then finally his health

He always held on to that old luck Penny

Lord was he proud of himself.

Well the boy took The Penny and wrapped it in a piece of cloth

And he placed it in his pocket

And he said thanks grandad and the old man just nodded

Then he walked to his bedroom and he laid down this head

They found him there the next mornin’ he was layin’ there dead

Then the boy reached into his pocket

And took out The Penny that his grandpa had givin’ him

Slowly opened the old man’s hand and placed The Penny inside

Then he closed the old man’s fingers around the old coin

And let his hand lay on the old man’s chest

Grandpa he said there’s one place this old Penny hasn’t been

So you better take it with you now

And besides there’s not much you can buy with a Penny these days

And by the way grandpa, I love you.

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