Bad Penny Chords

by Rory Gallagher
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Difficulty: intermediate
Tuning: E A D G B E
Capo: no capo
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5 contributors total, last edit on Mar 22, 2024
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Chords

Dm
F
C
G
B
Bb

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[Intro]
 
Dm
(Mute)
 
Dm F C Dm x2
 
 
[Solo]
 
Dm F C Dm x2
 
 
[Verse 1]
 
               Dm        F       C           Dm
Well, like a bad penny you've turned up again,
               Dm        F       C           Dm
You're in my sights, there's a mist on my lens.
               Dm        F       C           Dm
I think you know how it was when I tripped and fell,
               Dm        F       C           Dm
Well, you double-dealed me, baby and I broke like a shell.
 
 
[Solo]
 
Dm F C Dm x2
 
 
[Verse 2]
 
          Dm        F       C           Dm
Like a bad penny you've sure lost the glow
          Dm        F       C           Dm
But I'm out of reach, your smile's sure gone cold.
          Dm        F       C           Dm
Well, it can't ever be like it was then,
                Dm              F             C              Dm
Well, don't you fool with me, baby, don't you mess with my plans.
 
 
[Solo]
 
Dm F C Dm x4
 
 
[Chorus 1]
 
 C                G C                   B
Some stormy nights, your memory haunts me,
Bb           Bb      C
You won't go away.
 
 
[Verse 3]
 
               Dm        F       C           Dm
Well, like a bad penny you have turned up in the change,
               Dm        F       C           Dm
Try to fit into the picture, you can't get inside the frame.
               Dm        F       C           Dm
I think you know I'm still sore, but I'm on the mend,
               Dm        F       C           Dm
Times sure have changed, it won't happen again.
 
 
[Verse 4]
 
               Dm        F       C           Dm
Well, like a bad penny spins around and around,
               Dm        F       C           Dm
Well, you won't know what's gone wrong when it all falls down,
               Dm        F       C           Dm
You got to learn from now on to stop playing games,
               Dm        F       C           Dm
You ought to keep on moving, you got to spin on your way.
 
 
[Chorus 2]
 
 C                G C               B
Some lonely nights, I hear you calling,
Bb           Bb      C
Won't you go away?
 
 
[Verse 5]
 
               Dm        F       C           Dm
Well, like a bad penny you have turned up again,
               Dm        F       C           Dm
You're in my sights, there's a mist on my lens.
               Dm        F       C           Dm
I think you know how it was when I tripped and fell,
               Dm        F       C           Dm
Well, you double-dealed me, baby, I cracked like a shell.
 
 
[Solo]
 
Dm F C Dm x16
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4 comments
Monkeyboard
It's nearly perfect. But the D should be Dm I think. Apart from that it's spot on!
+5
ignacio lopez
In the Rockpalast 1982 concert I think that the bridge between the Chorus and the following verse goes as follows: he played Bb-A six consecutive times and then jumped to C high to move into the Dm -F - C - Dm sequence.
+2
rossabyrne
The d chord is wrong, it should be dm other than that l, nice work, couldn't remember the bridge
+1