C                              F
I rolled off the San Francisco Mint in 1909
      G                                 F           G       C
The last one that they ever made, you should have seen me shine
        C                            F
When I landed on the counter, they gave me to a kid
         G                               F          G      C
Making change for a jawbreaker was the first thing that I did


[Verse 2]
         C                              F
I got traded for a pocket knife, two marbles, and some string
   G                           F      G     C
Wound up on a railroad track waiting for a train
        C                         F
I got snatched up by a hobo and turned right into wine
         G                               F         G      C
Pitched up against the wall at least a hundred thousand times


[Chorus]
   Am
Around and round a penny goes
   C
Around and back again
   Am
Listen and I'll tell you
     C                G
The places that I've been


[Verse 3]
        C                       F
I got stolen from a banker by Pretty Boy Floyd and then
     G                           F        G        C
He gave me to a farmer who was trying to save his land
       C                      F
I was good luck to a soldier back in World War II
    G                           F       G        C
He lost me in a poker game the day the war was through


[Verse 4]
       C                               F
I got stuck behind the back seat of a '51 Chevrolet
       G                                   F          G     C
I was spare change in the sixties, getting worth less every day
          C                                  F
Now it's piggy banks and gum machines and occasional wishing wells
     G                         F      G        C
Or laying on a barroom floor, Indian heads or tails


[Chorus]
  Am
Around and round a penny goes
   C
Around and back again
   Am
Listen and I'll tell you
    C                G
The places that I've been


[Verse 5]
       C                             F
I'm a pretty lucky penny, Lord, it happens every time
  G                        F       G       C
Just when I start feeling lost and left behind
      C                        F
Some kid will pick me up and wonder where I've been
 G                             F     G    C
Put me in his pocket, oh, and here I go again


[Chorus]
   Am
Around and round a penny goes
    C
Around and back again
    Am
Listen and I'll tell you
    C                 G
The places that I've been


[Chorus]
  Am
Around and round a penny goes
   C
Around and back again
   Am
Listen and I'll tell you
    C               G
The places that I've been