Penny Saved

Tea Leaf Green

tom:

INTRO:  2x's

NOTE:
     I play it like this to imitate the organ.
     
RIFF PA YED FOR INTRO and 1st VERSE:

   Gm           Gm           Gm             C          Gm
E|--------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------|
G|----3---3-5-------3---3-5-------3---3-5----5--3-5-5-3---|
D|--5---5-------5-5---5-------5-5---5-------------------5-|
A|--------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|


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
   

    G  F  D   Bb C Bb  D  Bb  G

E|--3--1--------------------------|
B|--------3------1------3---------|
G|------------3-----3------3------|
D|----------------------------5---|
A|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|

 
VERSE:

  Gm       Gm             C        Gm  - 2x's
E|------------------------------------|
B|-3--------3--------3----------------|
G|---5-3------5-3------5--3h5-5-5-3---|
D|-------5--------5-----------------5-|
A|------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|

 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 


    G  F  Dm  Cm  Bm Cm   D Bb  G

E|--3--1----------------------------|
B|--------3----1-----1----3---------|
G|----------------3----------3------|
D|------------------------------5---|
A|----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|


BDA K:
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 G  O)

At the end of the solo play:

   G  F  Dm  Cm  Bm Cm   D Bb  G

E|--3--1----------------------------|
B|--------3----1-----1----3---------|
G|----------------3----------3------|
D|------------------------------5---|
A|----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|

 
VERSE:

  Gm       Gm             C        Gm   - 2x's
E|------------------------------------|
B|-3--------3--------3----------------|
G|---5-3------5-3------5--3h5-5-5-3---|
D|-------5--------5-----------------5-|
A|------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|


 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  

 
   G  F  Dm  Cm  Bm Cm   D Bb  G

E|--3--1----------------------------|
B|--------3----1-----1----3---------|
G|----------------3----------3------|
D|------------------------------5---|
A|----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|