SONG: PENNY SAVED
ARTIST: TEA LEAF GREEN
TAB BY: DON CZARSKI
EMAIL: GUITARZAN7@HOTMAIL.COM
PENNY SAVED
TEA LEAF GREEN
INTRO: 2x's
NOTE:
I play it like this to imitate the organ.
RIFF PLAYED 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 ----------------------------------
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:
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 ----------------------------------
Source: https://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/tab/tea_leaf_green/penny_saved_chords_1699778