Indian Head Penny

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


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


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


[Verse 4]
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I got stuck behind the back seat of
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 a '51 Chevrolet
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I was spare change in the sixties, 
        F          G     C
getting worth less every day
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Now it's piggy banks and gum 
                 F
machines and occasional wishing 
wells
     G                         F  
Or laying on a barroom floor, 
    G        C
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]
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I'm a pretty lucky penny, Lord, it 
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happens every time
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Just when I start feeling lost and 
G       C
left behind
      C                        F
Some kid will pick me up and wonder 
where I've been
 G                             F  
Put me in his pocket, oh, and here
   G    C
 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