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
