Beatles – Penny Lane chords ver. 4
Chords:
PENNY LANE (1967)B Abm Dbm7 Gb7Penny Lane there is a barber showing photographsB Abm Bm7Of every head he's had the pleasure to knowAbm7-5 GAnd all the people that come and goGbStop and say helloB Abm Dbm7 Gb7On the corner is a banker with a motorcarB Abm Bm7The little children laugh at him behind his backAbm7-5 GAnd the banker never wears a macGb EIn the pouring rain, very strangeCHORUS 1:A Dbm DPenny Lane is in my ears and in my eyesA Dbm DWet beneath the blue suburban skiesBbdim Gb7I sit, and meanwhile back in Penny...B Abm Dbm7 Gb7Lane there is a fireman with an hourglassB Abm Bm7And in his pocket is a portrait of the queenAbm7-5 GHe likes to keep his fire engine cleanGb EIt's a clean machineInstrumental: |B Abm|Dbm7 Gb7|B Abm|Bm7 | |Abm7-5|G |Gb |E | CHORUS 2:A Dbm DPenny Lane is in my ears and in my eyesA Dbm DFull of fish and finger piesBbdim Gb7In summer, meanwhile back behind the...B Abm Dbm7 Gb7shelter in the middle of a roundaboutB Abm Bm7The pretty nurse is selling poppies from a trayAbm GAnd though she feels as if she's in a playGbShe is anywayB Abm Dbm7 Gb7In Penny Lane the barber shaves another customerB Abm Bm7We see the banker sitting, waiting for a trendAbm GAnd then the fireman rushes inGb EFrom the pouring rain, very strangeCHORUS 1 (again):A Dbm DPenny Lane is in my ears and in my eyesA Dbm DWet beneath the blue suburban skiesBbdim Gb7I sit, and meanwhile back...[Key change all up a semitone – straight through, don’t stop] Coda CHORUS:Bb Dm EbPenny Lane is in my ears and in my eyesBb Dm Eb (2 bars)Wet beneath the blue suburban skies(Eb) Bb6Penny Lane:Charted by Bustopher the Busker - bustopher@bigpond.com Note the original song (for the chorus) starts in the key of “just slightly higher than” A, then last chorus modulates to “just shy of” Bb. Ask George Martin why. (He does know).