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Throw a Penny – Bee Gees
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Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
Bee Gees
Throw a Penny (1974)
(Barry & Robin Gibb)
From: "Mr Natural"
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CHORDS
E-A-D-G-B-E
Bb7/Ab 4-x-3-3-3-4
C7sus2 x-3-5-3-3-3
Cm/F x-x-3-5-4-3 or
1-x-1-0-1-1
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VERSE 1
D
Little child, I have found
F#m
If I stood up and looked around
G D
I'd see a brand new face staring right back at me
D
I believe, I am sure
F#m
That I'm taller than I was before
G D
Building a brand new bridge into sincerity
CHORUS
G A
But it's at times like this we must learn to grow
D G
Throw a penny for my children, they are going down
A D
When the light shines down much brighter, many souls are found
D G
And I can't believe what they're saying in the overground
A Bb [break]
Throw a penny for my children going down
MIDDLE 8
Bb Bb7/Ab
Listen to the wise man as he breathes
Gm
He's really loving me (loving me)
C7sus2 Cm/F
He must be loving me (loving me)
Bbmaj7 Bb7/Ab
At night I turn my face into the wind
Gm
And I whisper secretly (secretly)
C7sus2 Cm/F [Bb]
What means the most to me and bring him close
Bb F#
Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-aaaaaaah
VERSE 2
D
Make it bad, make it good
F#m
Make it easy to be understood
G D
Well, I see a velvet day breaking across the sky
D
I believe, I am sure
F#m
I am taller than I was before
G D
Building a brand new bridge, I know I'm gonna try
CHORUS
G A
But it's at times like this we must find out why
D G
Throw a penny for my children, they are going down
A D
When the light shines down much brighter, many souls are found
D G
And I can't believe what they're saying in the overground
A [Bb] [break]
Throw a penny for my children going down
CODA
| Bb | % | % | % |
Bb Bb
Throw a penny for my children, for my children going down
Bb Bb
Throw a penny for my children, for my children going down
Bb Bb
Throw a penny for my children, for my children going down
Bb Bb
Throw a penny for my children, for my children going down
| Bb | % | % | % |
(repeat and cross fade into: “Down the Road”, the next song on the album)
