Andrew Peterson - Loose change

^CI’d give you all of me to know what you were thinking ^G And if I had one^C wish, I’d wish I wasn’t s^A7inking here ^{D Cdim}Drowning in this well ^Em Oh, can’t you tell ^A

That I ca^Cn’t pick myself up off the ground ^G Well, I’ve been face down ^D And pushed aside ^{G B7} Well, you know I’d ^Crather just turn tail and run ^G Than lie here in the sun ^D And watch^Cdim you pass me by ^Em Cause I ain^D’t worth a dime ^C

But if only I could stand up straight^C, ^G I wouldn’t have to lie and wait ^{D G} I’d get up and roll away ^{C G} And never be ignored ^D I’ve got a feeling that I’m something more ^{C G} Than just a piece of copper ore ^{D G} Turning green and looking for ^{C G} The reason I was born ^D

Well, I’ve been a^Cround since 1964 ^G In banks and bottom drawers ^D And on railroad ties ^{G B7} I’ve been passed ar^Cound and cast aside Skipp^Ged and flipped and flattened wide Sp^Dun around and thrown away and^Cdim left alone to lie ^{Em D}

^GBut I heard about a penny found ^{C G} Lying underneath the couch^{D G} By a woman who was kneeling down ^{C G} Looking for some change ^D Then the woman danced around ^{C G} And called her friends all over t^Down ^G Told ‘em what was lost is found ^{C G} It’s another penny saved ^D

^CSo I find that all this time Ben^D/Beath the surface, I could shine Like all the gold a king^D and qu^Cdimeen could measure ^{Em D} You see, even just ^Ca penny is a treasu^Dre ^G