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In a sm^Gall town ^D/F#where all k^Emnew all Wan^Cdered a pea^Gsant lady nobody k^Dnew But her o^Gnly fr^D/F#iend was a y^Emoung boy Brought her hot t^Cea and lef^Gtover st^Dew In those bur^Gning w^D/F#intry Dec^Emembers He’d pick dirty p^Cennies up^G off the cold s^Dtreet And while his mo^Gther was ^D/F#out Christmas sho^Empping, He’d say, ^Am“Come on i^Dn, warm yo^Gur feet

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As l^Gong as you s^D/F#hare with me sto^Emries.” So she sp^Coke, “I’m a^G product ^Dof war. My mo^Gther never ^D/F#knew who she cou^Emld be As my fa^Cther lay dr^Gunk on the flo^Dor.” And she s^Gpoke of the ^D/F#cart that she wh^Emeeled Had keys with no lo^Ccks and gui^Gtars with no str^Dings And a pu^Gzzle that could n^D/F#ever be fin^Emished This is my h^Amome, th^Dese broken thi^Gngs

Ah, but the b^Goy went^D/F# on to be ta^Emught in the sch^Cools To n^Got talk to str^D/F#angers, and ^G/Bdon’t feed the^C9 fools Grew ol^Gder and fu^D/F#rther and of ^G/Bher, fo^C9rgot As she was fo^Grced to m^Dove from ^Bmlot to lot to ^C9lot

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She said, “I ^Gguess it wa^D/F#s much in his ^Emnature To bec^Come an enfo^Grcer of l^Daw. My old fri^Gend’s got ^D/F#a gun to ^Emprotect me From the r^Cock-tossing dru^Gnks from the b^Dars Always se^Gemed like the ^D/F#sort to help ot^Emhers So I’ll ^Cfind him while^G he’s on th^De beat And say, rem^Gember me, ^D/F#I’m the old^Em lady You’d give me ^Ampennies you’^Dd find on th^Ge street.”

When she fo^Gund him, she ^D/F#saw not the y^Emoung boy Who d^Cug for the ro^Gots of her j^Dunk She came f^Gace to ^D/F#face with a s^Emtern, vacant so^Emldier Gri^Cnnin’ and s^Gpinnin’ ^Da club He said, ??^G?Don’t ^D/F#you know that y^Emou can’t be here? You’ll hurt b^Cusiness, and ^Gscare away the ^Dkids. Go wa^Gnder ar^D/F#ound in s^Emome other town Get o^Amut or I’m ^Dtaking you^G in.”

“But o^Gfficer, I^D/F# fondly r^Ememember^C you, Young b^Goy who would ^D/F#give me the lef^G/Btover s^C9tew And wo^Guld take me i^D/F#nside to the ^G/Bwarm fire c^C9oals. Those hun^Gdreds of pen^Dnies bought^G/B me all th^C9ese clothes.

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It’s ^Gagainst th^D/F#e law to ^Empeddle It’s a^Cgainst the^G law to^D eat It’s a^Ggainst th^D/F#e law to have ^Emnothing more Than the sh^Coes, full of ho^Gles, on your fe^Det And now they p^Gut bars a^D/F#cross the park be^Emnches So I gu^Cess it’s ^Gillegal to ^Dsleep. They bu^Gried som^D/F#ething in^Emside of you, officer Into your c^Amold hear^Dt, dig de^Gep

A^Gnd you??^D/F#?ll s^Emee that it?^C??s me A^Gnd here I?^D/F#??ll ^G/Bbe, nothing new t^C9o me. I’ll be he^Gartbroken an^D/F#d cold, ^G/Bfrozen and ^C9alone. My co^Gffin was a dump^Dster and they d^G/Bidn’t even^C9 know.”

But while o^Gut on the ^D/F#beat, he looked d^Emown to his fe^Cet, And he s^Gaw a dirty p^D/F#enny h^G/Beads up at his f^C9eet And it m^Gade him think^D/F# of an old t^Emall tale Of a w^Amoman who pu^Dshed â€&^G#65533;round a cart

And the b^Goy who ^D/F#fed her and he^Emlped her Knew he sh^Could have de^Gep in his he^Dart Oh, wh^Gere did he ^D/F#hear that old t^Emall tale? But h^Cey, what a st^Gory to spr^Dead

So he told it to his own growing boy Once in a while before bed Outro: G D Dsus (2x) C9 D Dsus (2x)

Erik Petersen - Dirty pennies