Mischief Brew - Dirty pennies

In a ^Gsmall ^F#/Gtown where all knew ^Emall, wondered a ^Cpeasant lady ^Gnobody ^Dknew, But her ^Gonly ^F#/Gfriend was a young ^Emboy, brought her ^Chot tea and ^Gleftover ^Dstew, In those^G burnin' ^F#/Gwintry Dec^Emembers, he'd pick ^Cdirty pennies up ^Goff the cold ^Dstreet, And while his ^Gmother was ^F#/Gout Christmas ^Emshopping, he'd ^Dsay, "^CCome on ^Din, warm your ^Gfeet."

As ^Glong as you ^F#/Gshare with me ^Emstories, so she ^Cspoke on the ^Gproduct of ^Dwar, My ^Gmother never ^F#/Gknew who she ^Emcould be, as my ^Cfather lay ^Gdrunk on the ^Dfloor, And she ^Gspoke of the ^F#/Gcart that she ^Emwheeled, had keys with no ^Clocks, and ^Gguitars with no ^Dstings, and a ^Gpuzzle that could ^F#/Gnever be f^Eminished, But ^Dthis is my ^Chome, and ^Dthese broken ^Gthings are...

But t^Ghe boy^F#/G went on to be taugh^Emt in the schools^C, to not talk^G to str^Dangers and don't feed the fools, Grew ^Golder ^F#/Gand further and over^Em-forgot,as she w^Cas forced to ^Gmove fr^Dom lot to lot to lot, She s^Gaid, "^F#/GI guess it was much ^Emin his nature to^C become an En^Gforcer ^Dof Law, My ol^Gd frie^F#/Gnd's got a gun to pr^Emotect me from th^Ce rock-tossin^Gg drunk^Ds from the bars."

"Oh^G, he seemed ^F#/Glike the sort ^Emto help others, ^Cso I'll find ^Ghim while h^De's on the beat, and^G say 'Rememb^F#/Ger me, I'm the^Em old lady you'd ^Cgive the penn^Gies you fou^Dnd on the street?'" Whe^Gn she found ^F#/Ghim she saw no^Emt the young boy ^Cwho dug for t^Ghe roots of^D her junk, She^G came face-t^F#/Go-face with a ^Emstern, vacant so^Cldier, grinni^Gng and spin^Dning a club, He sai^Gd, "Don't you know^F#/G that you ^Emcan't be here^D? You'll hu^Crt busines^Ds and scare a^Gway the kids. Go wan^Gder around in some^F#/G other tow^Emn; get out or^D I'm taking you in."

"But ^Goffice^F#/Gr, I fondly remember^Em you - young boy^C who would gi^Gve me t^Dhe leftover stew, would^G take ^F#/Gme inside to the war^Emm fire coals,and^C those hundre^Gds of p^Dennies bought me all these clothes." ^GIt's against the law to ^Dpeddle ^GIt's against the law to ^Deat It's ^Gagains^F#/Gt the law to have no^Emthing more than ^Cthe shoes ful^Gl of ho^Dles on your feet And n^Gow the^F#/Gy've put bars across^Em the park benche^Cs, so I guess^G it's i^Dllegal to sleep They ^Gburied^F#/G something inside of^Em you, Officer In^Cto your cold ^Gheart, ^Ddig deep And y^Gou'll ^F#/Gsee that it's me And^Em here I'll be, n^Cothing ^Gnew to ^Dme I'll ^Gbe hea^F#/Grtbroken and cold, f^Emrozen and alone ^CMy coffin was a ^Gdumpster and I ^Ddidn't even know

But^G while out on the^F#/G beat, ^Emhe looked down to the ^Cstreet, and^G he saw a dirty p^F#/Genny he^Emads up at his f^Ceet And^G it made him thin^F#/Gk of an old tall-tale ^Emof an old woman who ^Cpushed 'round a cart, And^G the boy who fed ^F#/Gher and helped ^Emher, knew he shoulda d^Ceep in his heart ...^Gwhere did he hear that^F#/G old tall-tale? But ^Emhey, what a stor^Cy to spread So ^Ghe told it to his own ^F#/Ggrowing boy, once in^Em a while before ^Cbed

They ^Gburied ^F#/Gsomething in^Emside of you, ^DOfficer, ^CInto your ^Dcold heart, dig ^Gdeep ^DAnd you'll ^Gsee ^D that it's ^Cme ^D And here I'll ^Gbe, ^D nothing new to ^Cme ^D I'll be ^Gheartbroken and ^F#/Gcold, froz^Emen and ^Calone My ^Gcoffin was a ^F#/Gdumpster and I ^Emdidn't even ^Cknow But while ^Gout on the ^F#/Gbeat, he looked ^Emdown to the ^Cstreet, and he ^Gsaw a dirty ^F#/Gpenny heads ^Emup at hid ^Cfeet