Penny To My Name Chords by Eva Cassidy

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_ Bill and I got married _ [F] _ following our _ [C] firstborn.
Daddy [Dm] left this gas and convenience store [G] _ just before he _ _ [C] died.
And I was only 19 when [F] I had my third baby.
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[Dm] _ Sometimes I think maybe I [G] should have left here [C] long ago. _
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Travelers are stopping [F] by, check their oil and their _ [C] [Dm] PSI.
_ Gas up and away they fly, [G] _ moving down the _ line.
[C] But this beat up truck and worn out shoes [F] _ always giving me [Em] the [Dm] blues.
Billy sucking down the [G] booze nearly every night.
_ [F] _ I've never [G] seen the city [C] lights, how they [F] must shine so [C] bright.
Not [F] like this [Am] country night, [Dm] the sky is [G] black as coal.
[F] And this gas [G] station mountain [C] home, not a thing [F] to call [Am] my [C] own.
How I wish [F] I was [Em] alone [Dm] with a [G] penny to my [C] _ name. _ _ _ _
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_ Strangers say this mountain here [F] is beautiful beyond [Am] compare.
[Dm] But it's just a dumb old mountain there, [G] I see it every day. _
[C] If I could see sunset skies [F] over fields of grain or [Am] ocean [Dm]
tides.
City skyline in the night, [G] I'll be dancing [C] till [G] the dawn. _ _
[F] _ I've never [G] seen the city _ [C] lights, how they [F] must shine so bright.
[C] _ Not [F] like this country night, [Dm] the sky is [G] black as coal.
[F] And this gas [G] station mountain [C] home, not a [F] thing to call [Am] my [C] own.
How I wish [F] I was [Am] alone [Dm] with a penny [G] to [C] my name. _
_ _ _ _ _ Bill and I got married _ [F] _ following our first [Am] phone.
[Dm] Daddy left this gas and convenience store [G] _ just before he _ died.
[C] _ Maybe Bill and I someday [F] will find a chance to get [Em] away.
_ [Dm] Until then it's here I'll stay.
[G] _ Wishing on a star, _ [F] _ I've never seen [G] the city _ [C] lights, how they [F] must shine so bright.
[C] _ Not like [F] this country [C] night, the [Dm] sky is black [G] as coal.
[F] And this gas [G] station mountain home, [C] _ not a thing [F] to call my [C] own.
How I wish [F] I was [Am] alone [Dm] with a penny _ _
[G] _ to [C] my name. _
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