Chords for Mischief Brew - Dirty Pennies

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_ _ _ [G] In a small [D] town where [Em] all knew all [C] wondered a peasant [G] lady nobody [D] knew
But [G] her only [D] friend was [Em] a young boy
Brought her hot [G] tea and [D] leftover stew
_ In [G] those [D] burnin'
wintry [Em] Decembers he'd pick dirty [C]
[G] pennies up off [D] the cold street
_ And [G] while his mother [D] was out [Em] Christmas shopping [D] he'd say
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Come [D] [A] on in [G] warm your feet _
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_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] As long as you [D] share with [Em] me stories
So she spoke [G] I'm a product [D] of war
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My mother never [D] knew who [Em] she could be
As my [G] father laid drunk [D] on the floor _
And she [G] spoke [D] of the cart that [Em] she wheeled had keys with [C] no locks [G] and guitars with [D] no strings _
[Gm] And a puzzle that [D] could never [Em] be finished
[D] This is [A] my home
[D] these [G] broken things
But the boy went on to be taught in the schools to not talk to strangers
And don't [C] feed the fools [G] grew older [D] and further [G] and never [C] forgot she [G] was forced [D] to move
[Bm] from [C] law to law [G] to law
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_ She [G] said I guess it was much in his [Em] nature
to [C] become an [G] enforcer [D] of law
My [G] old friends [D] got a gun to [Em] protect me
[C] from the rock-tossing [G] drunks from [D] the bars
_ [G] Always seemed [D] like the sort to [Em] help others
So [C] I'll find [G] him while [D] he's on the beat
And [G] say remember [D] me.
I'm the [Em] old lady [D] you'd give [A] me pennies [D] you find [G] on the street
_ When she found him [D] she saw [Em] not the young boy
[C] Who dug [G] for the roots [D] of her junk?
She [G] came [D] face to face [Em] with a stern vacant soldier [C] grinning [G] and spinning [D] a club
He [G] said don't you [D] know that you [Em] can't be here?
[C] You'll hurt business [G] and scare [D] away the kids
_ [G] Go wander [D] around [Em] in some [D] other town
[A] Get out or [D] I'm taking [G] you in
But officer [D] I fondly [G] remember
[C] You [G] young boy who [D] would give me the leftover [C] [G] stew would [Bm] take me inside
To the warm fire [C] coals [G] and those [D] hundreds of [Bm] pennies bought [C] me all [G] these
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_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] against [D] the law
[E] _ _ _ [C] It's against [G] the law
[D] _ _ _ [G] It's against [D] the law
Have [E] nothing [Em] more than the shoes for [G] the holes on [D] your feet
[G] And now they put [D] bars across the [Em] park inches
So [C] I guess [G] it's illegal [D] to sleep
_ [G] They [D] buried something [Em] inside of [D] you [Am] officer
It's a [D] your cold [G] heart thing
[D] And [G] you'll see
_ [D] _ _ That [C] it's me
_ [D] _ _ And [G] here I'll be
_ [D] _ Nothing [C] new to me
_ [D] I'll _ [G] be heartbroken [D] and cold [Bm] frozen [C] and alone
[G] My coffin [D] was a dumpster [Bm] and they didn't [C] even know but [G] while out on [D] the beat
[Bm] He looked down to [C] his feet [G] and he saw [D] dirty penny [Bm] heads up [C] at his feet
[G] And it made him [D] think of an [Em] old tall tale
[C] Of a woman [G] who pushed [D] around a cart
_ [G] And the boy [D] who fed [E] her and helped [Em] her
[C] Knew he should [G] have [D] deep in his heart
_ [G] Oh, where did [D] he hear that [Em] old tall tale?
[C] But hey, [G] what a story [D] to spread
So _ he told it to [G] his own growing boy
_ _ Once in a while before bed
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