Bad Penny
Rory Gallagher



[Intro]     D    F   C    D (x4)

D                      F      C         Dx2                 F                 C          D
Well, like a bad penny you've turned up again, You're in my sights, there's a mist on my lens.
        D            F          C             Dx2                                 F          C
I think you know how it was when I tripped and fell,  Well, you double-dealed me, baby and I broke
         D
like a shell.


[Repeat ? of Intro] D    F   C    D  (x2)


D                F       C            Dx2                  F           C                 D
Like a bad penny you've sure lost the glow ,But I'm out of reach, your smile's sure gone cold.
         D          F  C           Dx2                                 F               C
Well, it can't ever be like it was then, Well, don't you fool with me, baby, Don't you mess with
     D
my plans.


[Repeat Intro]  D    F   C    D   (x4)


[Bridge]
Cx2                                        Dsus2x2
Some stormy nights, your memory haunts me, You won't go away.


       D               F        C               Dx2                          F    C
Well, like a bad penny you have turned up in the change, Try to fit into the picture, you can't get
           Dx2               F         C     Dx2                                  F
inside the frame. I think you know I'm still sore, but I'm on the mend, Times sure have changed, it
C               D
won't happen again.



       D               F     C          Dx2                                 F                  C
Well, like a bad penny spins around and around, Well, you won't know what's gone wrong when it all
      Dx2                             F     C            Dx2                         F
falls down, You got to learn from now on to stop playing games, You ought to keep on moving, you got
C               D
to spin on your way.


[Bridge]
Cx2                                    Dsus2x2
Some lonely nights, I hear you calling, Won't you go away?


D                      F       C        Dx2                 F                 C          D
Well, like a bad penny you've turned up again, You're in my sights, there's a mist on my lens.
            D          F         C             Dx2                                F            C
I think you know how it was when I tripped and fell,  Well, you double-dealed me, baby and I cracked
         D
like a shell.


[Ending Solo]    D    F   C    D   (x9) start to fade then about x4 more times