Tea Leaf Green

Penny Saved(Chords)

Tea Leaf Green

Key: Gm

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Intro:  2x's 

NOTE: 
     I play it like this to imitate the organ. 
      
RIFF PLAYED FOR INTRO and 1st Verse: 
   Gm           Gm           Gm             C          Gm 
E -------------------------------------------------------- 
B -------------------------------------------------------- 
G ----3---3-5-------3---3-5-------3---3-5----5--3-5-5-3--- 
D --5---5-------5-5---5-------5-5---5-------------------5- 
A -------------------------------------------------------- 
E -------------------------------------------------------- 
Verse: Gm Crossroad coffins Scarecrow callin' C Gm Seeds are fallin' in the crystal light Gm Black bird laughin' Raven flashin' C Gm Black wing blazed in the shade of night Chorus: Gm Dm A penny saved Gm A penny earned Bb Gm Give away the house we burned Dm Gm Another day's gone for good Bb C And all that's left is firewood Gm Firewood C Firewood
    G  F  D   Bb C Bb  D  Bb  G 

E --3--1-------------------------- 
B --------3------1------3--------- 
G ------------3-----3------3------ 
D ----------------------------5--- 
A -------------------------------- 
E -------------------------------- 

  
Verse: 

  Gm       Gm             C        Gm  - 2x's 
E ------------------------------------ 
B -3--------3--------3---------------- 
G ---5-3------5-3------5--3h5-5-5-3--- 
D -------5--------5-----------------5- 
A ------------------------------------ 
E ------------------------------------ 
Gm Sister's habit I've got to have it C Gm Smoke stack grabbin' in the smoke Gm The joker's diamond Is bright and shinin' C Gm The queen of spades has just gone broke Chorus: Gm Dm A penny saved Gm A penny earned Bb Gm Give away the house we burned Gm Dm Well find a stray Gm And fix it firm Bb C And fill the ditch with a string of pearls Gm Let it burn C With the good time germs
    G  F  Dm  Cm  Bm Cm   D Bb  G 

E --3--1---------------------------- 
B --------3----1-----1----3--------- 
G ----------------3----------3------ 
D ------------------------------5--- 
A ---------------------------------- 
E ---------------------------------- 
BREAK: Bb Sinister minister Gm Glimmerin' pretty boys Bb They get high on the morphine D Slip out the back door Gm F Sippin' on nicotine Em Step in the Gulf Stream Eb D Turn on the high beams and burn it all down Instrumental: (improvise SOLO) At the end of the solo play:
   G  F  Dm  Cm  Bm Cm   D Bb  G 

E --3--1---------------------------- 
B --------3----1-----1----3--------- 
G ----------------3----------3------ 
D ------------------------------5--- 
A ---------------------------------- 
E ---------------------------------- 

  
Verse: 

  Gm       Gm             C        Gm   - 2x's 
E ------------------------------------ 
B -3--------3--------3---------------- 
G ---5-3------5-3------5--3h5-5-5-3--- 
D -------5--------5-----------------5- 
A ------------------------------------ 
E ------------------------------------ 
Gm The fearless farmer Forgot who you are C Gm Just some hot air in the void Gm Between two lovers Who got it coming C Gm Something underneath it all Chorus: Gm Dm A penny saved Gm A penny earned Bb Gm Give away the house we burned Dm Gm Another day is gone for good Bb C And all that's left is firewood Gm Firewood C Firewood, ow Gm Firewood, C Firewood Gm Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, wood C Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, wood G Yeah, hey, hey, hey, hey
   G  F  Dm  Cm  Bm Cm   D Bb  G 

E --3--1---------------------------- 
B --------3----1-----1----3--------- 
G ----------------3----------3------ 
D ------------------------------5--- 
A ---------------------------------- 
E ----------------------------------

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