...A BAD PENNY... by Cat Stevens
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*from 'Buddha And The Chocolate Box' (1974)*
Verse 1:
GG/F#G/FE7Am
Oh no, dont, say those same idle lies;
B7EmE+ Em/D
I've heard them be-fore, oh, oh,
CB7EmGAsus4A
This fool who left his heart on an early train,
DDm
Wont buy no more.
Verse 2:
GG/F#G/FE7Am
Oh no, dont, use those same weeping eyes;
B7EmE+ Em/D
I'll wipe them no more, oh, oh,
CB7Em
I didnt want to have to be cruel,
G
But the truth must be said,
Asus4ADDm
And you ain't heard e-nough.
Chorus 1:
AmC
Oh, it was not so long a-go,,
AmC
Since you wandered out of here.
EmDAmC
To be-come a silver model of a city on the air.
AC
So dont choke me with your lies,
AmC
Because this man has open eyes;
GG/F#
And I can see...
GE7AmG7C
I can see, I can tell. Ooh, ooh, ooh.
Interlude:
D Bm7 Em G A A7,
DBED
Break:
BmEm
I had it e-nough;
DC
All those sneaky bars and smart parties.
BmEm
Had E-nough;
DC
All those sweet friends and lovers.
BEm
I've, I've had e-nough;
DC
All those lonely rooms and blank faces.
BEm
Had E-nough;
GDGDGD
And I want you, I want you, no more,
GDGDGD
I want you, I want you, no more.
Interlude:
CGAD7
Verse 3:
GG/F#G/FE7Am
Oh no, dont, say those same idle lies;
B7EmE+ Em/D
I've heard them be-fore, oh, oh,
CB7EmGAsus4A
This fool who left his heart on an early train,
DDm
Wont buy no more.
Outro:
B7 Em D, G G7 C G Am,
D E D A, E B E F
G Am G7 C, G Am D Am G
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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GGGEAB7EADGBEEADGBEEADGBEEADGBEEADGBEEADGBE
320003 200033 100033 020100 x02210 021200
EEECAAus4
EADGBEEADGBEEADGBEEADGBEEADGBEEADGBE
022000 021000 020000 x32010 x02233 x02220
DGBADEEADGBEEADGBEEADGBEEADGBEEADGBEEADGBE
xx0232 323000 x24232 x02223 xx0212 022100
Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2004
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)