PENNY LANE (1967)
B Abm Dbm7 Gb7
Penny Lane there is a barber showing photographs
B Abm Bm7
Of every head he's had the pleasure to know
Abm7-5 G
And all the people that come and go
Gb
Stop and say hello
B Abm Dbm7 Gb7
On the corner is a banker with a motorcar
B Abm Bm7
The little children laugh at him behind his back
Abm7-5 G
And the banker never wears a mac
Gb E
In the pouring rain, very strange
CHORUS 1:
A Dbm D
Penny Lane is in my ears and in my eyes
A Dbm D
Wet beneath the blue suburban skies
Bbdim Gb7
I sit, and meanwhile back in Penny...
B Abm Dbm7 Gb7
Lane there is a fireman with an hourglass
B Abm Bm7
And in his pocket is a portrait of the queen
Abm7-5 G
He likes to keep his fire engine clean
Gb E
It's a clean machine
Instrumental:
|B Abm|Dbm7 Gb7|B Abm|Bm7 |
|Abm7-5|G |Gb |E |
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/b/beatles/penny_lane_crd_ver_11.html ]
CHORUS 2:
A Dbm D
Penny Lane is in my ears and in my eyes
A Dbm D
Full of fish and finger pies
Bbdim Gb7
In summer, meanwhile back behind the...
B Abm Dbm7 Gb7
shelter in the middle of a roundabout
B Abm Bm7
The pretty nurse is selling poppies from a tray
Abm G
And though she feels as if she's in a play
Gb
She is anyway
B Abm Dbm7 Gb7
In Penny Lane the barber shaves another customer
B Abm Bm7
We see the banker sitting, waiting for a trend
Abm G
And then the fireman rushes in
Gb E
From the pouring rain, very strange
CHORUS 1 (again):
A Dbm D
Penny Lane is in my ears and in my eyes
A Dbm D
Wet beneath the blue suburban skies
Bbdim Gb7
I sit, and meanwhile back...
[Key change all up a semitone – straight through, don’t stop]
Coda CHORUS:
Bb Dm Eb
Penny Lane is in my ears and in my eyes
Bb Dm Eb (2 bars)
Wet beneath the blue suburban skies
(Eb) Bb6
Penny Lane
:Charted by Bustopher the Busker - bustopher@bigpond.com
Note the original song (for the chorus) starts in the key
of “just slightly higher than” A, then last chorus modulates
to “just shy of” Bb. Ask George Martin why. (He does know).
