Indian Head Penny

C F I rolled off the San Francisco Mint in 1909 G F G C The last one that they ever made, you should have seen me shine C F When I landed on the counter, they gave me to a kid G F G C Making change for a jawbreaker was the first thing that I did C F I got traded for a pocket knife, two marbles, and some string G F G C Wound up on a railroad track waiting for a train C F I got snatched up by a hobo and turned right into wine G F G C Pitched up against the wall at least a hundred thousand times Am Around and round a penny goes C Around and back again Am Listen and I'll tell you C G The places that I've been C F I got stolen from a banker by Pretty Boy Floyd and then G F G C He gave me to a farmer who was trying to save his land C F I was good luck to a soldier back in World War II G F G C He lost me in a poker game the day the war was through C F I got stuck behind the back seat of a '51 Chevrolet G F G C I was spare change in the sixties, getting worth less every day C F Now it's piggy banks and gum machines and occasional wishing wells G F G C Or laying on a barroom floor, Indian heads or tails Am Around and round a penny goes C Around and back again Am Listen and I'll tell you C G The places that I've been C F I'm a pretty lucky penny, Lord, it happens every time G F G C Just when I start feeling lost and left behind C F Some kid will pick me up and wonder where I've been G F G C Put me in his pocket, oh, and here I go again Am Around and round a penny goes C Around and back again Am Listen and I'll tell you C G The places that I've been Am Around and round a penny goes C Around and back again Am Listen and I'll tell you C G The places that I've been