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Throw a Penny

Bee Gees

RockAdvanced for beginners11 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

D××
F#mDiagram coming soon
G
A×
BbDiagram coming soon
AbDiagram coming soon
Gm7Diagram coming soon
Cm7Diagram coming soon
EbDiagram coming soon
F
GbDiagram coming soon

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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              D 
Little child, I have found  
              F#m 
If I stood up and looked around  
                       G                                                     
I'd see a brand new face  
                                      D  G/D  D 
staring right back at me  
 
I believe, I am sure  
                 F#m 
That I'm taller then I was before  
                          G                                        D 
Building a brand new bridge into sincerity  
 
                   G                                                         
But it's the times like this, 
                                   A 
we must learn to grow  
                  D                                                  
Throw a penny for my children, 
                 G 
 they are going down  
                      A                                                                
When the light shines down much brighter, 
                   D 
 many souls are found  
                                                                         
And I can't believe  
                                           G 
what they're saying in the overground  
                 A                                                  Bb 
Throw a penny for my children going down  
Bb                                             Bb/Ab 
Listen to the wise man as he breathes  
                   Gm7 
He's really loving me (loving me)  
                       Cm7                        Eb/F 
 He must be loving me (loving me)  
        Bb                                        Bb/Ab 
At night I turn my face into the wind  
                         Gm7                                 Cm7 
And I whisper secretly , what means the most to me  
                           Bb        Gb 
And bring him close  
 
                    D 
Make it bad, make it good  
              F#m 
Make it easy to be understood  
 
 
                 G                                               D G/D  D 
I see a velvet day breaking across the sky  
                                           
I believe, I am sure,  
        F#m 
I am taller then I was before  
                           G 
Building a brand new bridge  
                                  D 
I know I'm gonna try  
 
                     G                                                        
But it's the times like this,   
                                   A 
we must find out why  
                  D                                                
Throw a penny for my children 
                G 
they are going down  
                     A                                                                 
When the light shines down much brighter, 
                 D 
 many souls are found  
                                                                                
And I can't believe  
                                           G 
what they're saying in the overground  
                A                                                  Bb 
Throw a penny for my children going down  
Bb? 
Throw a penny for my children, 
 for my children going down
          
 

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Chord set

D · F#m · G · A · Bb · Ab · Gm7 · Cm7 · Eb · F · Gb

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.