Pennies From Heaven

Billie Holiday

R&B / SoulAdvanced for beginners14 chords

How to play it

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

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Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

 
              G     Bm      A7sus4     A7  
Ev'ry time it rains, it rains  
 C            D7 
Pennies from heaven. 
G          Bm       A7sus4    A7 
Don't you know each cloud contains  
 C             D7 
Pennies from heaven? 
G7                                C    G    C     E7 
You'll find your fortune falling all over town; 
A7                         D9    D7      D9   D7   
Be sure that your umbrella   is upside down. 
   G       Bm    A4/7     A7 
Trade them for a package of  
  C           D7 
Sunshine and flowers; 
G      Bm        G9         G7/9    C 
If you want the things you love,  
     C/B       Am 
You must have showers. 
C   C/B       Am    Em   B     C         C9    Bm5-/7  E7 
So when you hear it thunder, don't run under a tree; 
 Bm5-/7      A7                      D7      G Gdim D7 G 
There'll be pennies from heaven for you and me.

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Chord set

G · Bm · A7 · C · D7 · G7 · E7 · D9 · G9 · B · Am · Em · C9 · Gdim

Practice tip

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