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Version 1 Version 2 Version 3 Version 4 Version 5 Version 6 Version 7 Version 8PENNY LANE (1967) B Abm7 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 Gmaj7 And all the people that come and go Gb7sus4 Gb7 Gb7sus4 Gb7 Stop and say hello B Abm7 Dbm7 Gb7 On the corner is a banker with a motorcar B Abm7 Bm7 The little children laugh at him behind his back Abm7-5 Gmaj7 And the banker never wears a mac Gb7sus7 Gb7 E In the pouring rain, very strange CHORUS 1: A A/C# D Penny Lane is in my ears and in my eyes A A/C# 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 Abm7 |Bm7 | |Abm7-5 |Gmaj7 |Gb7sus4Gb7 |E | CHORUS 2: A A/C# D Penny Lane is in my ears and in my eyes A A/C# D Full of fish and finger pies Gb7 In summer, meanwhile back behind the... B Abm7 Dbm7 Gb7 shelter in the middle of a roundabout B Abm7 Bm7 The pretty nurse is selling poppies from a tray Abm7-5 Gmaj7 And though she feels as if she's in a play Gb7sus4 G7 Gb7sus4 Gb7 She is anyway B Abm7 Dbm7 Gb7 In Penny Lane the barber shaves another customer B Abm Bm7 We see the banker sitting, waiting for a trend Abm7-5 Gmaj7 And then the fireman rushes in Gb7sus4 Gb7 E From the pouring rain, very strange CHORUS 1 (again): A A/C# D Penny Lane is in my ears and in my eyes A A/C# D Wet beneath the blue suburban skies Gb7 I sit, and meanwhile back... [Key change all up a whole tone – straight through, don’t stop] Coda CHORUS: B B/D# E Penny Lane is in my ears and in my eyes B B/D# E (2 bars) Wet beneath the blue suburban skies B Penny Lane :Charted by Bustopher the Busker - 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).