PENNY LANE
                     (Lennon/McCartney)
                        The Beatles
                Magical Mystery Tour (1967)


I'm posting this song in two different versions.  The First is written
as the song is heard--in B and modulating to A during the chorus.  The
second version employs a capo to help make the chords more guitar-
friendly.  Technically its still in B, but the chord shapes are those 
of the key of A, modulating to G.


       B                              C#m7     F#7sus4
Penny Lane there is a barber showing photographs
    F#7    B                                 Bm
Of every head he's had the pleasure to have known.
            Bm/G#               Bm/G
And all the people that come and go
         F#7sus4  F#7   F#7sus4  F#7
Stop and say hello.


         B                       C#m7     F#7sus4
On the corner is a banker with a motor car.
     F#7      B                              Bm
The little children laugh at him behind his back.
        Bm/G#               Bm/G
And the banker never wears a mac
       F#7sus4      F#7   E
In the pouring rain.    Very strange.


       A            A/C#            D
Penny Lane is in my ears and in my eyes.
  A               A/C#            D
There beneath the blue suburban skies,
            F#
I sit and meanwhile back,


          B                               C#m7    F#7sus4
In Penny Lane there is a fireman with an hourglass.
    F#7      B                          Bm
And in his pocket is a portrait of the queen.
            Bm/G#                 Bm/G
He likes to keep his fire engine clean,
      F#7sus4       F#7   F#sus4   F#7
It's a clean machine.


[horn solo]
B               C#m7    F#sus4  F#   
B               Bm
Bm/G#           Bm/G
F#7sus4   F#7   E


       A            A/C#            D
Penny Lane is in my ears and in my eyes.
A       A/C#             D
  For a fish and finger pie,
            F#
In summer meanwhile back,


              B                          C#m7    F#7sus4
Behind the shelter in the middle of the roundabout
      F#7    B                             Bm
The pretty nurse is selling poppies from a tray
               Bm/G#                  Bm/G
And though she feels as if she's in a play,
       F#7sus4    F#7   F#sus4    F#7
She is anyway.


       B                               C#m7    F#7sus4
Penny Lane the barber shaves another customer.
   F#7       B                           Bm
We see the banker sitting waiting for a trim.
              Bm/G#        Bm/G
And then the fireman rushes in
         F#7sus4       F#7   E
From the pouring rain.     Very strange.


       A            A/C#            D
Penny Lane is in my ears and in my eyes.
  A               A/C#            D
There beneath the blue suburban skies,
            F#
I sit and meanwhile back,


       B            B/Eb            E
Penny Lane is in my ears and in my eyes.
  B               B/Eb            E
There beneath the blue suburban skies.
             B
Penny Lane!



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Version #2: capo 2nd fret!!





       A                              Bm7      Esus4
Penny Lane there is a barber showing photographs
     E    A                                  Am
Of every head he's had the pleasure to have known.
            Am/F#               Am/F
And all the people that come and go
        Esus4    E   Esus4  E
Stop and say hello.


         A                       Bm7      Esus4
On the corner is a banker with a motor car.
      E       A                              Am
The little children laugh at him behind his back.
        Am/F#               Am/F
And the banker never wears a mac
        Esus4       E   D
In the pouring rain.  Very strange.


       G            G/B             C
Penny Lane is in my ears and in my eyes.
  G               G/B             C
There beneath the blue suburban skies,
             E
I sit and meanwhile back,


          A                                Bm7     Esus4
In Penny Lane there is a fireman with an hourglass.
    E        A                          Am
And in his pocket is a portrait of the queen.
            Am/F#                 Am/F
He likes to keep his fire engine clean,
       Esus4        E   Esus4   E
It's a clean machine.


[horn solo]
A               Bm7    Esus4  E   
A               Am
Am/F#           Am/F
Esus4    E      D


       G            G/B             C
Penny Lane is in my ears and in my eyes.
 G          G/B             C
     For a fish and finger pie,
            E
In summer meanwhile back,


              A                          Bm7     Esus4
Behind the shelter in the middle of the roundabout
       E     A                             Am
The pretty nurse is selling poppies from a tray
               Am/F#                  Am/F
And though she feels as if she's in a play,
       Esus4    E   Esus4    E
She is anyway.


       A                               Bm7    Esus4
Penny Lane the barber shaves another customer.
    E        A                           Am
We see the banker sitting waiting for a trim.
              Am/F#        Am/F
And then the fireman rushes in
          Esus4       E     D
From the pouring rain.     Very strange.



       G            G/B             C
Penny Lane is in my ears and in my eyes.
  G               G/B             C
There beneath the blue suburban skies,
             E
I sit and meanwhile back,


       A            A/C#            D
Penny Lane is in my ears and in my eyes.
  A               A/C#            D
There beneath the blue suburban skies,
             A
Penny Lane!

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 Bm7    Esus4   A/C#   Am/F#   Am/F

 -2-     -0-    -0-     -0-    -0-
 -3-     -0-    -2-     -1-    -1-
 -2-     -2-    -2-     -2-    -2-    <-- use your thumb to play the bass
 -4-     -2-    -2-     -2-    -2-        notes of the last two chords.
 -2-     -2-    -4-     -x-    -x-
 ---     -0-    ---     -2-    -1-



transcribed by Chris Sears
cts@mail.utexas.edu