Penny

[Verso 1] C Penny is a thirty-year-old I met at a bar on a Monday night Em Dsus4 I made an insensitive joke about his glasses, how they didnt sit quite right C He asked if I was a poet, I said, "Not really, why, do I look it?" Em Dsus4 He said, "I can tell by the way you speak, you'd make a pretty good fit" C So I showed Penny my music, he said, "Add a drum beat, it could be cool" Em Dsus4 I said, "Well, Im into it, I'm just scared that I would get made fun of at school" C Penny said, "Look at me, I'm in debt, on my ninth beer, its a Monday night" Em Dsus4 "Ive known you 45 minutes, and I know that you know you've got more to your life" [Refrão] C Em7 Dsus4 C Penny had paintings on the wall and a mother he wanted to go home to Em Dsus4 Cmaj7 No one could tell him what he wanted, he only lived by his own rules Em Dsus4 Cmaj7 I joked, "Penny for your thoughts", He said, "That anxiety, you gotta cut it off" Em Dsus4 Cmaj7 He said my turn, I said, "Penny, youve gotta sell that art" [Verso 2] Cmaj7 Penny brought me to the back, to a painting hung up on the bar wall Em Dsus4 He asked what I thought about it, I said "It's cool, kinda looks like dried blood" Cmaj7 He said, "I was angry, so I grabbed a paint brush and went at it" Em Dsus4 If I didnt have five bucks I'd buy it right there, no one bought it [Refrão] Cmaj7 Em7 Dsus4 Cmaj7 Penny had paintings on the wall and a rent that was gonna end him by autumn Em Dsus4 Cmaj7 The bartender called last drinks and he still bought a beer with his last dollars Em Dsus4 Cmaj7 I joked, "Penny for your thoughts", He said, "That anxiety, you gotta cut it off" Em Dsus4 Cmaj7 He said my turn, I said, "Penny, youve gotta sell that art" [Ponte] Cmaj7 Em Dsus4 Cmaj7 His paintings weren't clear, the kind you only understand after a beer Em Dsus4 Cmaj7 Said my music was dear, but it's dead weight if I dont let anyone hear Em Dsus4 Cmaj7 Oh-oh Oh-oh-oh Em Dsus4 Cmaj7 Em Dsus4 Oh-oh oh Outro Cmaj7 Em Dsus4 Cmaj7 Oh-oh Penny look, Ive done it Em Dsus4 Cmaj7 On stage and people are listening Em Cmaj7 You changed how I see my life Em Em7 Cmaj7 Penny, you should be here tonight