Cat Stevens (Yusuf Islam) – A Bad Penny (Ukulele)

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-----------------............... *from 'Buddha and the Chocolate Box' (1974)* Intro: G G/F# G/F E7, Am B7, Em D Verse 1:

   G   G/F#   G/F       E7        Am
Oh no, don't, say those same idle lies;

  B7                 Em   Eaug  Em/D
I-I've heard them be-fore,       oh, oh,

C           B7    Em       G                 Asus4  A
 This fool... who left his heart on an early train,

            D    B7, Em  D
Wont buy no more.

Verse 2:

   G   G/F#   G/F       E7           Am
Oh no, don't, use those same weeping eyes;

  B7                Em   Eaug  Em/D
I-I'll wipe them no more, oh,   oh,

C                 B7         Em             G
 I didn't want to have to be cruel, but the truth must be said,

    Asus4  A              D     B7, Em  D
And you,    ain't heard e-nough.

Chorus 1:

           Am            C             Am              C
Oh, it was not so long a-go, since you wandered out of here.

      Em            D          Am          C
To be-come a silver model of a city on the air.

         Am                 C                  Am           C
So don't choke me with your lies, because this man has open eyes;

          G    G/F#
And I can see...

G/F    E7         Am       B7     Em  Eaug Em/D
 I can see, I can tell, oh oh, oh oh, mmm,  mmm.

Interlude: C B7, Em G, Asus4 A, D B7, Em D Break:

Bm          Em               D               C
 I had it e-nough; all those sneaky bars and smart parties.

Bm     Em               D                 C
 Had e-nough; all those sweet friends and lovers.

           B     Em               D                C
I've, I've had e-nough; all those lonely rooms and blank faces.

B Em Had E-nough;

      G    D      G    D    G  D
And I want you, I want you, no more,

  G    D      G    D    G  D
I want you, I want you, no more.

Interlude: C G, Am D7 Verse 3:

   G   G/F#   G/F       E7        Am
Oh no, don't, say those same idle lies;

  B7                 Em   Eaug  Em/D
I-I've heard them be-fore,       oh, oh,

C           B7    Em       G                 Asus4  A
 This fool... who left his heart on an early train,

            D    B7, Em  D
Wont buy no more.

Outro: G G7 C, G Am, D E D A E, B E, F, G Am G7, C G, Am D, Am G CHORD DIAGRAMS: --------------- G G/F# G/F E7 Am B7 Em EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE 320003 200033 120033 020100 x02210 021202 022000 D Eaug Em/D C Asus4 A Bm EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE xx0232 021000 000000 x32010 x0223x x02220 x24432 D7 G7 E B F EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE xx0212 323000 022100 x24442 133211 Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2004 ([email protected])