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Pennies From Heaven

Words and Music by Arthur Johnston and John Burke  -  1936

Number 1 on the Hit Parade in 1936, played for 13 weeks.

Verse:-----------	------------------	------------------	------------------
C   Gm   A7	F          G7	C	Em        Am
C   Gm   A7	F          G7	C7        Am	E           C7
Dm         G7	C          Am	Dm       Em   G7	C
Am         B7   G+	Em	Cm       Bm   D7	G9         G7   C+
F                   Dm	-                    G+	C	-      F9  E9  Eb9
D9   D7	Bm        D+	Dm	Em         G7
Chorus:---------	------------------	------------------	------------------
C                   Em	C           D7	F                  G7	-             F    G7
C                   Em	C           D7	F                  G7	-             F    G7
C7	C9         Am   C7	F                  C+	A7         A+   A7
D7	D9         Bm    D7	G7               Dm	G9         Em   G7
C                   Em	C           D7	F                  G7	-             F    G7
C                   Em	C           C+	F                  Dm	-       F
Dm   F	Am        C+   Ab	C         C9   Bb9	A9
Dm	D7         G7	C	(G7 to chorus)

8-beat intro.  Play 4-beats for each cell, reading from left to right.

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Verse:

A long time a -go a mil -lion years B C

The best things in life were ab -so -lute -ly free

But no one ap -pre -ci -at -ed a sky that was al -ways blue;

And no one con -grat -u -lat -ed a moon that was al -ways new.

So it was planned that they would van -ish now and then And you must pay be -fore you get them back a -gain:

That's what storms were made for And you should -n't be a -fraid, for

 

Chorus:

Ev -'ry time it rains, it rains Pen -nies From Heav -en.

Don't you know each cloud con -tains Pen -nies From Heav -en.

You'll find your for -tune fall -ing All o -ver town

Be sure that your um -brel -la is up side down.

Trade them for a pack -age of Sun -shine and flow -ers.

If you want the things you love, You must have show -ers.

So when you hear it thun -der Don't run un -der a tree.

There'll be Pen -nies From Heav -en for you and me.

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Arranged by Jim Bottorff

 

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