Penny Lane

By The Beatles

* You can scroll down to the bottom for suggested chord voicings.

VERSE 1

B – G#m – C#m – F#7
In Penny Lane there is a barber showing photographs
B – G#m –
Of every head he’s had the pleasure to know
Bm – – Bm13/G# – – GM7 – –
And all the people that come and go
F#7sus4 – F#7 – F#7sus4 – F#7 –
stop and say hello

B – G#m – C#m – F#7
On the corner is a banker with a motor car
B – G#m –
The little children laugh at him behind his back
Bm – – Bm13/G# – – GM7 – –
And the banker never wears a mac
F#7sus4 – F#7 – E – ->
in the pouring rain… very strange

CHORUS 1

A – – C#m – – D – – – –
Penny Lane is in my ears and in my eyes
A – – C#m – – D – –
There beneath the blue suburban skies I sit and
F#7 – ->
meanwhile back

VERSE 2

B – G#m – C#m – F#7
In Penny Lane there is a fireman with an hour glass
B – G#m –
And in his pocket is a portrait of the Queen
Bm – – Bm13/G# – – GM7 – –
He likes to keep his fire engine clean
F#7sus4 – F#7 – F#7sus4 – F#7 –
it’s a clean machine

TRUMPET SOLO

B – G#m – C#m – F#7
B – G#m –
Bm – – Bm13/G# – – GM7 – –
F#7sus4 – F#7 – E – ->

CHORUS 2

A – – C#m – – D – – – –
Penny Lane is in my ears and in my eyes
A – – C#m – – D – –
A four of fish and finger pies in summer
F#7 – ->
meanwhile back

VERSE 3

B – G#m – C#m – F#7
Behind the shelter in the middle of the roundabout
B – G#m –
The pretty nurse is selling poppies from a tray
Bm – – Bm13/G# – – GM7 – –
And though she feels as if she’s in a play
F#7sus4 – F#7 – F#7sus4 – F#7 –
she is anyway

B – G#m – C#m – F#7
In Penny Lane the barber shaves another customer
B – G#m –
We see the banker sitting waiting for a trim
Bm – – Bm13/G# – – GM7 – –
And then the fireman rushes in
F#7sus4 – F#7 – E – ->
from the pouring rain… very strange

CHORUS 3

A – – C#m – – D – – – –
Penny Lane is in my ears and in my eyes
A – – C#m – – D – –
There beneath the blue suburban skies I sit and
F#7 – ->
meanwhile back

B(Type2) – – Ebm – – E – – – –
Penny Lane is in my ears and in my eyes
B(Type2) – – Ebm – – E – – – –
There beneath the blue suburban skies…
B ->
Penny Lane

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Suggested Chord Voicings

 

	E	A	D	G	B	e
B	x	2	4	4	4	2
G#m	4	6	6	4	4	4
C#m	x	4	6	6	5	4
F#7	2	4	2	3	2	2
Bm	x	2	4	4	3	2
Bm13/G#	4	x	4	4	3	x
GM7	3	x	4	4	3	x
F#7sus4	2	4	2	4	2	2
E	0	2	2	1	0	0
A	x	0	2	2	2	0
D	x	x	0	2	3	2
B(Type2)	7	9	9	8	7	7
Ebm	x	6	8	8	7	6