These are the chords for Penelope Halfpenny by Elvis Costello & The Imposters on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard
[Verse 1]
C
Penelope Halfpenny sat
on the desk
C
Then stretched and grinned
G
She cracked her spine
G
And so we sinned
Am F
While Ruth in red and Beckett
in blue
Am F
Into the confessional flew
Dm G
And in that box, unlocked
their dreams
Dm G
While lovers ran hands on nylon
Bb
Penelope, Penelope,
Penelope Halfpennyy
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[Verse 2]
C
Penelope Halfpenny
C
Asked a great deal
C
Turned on her heel
G
Through her squandered
ambitions while marking time
Am C F
Taught lessons to all adjacent
to crime
Dm G
From her days reporting to Scotland
Yard blotter
Dm G
Who got who and who got what
Dm G
But none of that mattered, not
one jot
Bb
To Penelope, Penelope, Penelope,
C
Penelope Halfpenn
[Bridge]
Em Am D G
Ruth in red tumbled from her
F G
bed although, I know
Em Am D
Beckett in blue, hung there
G F
bleeding from the springs below
G
Penelope, Penelope
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[Verse 3]
C
Penelope she came and went
C
We assumed that all her
savings were spent
G
Her style of drama and
her shape of face
Am
Disappeared with the dot
F
of a decimal place
Dm G
While Beckett in blue and Ruth
in red
Dm G
Might for all I know be dead
Dm G
And to the church door both
were driven
Dm G
Or could be somewhere, happily
living
Dm G
Just in time to be forgiven
Bb
Penelope, Penelope, Penelope,
C N.C.
Penelope Halfpenny
[Outro]
Em Am D G F G Em Am D G F
Em Am D G C Em Am D G F
G F G F G F G