Elvis Costello & The Imposters – Penelope Halfpenny Chords Piano & Ukulele

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