Penny Lane
 (Lennon/McCartney)
 Magical Mystery Tour (1967) 
 
 
 
  
     
  I'm posting this song in two different versions.  The First is written
 as the song is heard--in B and modulating to A during the chorus.  The
 second version employs a capo to help make the chords more guitar-
 friendly.  Technically its still in B, but the chord shapes are those 
 of the key of A, modulating to G.
 
 
        B                              C#m7     F#7sus4
 Penny Lane there is a barber showing photographs
     F#7    B                                 Bm
 Of every head he's had the pleasure to have known.
             Bm/G#               Bm/G
 And all the people that come and go
          F#7sus4  F#7   F#7sus4  F#7
 Stop and say hello.
 
 
          B                       C#m7     F#7sus4
 On the corner is a banker with a motor car.
      F#7      B                              Bm
 The little children laugh at him behind his back.
         Bm/G#               Bm/G
 And the banker never wears a mac
        F#7sus4      F#7   E
 In the pouring rain.    Very strange.
 
 
        A            A/C#            D
 Penny Lane is in my ears and in my eyes.
   A               A/C#            D
 There beneath the blue suburban skies,
             F#
 I sit and meanwhile back,
 
 
           B                               C#m7    F#7sus4
 In Penny Lane there is a fireman with an hourglass.
     F#7      B                          Bm
 And in his pocket is a portrait of the queen.
             Bm/G#                 Bm/G
 He likes to keep his fire engine clean,
       F#7sus4       F#7   F#sus4   F#7
 It's a clean machine.
 
 
 [horn solo]
 B               C#m7    F#sus4  F#   
 B               Bm
 Bm/G#           Bm/G
 F#7sus4   F#7   E
 
 
        A            A/C#            D
 Penny Lane is in my ears and in my eyes.
 A       A/C#             D
   For a fish and finger pie,
             F#
 In summer meanwhile back,
 
 
               B                          C#m7    F#7sus4
 Behind the shelter in the middle of the roundabout
       F#7    B                             Bm
 The pretty nurse is selling poppies from a tray
                Bm/G#                  Bm/G
 And though she feels as if she's in a play,
        F#7sus4    F#7   F#sus4    F#7
 She is anyway.
 
 
        B                               C#m7    F#7sus4
 Penny Lane the barber shaves another customer.
    F#7       B                           Bm
 We see the banker sitting waiting for a trim.
               Bm/G#        Bm/G
 And then the fireman rushes in
          F#7sus4       F#7   E
 From the pouring rain.     Very strange.
 
 
        A            A/C#            D
 Penny Lane is in my ears and in my eyes.
   A               A/C#            D
 There beneath the blue suburban skies,
             F#
 I sit and meanwhile back,
 
 
        B            B/Eb            E
 Penny Lane is in my ears and in my eyes.
   B               B/Eb            E
 There beneath the blue suburban skies.
              B
 Penny Lane!
 
 
 
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 Version #2: capo 2nd fret!!
 
 
 
 
 
        A                              Bm7      Esus4
 Penny Lane there is a barber showing photographs
      E    A                                  Am
 Of every head he's had the pleasure to have known.
             Am/F#               Am/F
 And all the people that come and go
         Esus4    E   Esus4  E
 Stop and say hello.
 
 
          A                       Bm7      Esus4
 On the corner is a banker with a motor car.
       E       A                              Am
 The little children laugh at him behind his back.
         Am/F#               Am/F
 And the banker never wears a mac
         Esus4       E   D
 In the pouring rain.  Very strange.
 
 
        G            G/B             C
 Penny Lane is in my ears and in my eyes.
   G               G/B             C
 There beneath the blue suburban skies,
              E
 I sit and meanwhile back,
 
 
           A                                Bm7     Esus4
 In Penny Lane there is a fireman with an hourglass.
     E        A                          Am
 And in his pocket is a portrait of the queen.
             Am/F#                 Am/F
 He likes to keep his fire engine clean,
        Esus4        E   Esus4   E
 It's a clean machine.
 
 
 [horn solo]
 A               Bm7    Esus4  E   
 A               Am
 Am/F#           Am/F
 Esus4    E      D
 
 
        G            G/B             C
 Penny Lane is in my ears and in my eyes.
  G          G/B             C
      For a fish and finger pie,
             E
 In summer meanwhile back,
 
 
               A                          Bm7     Esus4
 Behind the shelter in the middle of the roundabout
        E     A                             Am
 The pretty nurse is selling poppies from a tray
                Am/F#                  Am/F
 And though she feels as if she's in a play,
        Esus4    E   Esus4    E
 She is anyway.
 
 
        A                               Bm7    Esus4
 Penny Lane the barber shaves another customer.
     E        A                           Am
 We see the banker sitting waiting for a trim.
               Am/F#        Am/F
 And then the fireman rushes in
           Esus4       E     D
 From the pouring rain.     Very strange.
 
 
 
        G            G/B             C
 Penny Lane is in my ears and in my eyes.
   G               G/B             C
 There beneath the blue suburban skies,
              E
 I sit and meanwhile back,
 
 
        A            A/C#            D
 Penny Lane is in my ears and in my eyes.
   A               A/C#            D
 There beneath the blue suburban skies,
              A
 Penny Lane!