Capo 4



Intro: C   F  C   F   Am  G  F  G  Am  G  F  G  C 

                   F            C 
I see a penny and I pick it up 
                          F             G 
If not the money, I could use the luck 
                            F              G 
And if it's face down then I turn it over 
                              F         G    C 
Head for Wood Avenue, between Inman and New Dover 
        F             C   F   C   
Back in my home town 


              F                        C 
Gas is cheaper where I'm from, but the 
               F       C 
Driving's not so good 
                        F 
People go and stay where they should not 
          C                   F      G 
And they don't do it like I would 


Pre-Chorus 
                F               G 
Work is not the same as before 
              F    G           C          F 
More software hands in the hardware store__ 
        C         F      Am 
Yeah, yeah, hmmm, hmmm 


Chorus: 
         G                         F 
Oh, Abraham look at all the money now 
                G       F 
Oh, Abraham goodnight 
                          G                 F 
It's your party, but I'll cry if I want to 

I wouldn't care how much they have 
                             C      F   C   F   C 
If they would only do what's right 


                F               C 
I was born by a Kerouac stream 
              F         C 
Under Eisenhower skies 
                     F          C 
They saw freedom as a big idea 
                           F      G 
Now it was right before my eyes 


Pre-Chorus 
                        F                   G 
They say Jack helped to build the Pentagon 
                                  F      G       C   F 
And Ike built the interstate that we are off and on___ 
         C        F      Am 
Off and on, hmmm, hmmm 


Chorus: 
           G                                 F 
Oh, Abraham was it all about the money then 
                G       F 
Oh, Abraham goodnight 
                          G                 F 
It's your party, but I'll cry if I want to 

All moneyed up and charmed with might 
                             C       F  
So we are right, we're always right 


Bridge: 
C 
We're right, they're wrong 
    F 
Let them get their own song 
C 
We're right, they're wrong 
    F                    C    F   C 
Let them get their own song 
      

                   F            C 
I see a penny and I pick it up 
                       F            C 
Ninety-nine more and I have a buck 
                      G 
Abe, you were born in old Kentuck' 
    F        C              F C 
But we still miss you here