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POOR JENNY

Artist: The Everly BrothersComposer: Boudleaux Bryant - Felice BryantGoChords.com

C CCC CFC C CCC CFC C CCC CFC G7 G7 G7 G7 G7 G7 G7 G7 (I...)

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I took my little Jenny to a party last night-At Ten O'clock it ended in a heckuva fight

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When someone hit my Jenny she went out like a light / / Poor Jenny!

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And then some Joker went and called the cops on the phone

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So everybody scattered out for places unknown

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I couldn't carry Jenny, so left her alone / / / Poor Jenny!

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Well, Jenny had her picture in the paper this mornin', She made it with a bang!

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Accordin' to the story in the paper this mornin', Jenny is the leader of a teen-age gang!

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Jenny has a brother and he's hot on my trail Her Daddy wants to ride me outta town

on a rail

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I hope I'll be around when Jenny gets out of jail- / / / Poor Jenny!

C CCC CFC - C CCC CFC - C CCC CFC - G7 G7 G7 G7 G7 G7 G7 G7(I..)

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I went downtown to see her, she was locked in a cell

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She wasn't very glad to see me, that I can tell

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In fact, to tell the truth, she wasn't lookin' too well / / / Poor Jenny!

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Her eye was black,her face was red, her hair was a fright

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It looked as though she'd been a-cryin' half of the night

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I told her I was sorry, she said "Get outta sight" / / / Poor Jenny!

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It seems a shame that Jenny had to go get appehended, A heckuva fate!

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This party was the first one that she ever had attended,

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It had to happen on our very first date!

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Jenny has a brother and he's hot on my trail

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Her Daddy wants to ride me outta town on a rail

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I hope I'll be around when Jenny gets out of jail / / / Poor Jenny!

C CCC CFC C CCC CFC C CCC CFC G7 G7 G7 G7 G7..G7...G7...C

(slowing...) (tremelo 2,3,snap!)

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