Penguin, James Penguin Chords

KeyA CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays394

Penguin, James Penguin by Brad Paisley is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A, E/G#, C#m, F#m, B, E, G#m, G, F, F#, A#, C, Bb and Am. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			         A 
Well the reindeer pull the sleigh 
        E/G#           C#m 
And the elves make the toys 
              F#m              B 
Those are the stories that are well known to all 
E 
Little girls and boys 

         A 
But I've got another story 
       E/G#            C#m 
That I bet you haven't heard 
F#m 
Did you know that Santa 
      B 
Has a secret agent bird 

     E              A 
He's Penguin, James Penguin 
     B             E 
That dapper little guy 
       A                      E           C#m 
Like a well dressed duck in a three piece tux 
     F#m     B      E 
He's Santa's secret spy 

B             E 
Have you ever wondered 
    B                 E 
How Santa Claus keeps tabs 
B                 E 
How he knows when you've been good 
       F#m                    B 
How he knows when you've been bad 

     E              A 
He's Penguin, James Penguin 
     B             E 
That dapper little guy 
       A                      E           C#m 
Like a well dressed duck in a three piece tux 
     F#m     B      E 
He's Santa's secret spy 

Violin & Steel Guitar Solo 

E  A  B  E  A  E  C#m F#m B  E 


        B             E 
From an undisclosed location 
     B               E 
He's watching me and you 
         B                 E 
He's got satellite uplinks in his cufflinks 
     F#m          B 
Yeah he sees everything you do 


     E              A 
He's Penguin, James Penguin 
     B             E 
That dapper little guy 
       A                      E           C#m 
Like a well dressed duck in a three piece tux 
     F#m     B      E 
He's Santa's secret spy 


Guitar Solo 

E  A  B  E  A  E C#m F#m  B  E 

A           G#m 
Not so very long ago 
      F#m    B         E 
Santa didn't need much help 
         A                  G#m 
But with more and more kids every year 
   F#m          B 
He soon got overwhelmed 
   A                  G#m 
He told the elves one Christmas 
         F#m     B  E 
We can't do this anymore 
       F#m 
Then a knight in shining polyester 
B 
Waddled through his door 

           E              A 
And it was Penguin, James Penguin 
       B                 E 
He was there to save the day 
       A 
He had wireless 
    E     C#m     F#m           B 
And G  P  S    outfitted on the sleigh 

    E          A 
And Santa said Penguin 
          B              E 
Won't you be my ears and eyes 
A                 E       C#m 
How'd you like to help me run 
   F#m  B E 
My SC   FBI 

Individual Notes on 6th and 5th strings 

E-F-F#-G-A-A#-B-C 

     F              Bb               
He's Penguin, James Penguin 
    C                  F 
And now I guess you've heard 
    Bb            F  
How Santa got his little Christmas 
Am     C     F 
Secret Agent Bird
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante