Penny Arcade Chords

KeyC CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays423

Penny Arcade by Roy Orbison is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords G, C, F, D7 and G7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
C
Text
16
Speed
  			Intro: G C     G C 
 
C						   F 
A light shone in the night somewhere ahead  
D7                                  G 
Blue turned into green, then it was red.  
     C				       F 
And, stirring the night, loud music played  
    D7                                   G F G 
The light I saw in the night was a penny arcade.  
 
 
 
Chorus: 
C 
?Step up and play?, each maching seemed to say  
                                        G 
as I walked round and round the penny arcade.  
G7 
?Just ring the bell on the big bagatelle  
							  C 
and you?ll make all the coloured lights cascade?.  
           F                    C  
And music played in the penny arcade.  
        F                     G  
Yes, it played and it played, played all the time  
 C           F               C 
?Roll up and spend your last dime!?  
 
At first I thought it a dream that I was in.  
Lost , lost in a sea of glass and tin.  
But no, so dipping my hand in the back of my jeans,  
I grabbed a handful of coins to feed the machines.  
 
Chorus+  
C           F   
Roll up and spend your last, (2X)  
C           F               C     
roll up and spend your last dime!?  
 
 
 
by: José Duarte 
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Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

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

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
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Metronome

100 BPM Andante