penny arcade : roy orbison .
album – the great songs of roy orbison – 1970 .

intro : G C ( x2 )

#1 .
C F
the light shone in the night some way ahead .
D7 G
blue turned into green , then it was red .
C F
and , stirring the night , love music pla . . yed .
D7 G F G
the light i saw in the night was a penny arcade .

chorus :
C
step up and play , each machine 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 .

#2 .
C F
at first i thought it a dream , that i was in .
D7 G
lost , lost in a sea of glass and tin .
C F
but no , so , dipping my hand in the back of my jeans ,
D7 G
i grabbed a handful of coins to feed the machines .

chorus :
C
step up and play , each machine 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 .

chorus :
C
step up and play , each machine 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
roll up and spend your last . .
C F
roll up and spend your last . .
C F C
roll up and spend your last dime .

a seventies smash from kraziekhat .