Pay The Man chords

Tuning: Standard

David Lindley
Pay the Man (1981)
(David Lindley/George 'Baboo' Pierre)

From: "El Rayo X"

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Capo 1st fret

| [D] | [A] | [G] | [D] |
| [D] | [A] | [G] | [D] |

[D]Pay the [A]man,[G] you gotta pay the [D]man
Be[D]fore you leave this [A]world
You got to [G]pay the man [D]
[D]Pay the [A]man, every[G]body gotta pay the [D]man
Every[D]body in the whole wide [A]world
Has got to [G]pay the man [D]

Well the [D]senator in the [A]fancy house
He's a [G]prince of Babylon [D]
He’s go[D]t a wife and a [A]dog and a cadillac
And [G]people all around [D]
Got his [D]ways and means and [A]all he needs
To [G]keep him satisfied [D]
But be[D]fore he leaves this [A]world
He got to [G]pay the man [D]

[D]Pay the [A]man,[G] you gotta pay the [D]man
Be[D]fore you leave this [A]world
You got to [G]pay the man [D]
[D]Pay the [A]man, every[G]body gotta pay the [D]man
Every[D]body in the whole wide [A]world
Has got to [G]pay the man [D]

| [A] | [Bm] | [G] | [D] |
| [A] | [Bm] | [G] | [D] |
| [A] | [Bm] | [G] | [D] |
| [A] | [Bm] | [G] | [D] [A] |

[D] Sally had a [A]baby
It [G]almost drove her [D]crazy
She [D]dropped her in the [A]river
Now [G]Sally she's a happy girl [D]
And you [D]see her on a [A]corner
She's [G]doing all the best she [D]can
And she [D]whisper to you [A]soft and low
You got to [G]pay the man [D]

[D]Pay the [A]man,[G] you gotta pay the [D]man
Be[D]fore you leave this [A]world
You got to [G]pay the man [D]
[D]Pay the [A]man, every[G]body gotta pay the [D]man
Be[D]fore you leave this [A]world
You got to [G]pay the man [D]

| [D] | [A] | [G] | [D] |
| [D] | [A] | [G] | [D] |

(repeat and fade)