Tom: D
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Pay the Man - David Lindley
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Written by: David Lindley/George 'Baboo' Pierre
From: "El Rayo X" (1981)
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
Capo 1st fret
Play: D
Key: D#/Eb
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[Intro]
| D | A | G | D |
| D | A | G | D |
[Chorus]
D A G D
Pay the man, you gotta pay the man
D A
Before you leave this world
G D
You got to pay the man
D A G D
Pay the man, everybody gotta pay the man
D A
Everybody in the whole wide world
G D
Has got to pay the man
[Verse]
D A
Well the senator in the fancy house
G D
He's a prince of Babylon
D A
He’s got a wife and a dog and a cadillac
G D
And people all around
D A
Got his ways and means and all he needs
G D
To keep him satisfied
D A
But before he leaves this world
G D
He got to pay the man
[Chorus]
D A G D
Pay the man, you gotta pay the man
D A
Before you leave this world
G D
You got to pay the man
D A G D
Pay the man, everybody gotta pay the man
D A
Everybody in the whole wide world
G D
Has got to pay the man
[Solo]
| A | Bm | G | D |
| A | Bm | G | D |
| A | Bm | G | D |
| A | Bm | G | D A |
[Verse]
D A
Sally had a baby
G D
It almost drove her crazy
D A
She dropped her in the river
G D
Now Sally she's a happy girl
D A
And you see her on a corner
G D
She's doing all the best she can
D A
And she whisper to you soft and low
G D
You got to pay the man
[Chorus]
D A G D
Pay the man, you gotta pay the man
D A
Before you leave this world
G D
You got to pay the man
D A G D
Pay the man, everybody gotta pay the man
D A
Before you leave this world
G D
You got to pay the man
[Outro]
| D | A | G | D |
| D | A | G | D |
(repeat and fade)
