Pay The Man Chords
Pay The Man by David Lindley is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of D with a capo on the 1st fret. It uses the chords D, A, G and Bm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: D A G D (4x)
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
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
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
A Bm G D
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
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
D A G D (2x)