Pay Gap Chords
by Margo Price
Pay Gap by Margo Price is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A, E, A7, D, E/D and E/Db. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: A
Verse
A
Honey, I work so hard for my money
E
And I leave my babies at home
Breaking my back trying to bring home a check
A
And working my fingers to the bone
A7
At the end of the day it feels like a game
D
One I was born to lose
A E
This institution a dead revolution
D A
Is giving young women abuse
E
Pay gap, pay gap
D A
Why don't you do the math?
E
Pay gap, pay gap
D A
Ripping my dollars in half
Interlude
E/D E/D E/D E/D E/Db E A
Verse
A
It's not that I'm asking for more than I'm owed
E
And I don't think I'm better than you
You say that we live in the land of the free
A
Well, sometimes that bell don't ring true
A7
It's been that way, with no equal pay
D
And I want to know when it will be fixed
A E D A
Women do work and get treated like slaves since 1776
E
Pay gap, pay gap
D A
Why don't you do the math?
E
Pay gap, pay gap
D A
Ripping my dollars in half
Interlude
E/D E/D E/D E/D E/Db E A
Solo
(just like the verse)
A
E
A A7
D
A E D A
Verse
A
No matter your religion, no matter your race
E
No matter your orientation
No matter your creed and no matter your taste
A
No matter your denomination
A7
We are all the same in the eyes of God
D
But in the eyes of rich white men
A E
No more than a maid to be owned like a dog
D A
A second-class citizen
E
Pay gap, pay gap
D A
Why don't you do the math?
E
Pay gap, pay gap
D A
Ripping my dollars in half
Outro
E/D E/D E/D E/D E/Db E A
E/D E/D E/D E/D E/Db E A