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Foster The People - Pay The Man Chords

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Pay The Man Chords

(ver. 3)
Foster The People
[Intro]
Not important but just in case you want to know it. Just before they start singing. 
Listen the song for tempo and strumming, it's easy.

e|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|
G|----------------------------|
D|--4--4--4--4----------------|
A|--5--5--5--5----------------|
E|----------------------------|

[0:07]
F#m (let it ring...)              
What you mean, what you mean?
                 
What you mean, man, what you mean?
F#m...                 
What you mean, yeah, what you see?
                  
What you see, yeah, oh yeah 
(No guitar)
Well I need a little something to pull my head off
                             
Need a little something to pull my head off, 

(yeah need a little something... 

[Verse 1]
...Because I've been running) 

F#m 
from the truth, will never lose
                                      
Lies come from loose teeth, tied to the noose
                F#m                     
Climbing up my own tree hoping it can hold
                                                      
All the things I've seen but I've chosen to ignore
   Dmaj7                              
Mmmm... Well, I said, well I believe I've been well fed, yeah
          
(But the wolf's not dead)

[Chorus]
Guitar 1 (chords are not named exactly like this, but I did it so you could follow it with the chords below)

e|--9-----10-----9-----7----7----7-----9----------|
B|--10----10----10-----9----9----5-----10---------|
G|--11----11----11-----7----9----4-----11---------|
D|--11----9-----12-----9----9----6-----12---------|
A|------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------|
   F#m7   E7   Dmaj7  Bm7   E   C#m7  Dmaj7

Guitar 2

F#m7                  
Say what you love, it's alright
E7                 
Don't be afraid to find the light
Dmaj7                
Embrace the day, like night
Bm7 
We hear the fire 
                 E              
We all go wild again
                C#m7                 
And you have the name
             Dmaj7
Of someone I love (You said)
F#m7
Just keep it true, Lift up your name
E7                                   Dmaj7
Seasons change, You know it'll never be the same,
              Bm7 
We'll see the sun again, 
              E  
Before it fades,
             C#m7            Dmaj7
I just wanna say that I love you
             
[Pre-verse]
F#m7            
Pay the man, pay the man
                   
Got to pay the man, Run as fast as you can

[Verse 2]
F#m7                
Call out to God, praise to the Most High

Call out for help cause I'm playing with fire
F#m7
Call out to mountains till my voice goes faint

Echoes through time that goes back with new strength

[Interlude]
Dmaj7
And when it's raining, 2e're sailing Oh yeah, we're sailing, 
Dmaj7
We're sailing (I'm off the leash, I go to war for peace)

[Verse 3]
F#m7
Must've been touching everything that I can

I've got blood on my hands, guess I'm going deaf with 
F#m7
the cry of this sin please forgive me I don't understand

We all believe we've been well fed, yeah

The deaf man heard what the mute man said

Then they all followed where the blind man led

[Chorus]
Guitar 1 (same as before)
Guitar 2

F#m7                  
Say what you love, it's alright
E7                 
Don't be afraid to find the light
Dmaj7                
Embrace the day, like night
Bm7 
We hear the fire 
                 E              
We all go wild again
                C#m7                 
And you have the name
             Dmaj7
Of someone I love (You said)
F#m7
Just keep it true, Lift up your name
E7                                   Dmaj7
Seasons change, You know it'll never be the same,
              Bm7 
We'll see the sun again, 
              E  
Before it fades,
             C#m7            Dmaj7
I just wanna say that I love you

[Bridge]
F#m7        
(Pay the man, pay the man

Pay the man, pay the man you got to)
Dmaj7        C#m7  
Pay the man, pay the man you got to
A            G
Pay the man, pay the man 
G                                A
I was laughing real hard until my teeth fell out
Dmaj7                       C#m7 
Laughing real hard until my teeth fell out
A                              G
Was laughing real hard but my teeth fell out
G
Need a little something, yeah
A
Need a little something

[Solo]
Listen to it for tempo. It keeps going until the end of the song 
I turned it down one octave so it can be played easily on a guitar. Also,
although these are the correct notes, I believe they are almost sliding all the notes.
 

e|----------11/12-|9--9-12-9----|--------9------|--------9-|----------|------------|-----------------|--|
B|----------------|----------10-|-/12--12-12-10-|-12-------|----------|------10/12-|-10---10-12-10-9-|--|
G|-11--9-11-------|-------------|---------------|----------|-9-----11-|------------|-----------------|(11)
D|----------------|-------------|---------------|----------|----------|-11---------|-----------------|--|
A|----------------|-------------|---------------|----------|----------|------------|-----------------|--|
E|----------------|-------------|---------------|----------|----------|------------|-----------------|--|   
  F#m7              E7                 Dmaj7     Bm7         E         C#m7          Dmaj7           
Guitar 2: same chords as chorus

[Chorus]
Guitar 1 + solo
Guitar 2

          F#m7
(You said)Just keep it true, Lift up your name
E7                                   Dmaj7
Seasons change, You know it'll never be the same,
              Bm7 
We'll see the sun again, 
              E  
Before it fades,
             C#m7            Dmaj7
I just wanna say that I love you

[Outro]
F#m7
Can't you see, can't see me
E7           
Can't see me, can't see me
Dmaj7
And can't see me, can't see me
Bm7                             E 
We all run when the light comes on
               C#m7                      
Am I wrong, for wanting it all?
            Dmaj7
But I warned you             
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