WWW.AZCHORDS.COM | Foster The People - Pay The Man Chords | Ver. 3
[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