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Pay Me My Money Down
(arr. by Bruce Springsteen from the album "We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions")
5/1/06
NOTE: Obviously, you don't have to follow such a strange arrangement. I don't know why
he goes to Bb for one verse/break, but he does, so that's what I posted here.
G D
I thought I heard the captain say, pay me my money down
G
Tomorrow is our sailin' day, pay me my money down
D
Pay me, pay me, pay me my money down
G
Pay me or go to jail, pay me my money down
G D
Soon as that was clear the bar, pay me my money down
G
He knocked me down with a spar, pay me my money down
D
Pay me, pay me, pay me my money down
G
Pay me or go to jail, pay me my money down
BREAK
G D
Well if I'd been a rich man's son, pay me my money down
G
I'd sit on the river and watch it run, pay me my money down
D
Pay me, pay me, pay me my money down
G
Pay me or go to jail, pay me my money down
BREAK
(KEY CHANGE TO Bb)
Bb F
Well I was I wish Mr. Gates, pay me my money down
Bb
They'd haul my money in in crates, pay me my money down
F
Pay me, pay me, pay me my money down
Bb
Pay me or go to jail, pay me my money down
BREAK
(KEY CHANGE BACK TO G)
G D
Well forty days and nights at sea, pay me my money down
G
Captain worked every last dollar outta me, pay me my money down
D
Pay me, pay me, pay me my money down
G
Pay me or go to jail, pay me my money down
D
Pay me, pay me, pay me my money down
G
Pay me or go to jail, pay me my money down
D
Pay me, pay me, pay me my money down
G
Pay me or go to jail, pay me my money down
BREAK out
