Pay The Man

Written by: David Lindley/George 'Baboo' Pierre
From: "El Rayo X" (1981)
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
Capo 1st fret
Play: D
Key: D#/Eb

Intro

| D | A | G | D |
| D | A | G | D |

Chorus

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

Verse

         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

Chorus

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

Solo

| A | Bm | G | D |
| A | Bm | G | D |
| A | Bm | G | D |
| A | Bm | G | D A |

Verse

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

Chorus

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

Outro

| D | A | G | D |
| D | A | G | D |
(repeat and fade)