Tom: D E|E|E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------||| Pay the Man - David Lindley E|E|E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------||| 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 E|E|E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------||| [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)