Pay In Blood
Bob Dylan
SONG: PAY IN BLOOD
ARTIST: BOB DYLAN
ALBUM: TEMPEST
TAB BY: DON CZARSKI
EMAIL:
PAY IN BLOOD
BOB DYLAN
CAPO 1st FRET
INTRO:
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VERSE:
Well I’m grinding my life out steady and sure
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Nothing more wretched then what I must endure
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I’m drenched in the light that shines from the sun
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I could stone you to death for the wrongs that you done
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Sooner or later you make a mistake
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I’ll put you in a chain that you never will break
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Legs and arms and body and bone
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G
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VERSE:
Night after night Day after day
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They strip your useless hopes away
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The more I take the more I give
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The more I die the more I live
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I got something in my pocket make your eyeballs swim
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I got dogs could tear you limb from limb
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I’m circlin’ around the Southern Zone
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G
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NOTE: THE ENTIRE SONG FROM HERE UNTIL THE END IS PLAYED
EXACTLY THE SAME AS ABOVE.
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VERSE:
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Low cards are what I’ve got
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But I’ll play this hand whether I like it or not
I’m sworn to uphold the laws of God
You could put me out in front of a firing squad
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I’ve been out and around with the rising men
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Just like you my handsome friend
My head’s so hard must be made of stone
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G
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VERSE:
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Another politician coming out the abyss
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Another angry beggar blowing you a kiss
You got the same eyes that your mother does
If only you could prove who your father was
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Someone must of slipped a drug in yer wine
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You gulped it down and you cross the line
Man can’t live by bread alone
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VERSE:
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How I made it back home nobody knows
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Or how I survived so many blows
I’ve been thru Hell What good did it do?
You bastard! I’m suppose to respect you!
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I’ll give you justice I’ll fathom your purse
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Show me your moral that you reversed
Hear me holler and hear me moan
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G
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VERSE:
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You get your lover in the bed
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Come here I’ll break your lousy head
Our nation must be saved and freed
You’ve been accused of murder how do you plead?
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This is how I spend my days
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I came to bury not to raise
I’ll drink my fill and sleep alone
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G
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OUTRO:
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