Intro
G F C F F C
VERSE:
C F F C
Well I'm grinding my life out, steady and sure
C F F C
Nothing more wretched, then what I must endure
C F F C
I'm drenched in the light that shines from the sun
C F F C
I could stone you to death for the wrongs that you done
Am Dm Am
Sooner or later you make a mistake,
Am Dm Am
I'll put you in a chain that you never will break
C F F C
Legs and arms and body and bone
C F F C
I pay in blood, but not my own
G F C F F C
VERSE:
C F F C
Night after night, Day after day
C F F C
They strip your useless hopes away
C F F C
The more I take the more I give
C F F C
The more I die the more I live
Am Dm Am
I got something in my pocket make your eyeballs swim
Am Dm Am
I got dogs could tear you limb from limb
C F F C
I'm circlin' around the Southern Zone
C F F C
I pay in blood, but not my own
G F C F F C
NOTE: THE ENTIRE SONG FROM HERE UNTIL THE END IS PLAYED
EXACTLY THE SAME AS ABOVE.
C F F C
C F F C
C F F C
C F F C
Am Dm Am
Am Dm Am
C F F C
C F F C
G F C F F C
VERSE:
C F F C
C F F C
C F F C
C F F C
Low cards are what I've got
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
Am Dm Am
Am Dm Am
I've been out and around with the rising men
Just like you my handsome friend
C F F C
My head's so hard, must be made of stone
C F F C
I pay in blood, but not my own
G F C F F C
VERSE:
C F F C
C F F C
C F F C
C F F C
Another politician coming out the abyss
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
Am Dm Am
Am Dm Am
Someone must of slipped a drug in yer wine
You gulped it down and you cross the line
C F F C
Man can't live by bread alone
C F F C
I pay in blood, but not my own
G F C F F C
VERSE:
C F F C
C F F C
C F F C
C F F C
How I made it back home, nobody knows
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!
Am Dm Am
Am Dm Am
I'll give you justice, I'll fathom your purse
Show me your moral that you reversed
C F F C
Hear me holler and hear me moan
C F F C
I pay in blood, but not my own
G F C F F C
VERSE:
C F F C
C F F C
C F F C
C F F C
You get your lover in the bed
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?
Am Dm Am
Am Dm Am
This is how I spend my days
I came to bury, not to raise
C F F C
I'll drink my fill and sleep alone
C F F C
I pay in blood, but not my own
G F C F F C
OUTRO:
G F C F F C
G F C F F C ...FADE OUT