Paying my way (video)

C - F - C (4x)

C

1. Wake and pray, work all day,

walk past the places I used to lay,

G F C

now I'm paying my way, I'm paying my way.

C

Some days are hard, some days are long,

some days I'm weak, some days I'm strong,

G F C

I'm paying my way, I'm paying my way. + C - F - C (2x)

G F C

I'm paying my way, I'm paying my way,

G C

but my hopes are so much higher,

G C

don't count me out, I'm a survivor.

F

I've chased these dreams down city streets,

G

dead-end roads that no one sees,

F - G C

and I'm proud to be a fighter. + C - F - C (2x)

C

2. Don't shut me out, don't hold me down.

I'm right here, I'll be around !

G F C

Now I'm paying my way, I'm paying my way.

C

Some days are slow, some days fly by,

some days I laugh, some days I cry,

G F C

Now I'm paying my way, I'm paying my way. + C - F - C (2x)

G F C

I'm paying my way, I'm paying my way,

G C

but my hopes are so much higher,

G C

don't count me out, I'm a survivor.

F

I've chased these dreams down city streets,

G

dead-end roads that no one sees,

F - G C

and I'm proud to be a fighter.

+ C - F - C (2x) + Dm - F - C - G - F - Dm - F - G

F

+ When I look back and see your side,

G

when I look hard into your eyes,

C

when I take stock of what I've done,

F

I think about how far I've come.

G C

But my hopes are so much higher,

G C

don't count me out, I'm a survivor.

G C

But my hopes are so much higher

F - G Am

and I'm proud to be a fighter

+ Am - F - C - Am - F - C

(Dropkick Murphys)