Pay me my money down (video)

G - - -

G D

1. I thought I heard the captain say: Pay me my money down,

- D7 G

tomorrow is our sailing day, pay me my money down.

G D

Pay me, pay me, pay me my money down,

- D7 G

pay me or go to jail, pay me my money down.

G D

2. Soon as that boat cleared the bar, pay me my money down,

- D7 G

he knocked me down with a spar, pay me my money down.

+ CHORUS + G - D - D7 - G (2x)

G D

3. Well, if I’d been a rich man’s son, pay me my money down,

- D7 G

I’d sit on the river and watch it run, pay me my money down.

+ CHORUS + G - D - D7- G (2x) + G - D - Bb

Bb F

4. Well, I wish I was Mister Gates, pay me my money down,

Bb

they’d haul my money in in crates, pay me my money down.

Bb F

Pay me, pay me, pay me my money down,

Bb

pay me or go to jail, pay me my money down.

+ Bb - F - Bb (4x) + Bb - G

G D

5. Well, 40 days and nights at sea, pay me my money down,

- D7 G

captain worked every last dollar out of me, pay me my money down.

G D

Pay me, pay me, pay me my money down,

- D7 G

pay me or go to jail, pay me my money down.

+ repeat CHORUS (3x) ....

(Bruce Springsteen)