Don't Pay The Ferryman chords by De Burgh Chris

Chords with lyrics (Ver. 2)

Chris DeBurgh's DON'T PAY THE FERRYMAN

Transcribed by [email protected]

Note: 1/8 note chord couples noted [E minorEm D MajorD]etc. and played with down/up strokes
as shown.

				 V ^   V ^
				 __    __
Spooky intro:          | |   | |
				 / /   / /
 Em(rake&ring)Cmaj7(rake&ring) [E minorEm D MajorD] E minorEm [E minorEm D MajorD] E minorEm
e|0-----------|0----------- |
BB|0-----------|0----------- |
G+G|0---0-2-0---|0---0-2-0---.|
D MajorD|2--4------4-|2--4------4-.|
A augmentedA|2-----------|3----------- |
E MajorE|0-----------|0----------- |

Fingering:
e|      |       |
BB|      |       |
G+G|  0 3 0  |  0 1 0  |
D MajorD|2 4   4 |1 4   4 |
A augmentedA|1      |2      |
e|      |       |

   G+G          E minorEm
I was late at night on the open road
G+G             C majorC
Speeding like a man on the run
 C majorC    G+G    C majorC   G+G    D MajorD
A augmentedA lifetime spent preparing for the journey
   G+G         E minorEm
He is closer now, as the search is on
G+G             C majorC
Reading from a map in the mind
   C majorC      G+G   C majorC         G+G      D MajorD
Yes, there's that rugged hill and there's a boat on the river.
	   E minorEm      [E minorEm D MajorD]
And when the rain came down,
	   E minorEm     [Dsus4Dsus4 D MajorD]
He heard a wild dog howl.
      C majorC       G+G
There were voices in the night. (don't do it)
C majorC       G+G
Voices out of sight. (don't do it)
C majorC              BB
"Too many men have failed before; whatever you do,

CHORUS:
E minorEm  D MajorD    E minorEm
Don't pay the ferryman
E minorEm  D MajorD  E minorEm  C majorC   D MajorD
Don't even fix a price
E minorEm  D MajorD    E minorEm
Don't pay the ferryman
	 C majorC        D MajorD   E minorEm
Until he gets you to the other side"

[E minorEm D MajorD] E minorEm [E minorEm D MajorD] E minorEm

    G+G         E minorEm
In the rolling mist as he gets on board
G+G               C majorC
Now there'll be no turning back
 C majorC     G+G   C majorC   G+G    D MajorD
Beware that hooded old man at the rudder
    G+G             E minorEm
And the lightning flashed and the thunder rolled
  G+G             C majorC
And people calling out his name
  C majorC    G+G     C majorC       G+G       D MajorD
And dancing bones that jabbered and a-moaned on the water.
	   E minorEm      [E minorEm D MajorD]
And then the ferryman said
	 E minorEm      [Dsus4Dsus4 D MajorD]
"there is trouble ahead
  C majorC        G+G
So you must pay me now" (don't do it)
 C majorC        G+G
"You must pay me now" (don't do it)
C majorC               BB
And still that voice came from beyond: "whatever you do,

CHORUS

[E minorEm D MajorD] E minorEm [E minorEm D MajorD] E minorEm

Repeat intro

BB
  Yea....

CHORUS

CHORUS

E minorEm  D MajorD    D MajorD  E minorEm Em E minorEm
Don't pay...  The Ferry-man!

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