Don T Pay The Ferryman bass tab by De Burgh Chris

Chris DeBurgh's DON'T PAY THE FERRYMAN

Transcribed by larry@iainc.com

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

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

Fingering:
e|      |       |
B|      |       |
G|  0 3 0  |  0 1 0  |
D|2 4   4 |1 4   4 |
A|1      |2      |
E|      |       |


   G          Em
I was late at night on the open road
G             C
Speeding like a man on the run
 C    G    C   G    D
A lifetime spent preparing for the journey
   G         Em
He is closer now, as the search is on
G             C
Reading from a map in the mind
   C      G   C         G      D
Yes, there's that rugged hill and there's a boat on the river.
	   Em      [Em D]
And when the rain came down,
	   Em     [Dsus4 D]
He heard a wild dog howl.
      C       G
There were voices in the night. (don't do it)
C       G
Voices out of sight. (don't do it)
C              B
"Too many men have failed before; whatever you do,

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

[Em D] Em [Em D] Em

    G         Em
In the rolling mist as he gets on board
G               C
Now there'll be no turning back
 C     G   C   G    D
Beware that hooded old man at the rudder
    G             Em
And the lightning flashed and the thunder rolled
  G             C
And people calling out his name
  C    G     C       G       D
And dancing bones that jabbered and a-moaned on the water.
	   Em      [Em D]
And then the ferryman said
	 Em      [Dsus4 D]
"there is trouble ahead
  C        G
So you must pay me now" (don't do it)
 C        G
"You must pay me now" (don't do it)
C               B
And still that voice came from beyond: "whatever you do,

CHORUS

[Em D] Em [Em D] Em

Repeat intro

B
  Yea....

CHORUS

CHORUS

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