Don't Pay The Ferryman chords by Chris Deburgh

Chords with lyrics

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 MajorE|      |       |

   G+G          E minorEm
I was late at night ....
G+G             C majorC
Speeding like a man ...
 C majorC    G+G    C majorC   G+G    D MajorD
A augmentedA lifetime spent ...
   G+G         E minorEm
He is closer now, as ...
G+G             C majorC
Reading from a map in ...
   C majorC      G+G   C majorC         G+G      D MajorD
Yes, there's that rugged hill ....
	   E minorEm      [E minorEm D MajorD]
And when the rain ...
	   E minorEm     [Dsus4Dsus4 D MajorD]
He heard a ....
      C majorC       G+G
There ...
C majorC       G+G
Voices out ...
C majorC              BB
"Too many men have failed before; ...

CHORUS:
E minorEm  D MajorD    E minorEm
Don't pay ...
E minorEm  D MajorD  E minorEm  C majorC   D MajorD
Don't ...
E minorEm  D MajorD    E minorEm
Don't pay ..
	 C majorC        D MajorD   E minorEm
Until he gets you to the ...

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

    G+G         E minorEm
In the rolling mist as ...
G+G               C majorC
Now there'll be ....
 C majorC     G+G   C majorC   G+G    D MajorD
Beware that hooded ...
    G+G             E minorEm
And the lightning ...
  G+G             C majorC
And people calling ...
  C majorC    G+G     C majorC       G+G       D MajorD
And dancing bones that jabbered ...
	   E minorEm      [E minorEm D MajorD]
And then the ...
	 E minorEm      [Dsus4Dsus4 D MajorD]
"there is ...
  C majorC        G+G
So you must pay ...
 C majorC        G+G
"You must pay me ...
C majorC               BB
And still that voice came ....

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!