Don't Pay The Ferryman chords by Chris Deburgh

Chords

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