Don't Pay The Ferryman chords by Chris Deburgh

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 ....
G                          C
Speeding like a man ...
  C        G        C     G        D
A lifetime spent ...
      G                  Em
He is closer now, as ...
G                         C
Reading from a map in ...
     C            G      C                  G           D
Yes, there's that rugged hill ....
	     Em            [Em D]
And when the rain ...
	     Em          [Dsus4 D]
He heard a ....
           C             G
There ...
C             G
Voices out ...
C                           B
"Too many men have failed before; ...

CHORUS:
Em    D       Em
Don't pay ...
Em    D    Em    C     D
Don't ...
Em    D       Em
Don't pay ..
	 C               D     Em
Until he gets you to the ...

[Em D] Em  [Em D] Em

       G                  Em
In the rolling mist as ...
G                              C
Now there'll be ....
  C         G      C      G       D
Beware that hooded ...
        G                         Em
And the lightning ...
    G                          C
And people calling ...
    C       G          C              G             D
And dancing bones that jabbered ...
	     Em            [Em D]
And then the ...
	  Em            [Dsus4 D]
"there is ...
   C               G
So you must pay ...
 C               G
"You must pay me ...
C                              B
And still that voice came ....

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!