It Pays chords by Desmond Dekker

Chords with lyrics

• Difficulty: Intermediate

Key: AbAb

🎸 Intro:

AbAb    C minorCm Eb MajorEb
Oh oh-oh oh oh
AbAb       Eb MajorEb
Oh
Lord, it's you



🎸 Chorus:
  AbAb DbDb Eb MajorEb
It pays
  AbAb DbDb Eb MajorEb
It pays
     AbAb                  DbDb Eb MajorEb
Every man, every woman, every boy, every girl
     AbAb          DbDb Eb MajorEb
In this world now -- to do good
     AbAb         DbDb Eb MajorEb
I wish you -- try to do good
     AbAb DbDb Eb MajorEb
I wish you

🎸 Verse 1:
     Eb MajorEb
In the morning you leave your home
      DbDb
You're not sure to go back home
       AbAb
Is what I heard early this morning
  DbDb
Without even getting a warning
  Eb MajorEb DbDb   Eb MajorEb
Oh-oh   hey-hey

🎸 Chorus:
  AbAb DbDb Eb MajorEb
It pays
  AbAb DbDb Eb MajorEb
It pays
     AbAb                  DbDb Eb MajorEb
Every man, every woman, every boy, every girl
     AbAb          DbDb Eb MajorEb
In this world now -- to do good
     AbAb         DbDb Eb MajorEb
I wish you -- try to do good
     AbAb DbDb Eb MajorEb
I wish you

🎸 Solo:
  AbAb         DbDb  C minorCm     BbmBbm
e|-11----11--9-8--9-11-12---/11--11-11----9--9--9-|
BB|-13----13-11-9-11-13-14---/13--13-13---11-11-11-|
G+G|--------------------------/12--12-12---10-10-10-|
D MajorD|--------------------------/13--13-13---11-11-11-|
A augmentedA|------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|------------------------------------------------|

  AbAb         DbDb  Bb7Bb7
e|-11----11--9-8--9-11-12-----------------------------|
BB|-13----13-11-9-11-13-14-------------11----11--------|
G+G|---------------------------------12----12-----------|
D MajorD|---------------------------12h13--------------------|
A augmentedA|----------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|----------------------------------------------------|

🎸 Verse 2:
     Eb MajorEb
In the morning you leave your home
      DbDb
You're not sure to go back home
       AbAb
Is what I heard early this morning
  DbDb
Without even getting a warning
  Eb MajorEb DbDb   Eb MajorEb
Oh-oh   hey-hey

🎸 Chorus:
  AbAb DbDb Eb MajorEb
It pays
  AbAb DbDb Eb MajorEb
It pays
     AbAb                  DbDb Eb MajorEb
Every man, every woman, every boy, every girl
     AbAb          DbDb Eb MajorEb
In this world now -- to do good
     AbAb         DbDb Eb MajorEb
I wish you -- try to do good
     AbAb DbDb Eb MajorEb
I wish you

🎸 Outro:
AbAb DbDb Eb MajorEb x3