Bad Debt chords by Hiss Golden Messenger

Chords with lyrics

Capo IV

Notice the subtly different chord structure in the second (again two-chord) chorus.

Suggested shapes:
Bm/F# xx4432
Gadd9Gadd9 xxx435


G+G         DmDm     Fmaj7/C  C majorC
Death don't bother me, I'm not sure I'm ready
G+G          DmDm        Am7Am7
Take your web a bit farther down the line
G+G        DmDm    Fmaj7/C   C majorC
You're all over me and I'm not even coming
  C majorC        Bm/F#   Am7Am7
I'm gonna live for a long long time

G+G       DmDm     Fmaj7/C     C majorC
The old master see, rode a beast like me
G+G          DmDm     Am7Am7
Through those city those city gates
 G+G       DmDm     Fmaj7/C    C majorC
I got a little joy from the little stable boy
    C majorC       Bm/F#  Am7Am7
But my rider was never very kind

  Am7Am7     Cmaj7/G       Am7Am7
And I earned my pay just like you did
 Am7Am7            Cmaj7/G
Hangman wait just a little while
  Am7Am7     Cmaj7/G          Am7Am7
And I serve Babylon, with the bit on my tongue
                Cmaj7/G
And the master faster spurned me on
           Fmaj7/C  Am7Am7
And the master faster spurned me on


|G+G  Gadd9Gadd9  |C/GC/G     |C/GC/G     |


G+G        DmDm     Fmaj7/C       C majorC
Whereto, I don't know, oh you shot me with an arrow
G+G          DmDm    Am7Am7
My bad debt wouldn't stay behind
     G+G        DmDm    Fmaj7/C   C majorC
I'm not ashamed of what I done, no a pony will run
      C majorC       Bm/F#    Am7Am7
But I was gonna run for a long long time

  Am7Am7     Cmaj7/G       Am7Am7
And I earned my pay just like you did
 Am7Am7            Cmaj7/G
Hangman stay just a little while
      Am7Am7           Cmaj7/G
I serve Babylon, with the bit on my tongue
                 Am7Am7
And the master faster spurned me on
    Cmaj7/G    Fmaj7/C  Am7Am7
And the master faster spurned me on


|G+G  Gadd9Gadd9  |C/GC/G     | repeat to fade out