Pay in Blood chords by
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan

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Key: Db major
Verse 1
F
F

Eb
Eb

Bb
Bb

Eb
Eb

Bb
Bb

Eb
Eb

Well I'm grinding my life out,
Bb
Bb

steady and sure
Eb
Eb

Nothing more wretched than what
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Bb

I must endure
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Eb

I'm drenched in the light
Bb
Bb

that shines from the sun
Eb
Eb

I could stone you to death for
Bb
Bb

the wrongs that you've done
Verse 2
Gm
Gm

Sooner or later you
Cm
Cm

Gm
Gm

make a mistake,
I'll put you in a chain that
Cm
Cm

Gm
Gm

you never will break
Bb
Bb

Eb
Eb

Bb
Bb

Legs and arms and body and bone
Eb
Eb

I pay in blood,
Bb
Bb

but not my own
Interlude 1
Bb
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Eb
Eb

Bb
Bb

Eb
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Bb
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Verse 3
Bb
Bb

Eb
Eb

Bb
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Night after night, day after day
Eb
Eb

They strip your useless
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hopes away
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Eb

Bb
Bb

The more I take the more I give
Eb
Eb

The more I die the more I live
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Bb

I got something
Verse 4
Gm
Gm

in my pocket
Cm
Cm

Gm
Gm

make your eyeballs swim
I got dogs could tear you
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Cm

Gm
Gm

limb from limb
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Bb

Eb
Eb

Bb
Bb

I'm circlin' around the southern zone
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I pay in blood,
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Bb

but not my own
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Eb

Bb
Bb

Eb
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Verse 5
Bb
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Eb
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Low cards are what I've got
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Eb

But I'll play this hand
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whether I like it or not
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Eb

Bb
Bb

I'm sworn to uphold the laws of God
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Eb

You could put me out in front
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Bb

of a firing squad
Verse 6
Gm
Gm

I've been out and around
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Cm

Gm
Gm

with the rising men
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Cm

Gm
Gm

Just like you, my handsome friend
Bb
Bb

Eb
Eb

My head's so hard,
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Bb

must be made of stone
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Eb

Bb
Bb

I pay in blood, but not my own
F
F

Eb
Eb

Bb
Bb

Eb
Eb

Verse 7
Bb
Bb

Eb
Eb

Another politician coming
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Bb

out the abyss
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Eb

Bb
Bb

Another angry beggar blowing you a kiss
Eb
Eb

You got the same eyes that
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Bb

your mother does
Eb
Eb

If only you could prove who your
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Bb

father was
Verse 8
Gm
Gm

Someone must of slipped
Cm
Cm

a drug in your wine
Gm
Gm

You gulped it down and you've
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Cm

Gm
Gm

crossed the line
Bb
Bb

Eb
Eb

Bb
Bb

Man can't live by bread alone
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Eb

Bb
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I pay in blood, but not my own
Eb
Eb

Bb
Bb

Eb
Eb

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Bb

Eb
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Verse 9
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Eb
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How I made it back home,
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nobody knows
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Bb

Or how I survived so many blows
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Eb

I've been through Hell,
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What good did it do?
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Eb

You bastard! I'm suppose
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Bb

to respect you!
Verse 10
Gm
Gm

I'll give you justice,
Cm
Cm

Gm
Gm

I'll fathom your purse
Cm
Cm

Show me your moral that you reversed
Gm
Gm

Bb
Bb

Eb
Eb

Bb
Bb

Hear me holler, hear me moan
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Eb

Bb
Bb

I pay in blood but not my own
F
F

Eb
Eb

Bb
Bb

Eb
Eb

Verse 11
Bb
Bb

Eb
Eb

Bb
Bb

You get your lover in the bed
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Eb

Bb
Bb

Come here I'll break your lousy head
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Eb

Our nation must be saved and freed
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Bb

Eb
Eb

You've been accused of murder,
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Bb

how do you plead?
Verse 12
Gm
Gm

Cm
Cm

Gm
Gm

This is how I spend my days
Cm
Cm

Eb
Eb

I came to bury, not to raise
Bb
Bb

Eb
Eb

Bb
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I'll drink my fill and sleep alone
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Bb
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I play in blood, but not my own
Outro 1
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Eb
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Bb
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Eb
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Bb
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Eb
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Bb
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Eb
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Bb
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Eb
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ChordsF Eb Bb Gm Cm

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