Pay in Blood chords by
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan

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Key: Db major
Verse 1
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Well I'm grinding my life out,
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steady and sure
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Nothing more wretched than what
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I must endure
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I'm drenched in the light
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that shines from the sun
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I could stone you to death for
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the wrongs that you've done
Verse 2
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Sooner or later you
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make a mistake,
I'll put you in a chain that
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you never will break
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Legs and arms and body and bone
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I pay in blood,
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but not my own
Interlude 1
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Verse 3
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Night after night, day after day
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They strip your useless
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hopes away
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The more I take the more I give
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The more I die the more I live
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I got something
Verse 4
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in my pocket
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make your eyeballs swim
I got dogs could tear you
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limb from limb
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I'm circlin' around the southern zone
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I pay in blood,
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but not my own
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Verse 5
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Low cards are what I've got
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But I'll play this hand
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whether I like it or not
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I'm sworn to uphold the laws of God
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You could put me out in front
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of a firing squad
Verse 6
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I've been out and around
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with the rising men
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Just like you, my handsome friend
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My head's so hard,
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must be made of stone
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I pay in blood, but not my own
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Verse 7
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Another politician coming
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out the abyss
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Another angry beggar blowing you a kiss
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You got the same eyes that
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your mother does
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If only you could prove who your
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father was
Verse 8
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Someone must of slipped
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a drug in your wine
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You gulped it down and you've
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crossed the line
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Man can't live by bread alone
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I pay in blood, but not my own
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Verse 9
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How I made it back home,
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nobody knows
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Or how I survived so many blows
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I've been through Hell,
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What good did it do?
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You bastard! I'm suppose
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to respect you!
Verse 10
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I'll give you justice,
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I'll fathom your purse
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Show me your moral that you reversed
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Hear me holler, hear me moan
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I pay in blood but not my own
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Verse 11
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You get your lover in the bed
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Come here I'll break your lousy head
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Our nation must be saved and freed
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You've been accused of murder,
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how do you plead?
Verse 12
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This is how I spend my days
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I came to bury, not to raise
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I'll drink my fill and sleep alone
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I play in blood, but not my own
Outro 1
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