Pay It Back chords by
Elvis Costello
Elvis Costello

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Key: G major
Intro 1
A
A

D
D

A
A

D
D

Verse 1
A
A

Stop thief! You're
gonna come to grief
D
D

G
G

D
D

If you don't take a little more care
A
A

C#m
C#m

F#m
F#m

D
D

You're gonna get more than the family plan
A
A

D
D

A
A

From this one shoestring affair
F#m
F#m

B
B

D
D

I may be crazy buy I can't contemplate
A
A

G
G

Being trapped between the
D
D

C#m
C#m

doctor and the magistrate
Verse 2
C#m
C#m

A
A

Once of these days I'm gonna pay it back
Bm
Bm

D
D

Pay it back one of these days
A
A

Once of these days I'm gonna pay it back
D
D

Pay it back one of these days
Verse 3
A
A

And then they told me I
F#m
F#m

could be somebody
A
A

D
D

G
G

D
D

If I didn't let too much get in my way
G
G

A
A

F#m
F#m

D
D

And I tried so hard just to be myself
A
A

D
D

A
A

But I keep on fading away
F#m
F#m

B
B

And then the lights went out
D
D

, I didn't know what to do
A
A

G
G

If I could fool myself,
D
D

C#m
C#m

then maybe I'd fool you
Verse 4
A
A

Once of these days I'm gonna pay it back
D
D

Pay it back one of these days
A
A

Once of these days I'm gonna pay it back
D
D

Pay it back one of these days
Verse 5
A
A

I wouldn't say that I
was raised on romance
D
D

G
G

D
D

G
G

A
A

Let's not get stuck in the past
F#m
F#m

D
D

A
A

I love you more than everything in the world
D
D

A
A

I don't expect that will last
F#m
F#m

B
B

D
D

A
A

They told me everything was guaranteed
G
G

Somebody somewhere
D
D

C#m
C#m

must've lied to me
Verse 6
A
A

Once of these days I'm gonna pay it back
D
D

Pay it back one of these days
A
A

Once of these days I'm gonna pay it back
D
D

Pay it back one of these days
Verse 7
D
D

A
A

Once of these days I'm gonna pay it back
D
D

Pay it back one of these days
A
A

Once of these days I'm gonna pay it back
D
D

Pay it back one of these days
Verse 8
D
D

G
G

A
A

Oh one of these days I'm
gonna pay it back
Pay it back

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