Pay It Back chords by
Elvis Costello
Elvis Costello

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Key: G major
Intro 1
Bb
Bb

Eb
Eb

Bb
Bb

Eb
Eb

Verse 1
Bb
Bb

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

Ab
Ab

Eb
Eb

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

Dm
Dm

Gm
Gm

Eb
Eb

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

Eb
Eb

Bb
Bb

From this one shoestring affair
Gm
Gm

C
C

Eb
Eb

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

Ab
Ab

Being trapped between the
Eb
Eb

Dm
Dm

doctor and the magistrate
Verse 2
Dm
Dm

Bb
Bb

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

Eb
Eb

Pay it back one of these days
Bb
Bb

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

Pay it back one of these days
Verse 3
Bb
Bb

And then they told me I
Gm
Gm

could be somebody
Bb
Bb

Eb
Eb

Ab
Ab

Eb
Eb

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

Bb
Bb

Gm
Gm

Eb
Eb

And I tried so hard just to be myself
Bb
Bb

Eb
Eb

Bb
Bb

But I keep on fading away
Gm
Gm

C
C

And then the lights went out
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Eb

, I didn't know what to do
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Bb

Ab
Ab

If I could fool myself,
Eb
Eb

Dm
Dm

then maybe I'd fool you
Verse 4
Bb
Bb

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

Pay it back one of these days
Bb
Bb

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

Pay it back one of these days
Verse 5
Bb
Bb

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

Ab
Ab

Eb
Eb

Ab
Ab

Bb
Bb

Let's not get stuck in the past
Gm
Gm

Eb
Eb

Bb
Bb

I love you more than everything in the world
Eb
Eb

Bb
Bb

I don't expect that will last
Gm
Gm

C
C

Eb
Eb

Bb
Bb

They told me everything was guaranteed
Ab
Ab

Somebody somewhere
Eb
Eb

Dm
Dm

must've lied to me
Verse 6
Bb
Bb

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

Pay it back one of these days
Bb
Bb

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

Pay it back one of these days
Verse 7
Eb
Eb

Bb
Bb

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

Pay it back one of these days
Bb
Bb

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

Pay it back one of these days
Verse 8
Eb
Eb

Ab
Ab

Bb
Bb

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

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