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The Payback easy guitar chords by
James Brown
James Brown

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Verse 1
Am
Dm
Am

Hey, you gotta,

gotta payback (the big payback) Revenge
C
Am
Dm
Am


I'm mad (the big payback)
C
Am

Got to get back
Dm

I need some get back!
Am

Payback, payback (the big
C

payback)
Am

There it is
C

Payback Revenge
Dm
D
Dm

I'm mad
Verse 2
Am

You get down with my girlfriend,

huh, that ain't right

Woo (talkin')

Hollerin', cussin', you want

to fight

Payback is a thing you

gotta see, hell
Verse 3

Never do any damn thing to me

You sold me out for

chicken change (yes, you did)

Told me, yeah, they, they

had it all arranged

You had me down and that's a fact

Now you, punk, you gotta get ready

For the big

payback (the big payback)

That's where I land, Lord, for

the big payback (the big payback)
Verse 4

I can do wheelin', I can

do dealin' (yes, we can)

But I don't do no damn squealin'

I can dig rappin', I'm

ready, I can dig scrappin'

But I can't
Verse 5

dig that backstabbin' (oh no)

Now brother getting ready,

that's a fact

Get ready you, mother, for

the big payback, hey (the big payback)
C
Am

Let me hit 'em, hit 'em, Fred, hit 'em

Hey, hey, hey
Verse 6

Lord, Lord

You took my money, you got my honey

Don't want me to see

what you doing to me

I could get back

I gotta deal with you

Gotta deal with you

Gotta deal with you, uh

Gotta deal with you

Hey, let me tell ya

Get down with my woman,

that ain't right

You hollerin' and cussin',

you want to fight

Looky, here

Don't do me no darn favor

I don't know karate, but
Verse 7

I know crazy (yes, we do)

Huh, hey

Get ready, that's a fact, yeah

Get ready you, mother, for

the big payback (the big payback)

Hey, I'm a man, I'm a man

I'm a son of a man, but

don't they tell ya that Pappa can

Get ready for the big payback, hey

(the big payback)

Hit 'em again
Verse 8

Ooh
Dm
Am

Lord, Lord

Yeah, hey, get ready

I need it, I need a hit again

Same one

Same one

Same one

Hit me back

Ooh Lord

The big payback
Verse 9

Sold me out for chicken change

You said my woman had it all arranged

Tried to make a deal,

but she wanted to squeal

But I had my boys on her heels

Saw when she comin', told a lie
Verse 10

You broke down like you wanted to die

I don't care what she does

She gon' be doin' just like she was

Take those kids and raise them up

Show 'em how to drink

out the righteous cup, uh

Take her, take that woman,

it's one place she found

Just run that mother out of town

Make her get up,

make her get up, get out

Make her get up,

make her get up, get out
Am

I'm mad, I want revenge, I
Am

want revenge, my (the big payback)
Am

My patience ends, I want revenge
Am

My patience ends, I want revenge

I want revenge, I

want revenge (the big payback)
Am
Am

Can I get some hits? I need those hits
Verse 11

I need those hits, hit me
Am
Am

Ooh

Lord, I need those hits
Am
Am

Carry on, carry on
Am

Pray for a melody (the
Am
Am
Am

(the (the big payback)
Am

Woo (hey, the big payback) Alright

Da-di-da-da, da-di-da-da,

da-di-da-da
Verse 12
Am
Am
The The The The big payback

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