Key: Bb minor
Verse 1
Am
C
Am
Dm
Am
Hey! Gotta,
gotta payback!
(The big payback)
C
Am
Dm
Revenge!
Am
I'm mad!
C
(The big payback)
Got to get back!
Verse 2
Am
Dm
Am
I need some get- back!
Payback!
C
Payback!(The big payback)
That's it! Payback!
Verse 3
Am
C
D
Revenge!
Am
I'm mad!
Verse 4
Am
You get down with my girlfriend,
that ain't right
Wow! Smokin'!
G
Am
Hollerin' n' cussin',
you wanna fight
C
Am
C
Verse 5
G
Am
Payback is a thing you gotta see
Hell! Brother do any damn
C
Am
thing to me
You sold me out for chicken change
(Yes you did)
C
G
You told me that they, they had it
Verse 6
Am
all arranged
C
You had me down,
Am
and that's a fact
And now you punk, you gotta get ready
Verse 7
Am
For the big payback
(The big payback)
That's where I land,
on the big payback
(The big payback)
C
Am
I can do wheelin',
Verse 8
C
Am
I can do dealin'
(Yes we can)
Verse 9
Am
But I don't do no damn squealin'
I can dig rappin',
I'm ready! I can dig scrapping
But I can't dig that backstabbin'
Verse 10
(Oh no)
Am
The brother get ready, that's a fact
Get ready you mother for
the big payback
(The big payback)
Let me hit them,
C
Em
Am
hit them, Fred hit them
Verse 11
Lord!
Am
You took my money, you got my honey
Don't want me to see what
you doin' to me
C
Am
I can get back! I got
to deal with you!
Gotta deal with ya, gotta deal with ya!
Verse 12
Am
I... gotta deal with...!
Hey, let me tell you!
Get down with my woman, that ain't right
C
Am
You hollerin' and cussing,
C
Am
you wanna fight
Verse 13
Am
Lookie here!
Don't do me no darn favor
I don't know karate,
but I know ka- razor
(Yes we do)
Verse 14
Am
Hey! Get ready, that's a fact
Get ready you mother for
the big payback
(The big payback)
Hey, I'm a man, I'm a man...
Verse 15
Am
I'm a son of a man,
but don't they tell you that pappa can
Get ready for the big payback
(The big payback)
D
Am
Hit me again!
No, don't...
Verse 16
Am
Get ready, I need it,
I need a hit again
The same one, the same one,
the same one
C
Am
Hit me back
Lord!
(The big payback)
Verse 17
Am
Sold me out for chicken change
You said my woman had it all arranged
Tried to make a deal,
Gm
Am
she wanted to squeal
Verse 18
But I had my boys on her heels
Am
Saw what she had comin', told a lie
She broke down and she wanted to cry
I don't care what she does
Verse 19
She'll be doing just like she was
Am
Take those kids and raise them up
Somebody drink out the righteous cup
Take her, take that woman,
C
it's one place she found
Am
Just run that mother out of town
Verse 20
Am
Make her get up,
make her get up, get out
Make her get up, make her get up, get out
I'm mad!
I want revenge, I want revenge, my...
(The big payback)
Verse 21
Am
My patience ends, I want revenge
My patience ends, I want revenge
I want revenge,
I want revenge
(The big payback)
Gonna get some hits, I need those hits
Verse 22
I need those hits, hit me!
Am
Lord, I need those hits
Carry on, carry on, payback melody
(The big payback)
Am
Am
D
(The big
Am
payback)
Am
Alright!
Da- dee- ra- da, da- dee- ra- da,
Am
Am
da- dee- ra- da!
(The big payback)
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