Bob Dylan - Pay In Blood

song : pay in blood
artist : bob dylan
album : tempest
tab by : don czarski
email : guitarzan7@hotmail . com

pay in blood
bob dylan

capo 1st fret

intro : G F C F F C

verse :
C F F C
well i’m grinding my life out , steady and sure
C F F C
nothing more wretched , then what i must endure
C F F C
i’m drenched in the light that shines from the sun
C F F C
i could stone you to death for the wrongs that you done
Am Dm Am
sooner or later you make a mistake ,
Am Dm Am
i’ll put you in a chain that you never will break
C F F C
legs and arms and body and bone
C F F C
i pay in blood , but not my own

G F C F F C

note : the entire song from here until the end is played
exactly the same as above .

C F F C
C F F C
C F F C
C F F C
Am Dm Am
Am Dm Am
C F F C
C F F C
G F C F F C

verse :
night after night , day after day
they strip your useless hopes away
the more i take the more i give
the more i die the more i live
i got something in my pocket make your eyeballs swim
i got dogs could tear you limb from limb
i’m circlin’ around the southern zone
i pay in blood , but not my own .

G F C F F C

verse :
low cards are what i’ve got
but i’ll play this hand whether i like it or not
i’m sworn to uphold the laws of god
you could put me out in front of a firing squad
i’ve been out and around with the rising men
just like you my handsome friend
my head’s so hard , must be made of stone
i pay in blood , but not my own

G F C F F C

verse :
another politician coming out the abyss
another angry beggar blowing you a kiss
you got the same eyes that your mother does
if only you could prove who your father was
someone must of slipped a drug in yer wine
you gulped it down and you cross the line
man can’t live by bread alone
i pay in blood , but not my own

G F C F F C

verse :
how i made it back home , nobody knows
or how i survived so many blows
i’ve been thru hell , what good did it do?
you bastard! i’m suppose to respect you!
i’ll give you justice , i’ll fathom your purse
show me your moral that you reversed
hear me holler and hear me moan
i pay in blood but not my own

G F C F F C

verse :
you get your lover in the bed
come here i’ll break your lousy head
our nation must be saved and freed
you’ve been accused of murder , how do you plead?
this is how i spend my days
i came to bury , not to raise
i’ll drink my fill and sleep alone
i play in blood , but not my own

G F C F F C

outro :
G F C F F C

G F C F F C . . . fade out