Bruce Springsteen - Wages Of Sin

[Intro]
Esus4 Esus4 Esus4 Esus4

[Verse 1]
E
When we fight and I wanna talk it out
E
You won’t say nothing, nothing at all
E
You just sit there, you won’t open that pretty mouth
E
I think you like keeping my back up against the wall

[Chorus]
G
Wages of sin, you keep me paying
C Em
Wages of sin for wrongs that I’ve done
G
Wages of sin, you keep me paying
C Esus4
Wages of sin, one by one

[Verse 2]
E
I walk in the apartment, there’s clothes thrown all over the place
E
You’re crouched in the corner with makeup runnin’ down your face
E
I don’t wanna believe what my, what my heart keeps saying
E
You keep me on the line, so you can keep me paying

[Chorus]
G
Wages of sin, we keep paying
C Em
Wages of sin for wrongs that we’ve done
G
Wages of sin, yeah, we keep paying
C E
Wages of sin, that’s how we have our fun

[Instrumental]
C C G Em C Esus4

[Verse 3]
E
I remember when I was a little boy out where the cottonwoods grow tall
C G
Trying to make it home through the forest before the darkness falls
E
Baby, all the sounds I heard, even if they weren’t real
C G
I was running down that broken path with the devil snapping at my heels
C
I tried so hard, so hard in every way
G Em
Swore someday I’d grow up and just throw it all away
C
Cried all the tears, baby, that I could cry
G Em
Stomached all my fears ‘til they came rushin’ up inside
C
Darlin’, I’m losin’ and it’s a mean game
G Em
Still I play on and on just the same

[Chorus]
C
Wages of sin, yeah I keep paying
G Em
Wages of sin for some wrong that I’ve done
C
Wages of sin, well I keep paying
G Esus4
Wages of sin, one by one

[Ending]
Esus4 Esus4 Esus4 Esus4
(2x)

C C G Em
(5x)