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               THE PRICE YOU PAY (MOLLY HATCHET)

Intro: E I E I E I E I

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1.Verse: There´s a small jail in georgia that you all know
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         where the sun´s so hot and the daylight don´t show
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         where the moccasin she rests on a soft bed of sand,
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         you can hear the hound dogs howling out the land
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         it ain´t the way i wanted it, but
         C               D         E     E
         lord that´s the price you pay

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2.Verse: i said jailer, bring me water for my throat is dry
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         four walls steel bars, i´ve been watching passers by,
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         i´ve been sittin´here so damn long i´m starting to cry
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         the hangman´s coming, i´m surely gonna die
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         it ain´t the way i wanted it, but
         C               D         E     E
         lord that´s the price you pay

Harp Solo: E I E I E I E I A I A I E I E I B I C D I E I E I

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3.Verse: i shot a man in macon over a poker game
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         i killed another in atlanta just to build my fame
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         well now i hear them hammers, they´re punding out my name,
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         it ain´t the way i wanted it, but that´s the price you pay
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         it ain´t the way i wanted it, but
         C               D         E    E
         lord that´s the price you pay

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4.Verse: hey jailer, how ´bout that water? my throat´s still day
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         for walls, steel bars i´ve been watching passers by,
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         i´ve been sittin´ here so damn long i´m startin´to cry
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         the hangman´s comin´ i´m surely gonna die
         B
         it ain´t the way i wanted it, but
         C               D         E    E
         lord that´s the price you pay
         B
         it ain´t the way i wanted it, but
         C               D         E    E
         lord that´s the price you pay
         B
         it ain´t the way i wanted it, but
         C               D         E    E
         lord that´s the price you pay