Pay It Back
Elvis CostelloVersion1
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Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
Stop thief; you're gonna come to grief
if you don't take a little more care.
You're gonna get more than the family plan
from this one shoestring affair.
I may be crazy but I can't contemplate being trapped between the
doctor
and the magistrate.
One of these days I'm gonna pay it back, pay it back,
one of these days.
One of these days I'm gonna pay it back, pay it back,
one of these days.
And then they told me I could be somebody
if I didn't let too much get in my way.
And I tried so hard just to be myself,
but I keep on fading away.
Until the lights went out, I didn't know what to do.
If I could fool myself, then maybe I'd fool you too.
(chorus)
I wouldn't say that I was raised on romance.
Let's not get stuck in the past.
I love you more than everything in the world.
I don't expect that will last.
They told me everything was guaranteed.
Somebody somewhere must've lied to me.
(chorus)
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Readable chord sheet for Pay It Back by Elvis Costello
S[G]top thief; you're gonna come to grief i[C]f you don't take a little more care. Y[G]ou're gonn[Em7]a get more[C] than th[G]e family plan f[C]rom this o[G]ne shoestring affair. [Em] [A] [C] [G] [F] I may be crazy but I can't contemplate being trapped between the doctor a[C]nd the m[Bm]agistrate. O[G]ne of these days I'm gonna pay it back, pay it back, o[C]ne of these days. O[G]ne of these days I'm gonna pay it back, pay it back, o[C]ne of these days. A[G]nd then they told me I could be somebody i[C]f I didn't let too much get in my way. A[G]nd I tried[Em7] so hard just [C]to be [G]myself, b[C]ut I kee[G]p on fading away. U[Em]ntil the ligh[A]ts went out, I d[C]idn't know wha[G]t to do. I[F]f I could fool myself, t[C]hen maybe I'd f[Bm]ool you too. (chorus) I[G] wouldn't say that I was raised on romance. L[C]et's not get stuck in the past. I[G] love [Em7]you more th[C]an everything [G]in the world. I[C] don't expe[G]ct that will last. [Em] They told me everything was g[C]uarantee[G]d. [F]Somebody somewhere must've l[C]ied to me.[Bm] (chorus)