Everybody Pays Chords & Tabs
Tabbed by:Zachary Jensen
Tuning: standard, capo 2, all tabs are also on 2nd fret
Heres how th BM is played
BM
|-1----| 2nd
|-1-2--| Fret
|-1--4-|
|-1--3-|
|-1----|
|-1----|
\ slide down
/slide up
b bend
h hammer on
p pull of
INTRO: D BM G D D G D A D
D D6
I got shot off my horse
G
So what? I'm up again
And playing in one of these
D D6
Big saloons on main
G
You can come up here
A
Take a look
D D6
Around these sinners' dens
G
You're only ever going to find
A
One or two real games
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|---7----------------|
|-7---10--9--7-------|
|--------------------|
G D
Nobody's driving
A G
Me on the ground
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|-----7-7---------------|
|-7h9------10-9b10b9--7-|
|-----------------------|
D A A7 A
Not yet anyway
D D6
But either on the strip
G
Or on the edge of town
Everybody pays
D
Everybody pays to play
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|--------6-------------------|
|------7---9---7/9-7---------|
|--7/9---------------9--7--5-|
|----------------------------|
G D A
D
Yeah, you ought to stay
D6
Right where you are
G
In sawdust land
It's probably the
D D6
Safest place to be
G A
With your greasy little pork pies
D D6
And your shoestring hands
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|---------7-6--4-----|
|-------7------------|
|--7/9---------------|
|--------------------|
G A
It makes no difference to me
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|------7---7---------------|
|--7/9---9---7--9-9b10b9-7-|
|--------------------------|
G D
All those directions
A G
Which we never took
|----------------------|
|-----5--3--2--5-3p2-0-|
|-4/6------------------|
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
D A A7 A
To go our different ways
D
Who went and wrote
D6 G
The oldest story in the book?
Everybody pays
D
Everybody pays to play
e|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--6-----------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----9-----------------7--------------4-4h5-------5--4--------|
A|-------9----7\5------7----7--9------7-------------------7-----|
E|--------------------------------11-------------7--------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/m/mark_knopfler/everybody_pays_tab.html ]
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------1----1----------2---------|
D|------3--2-0-------------0-0h2-2-2----2-----2----------2----2--4---|
A|-------------------2h3---------------------------------------------|
E|---5-----------3---------------------------------------------------|
e|--------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------|
D|--1--2-4h5-----5-4---2------3--3-2--2h3p2p0----0-0------|
A|------------2------5-------------------------3------4-0-|
E|--------------------------5-----------------------------|
D
Curl up inside
D6
A boxcar dream
G
And disappear
With a couple
D D6
Low roller friends
G
You were never one
A
For trouble
D D6
So get out of here
G
I knew the game
A
Was dangerous back then
e|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|------------7-----------------|
D|------------7-----------------|
A|-------7-------10-9b10b9--7---|
E|--7h9----9--------------------|
G D
But nobody's breezing
A
Through these swinging doors
e|--------------------|
B|--------------------|
G|--------------------|
D|-7------------------|
A|---10--9-10p9---7---|
E|--------------------|
G A
Just ups and walks away
e|--------------------|
B|--------------------|
G|--------------------|
D|--------7--7h9--7---|
A|------7-------------|
E|--7/9---------------|
D D6
Everybody has to leave
G
Some blood here on the floor
Everybody pays
D D6 BM
Everybody pays to play
e|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|---------6h7--------------------|
D|-----7-------9-------7----------|
A|-7h9---------------9---9---7----|
E|------------------------------10|
G
Yeah, everybody pays
D
Everybody pays to play
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------softy----------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------6-------------|
D|----9------7-----------------------------------------7--------7-7h9--7--|
A|--9-----9-----7h9----------------------------------7---7----------------|
E|-------------------10---3---5----5--7/10---3----------------------------|
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------6------7---7-----7/9-7-----------6-------9tiny-bend--7-|
D|------7-7h9--7-------9----7h9-7h9---------7------7-----9-9----------------|
A|--7h9-----------9------------------------------9--------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|--------------------------------------------------|
B|-------10--8------------5------------7\---2h5--3--|
G|--/11----------9-----/6---6---2--0----------------|
D|-----------------------------------4--------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------|
