Dont Pay The Ferryman by Chris De Burgh, tabs and chords at PlayUkuleleNET

Dont Pay The Ferryman

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Christopher John Davison (born 15 October 1948), known professionally as Chris de Burgh, is a British-Irish singer-songwriter and instrumentalist. He started out as an art rock performer but subsequently started writing more pop-oriented material. He has had several top 40 hits in the UK and two in the US, but he is more popular in other countries, particularly Norway and Brazil. His 1986 love song "The Lady in Red" reached number one in several countries. De Burgh has sold over 45 million albums worldwide.

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Chris DeBurgh's DON'T PAY THE FERRYMAN

Transcribed by [email protected]

Note: 1/8 note chord couples noted [Em D]etc. and played with down/up strokes
as shown.

V ^ V ^
__ __
Spooky intro: | | | |
/ / / /
Em(rake&ring)Cmaj7(rake&ring) [Em D] Em [Em D] Em
e|0-----------|0----------- |
B|0-----------|0----------- |
G|0---0-2-0---|0---0-2-0---.|
D|2--4------4-|2--4------4-.|
A|2-----------|3----------- |
E|0-----------|0----------- |

Fingering:
E| | |
B| | |
G| 0 3 0 | 0 1 0 |
D|2 4 4 |1 4 4 |
A|1 |2 |
E| | |

G Em
I was late at night on the open road
G C
Speeding like a man on the run
C G C G D
A lifetime spent preparing for the journey
G Em
He is closer now, as the search is on
G C
Reading from a map in the mind
C G C G D
Yes, there's that rugged hill and there's a boat on the river.
Em [Em D]
And when the rain came down,
Em [Dsus4 D]
He heard a wild dog howl.
C G
There were voices in the night. (don't do it)
C G
Voices out of sight. (don't do it)
C B
"Too many men have failed before; whatever you do,

CHORUS:
Em D Em
Don't pay the ferryman
Em D Em C D
Don't even fix a price
Em D Em
Don't pay the ferryman
C D Em
Until he gets you to the other side"

[Em D] Em [Em D] Em

G Em
In the rolling mist as he gets on board
G C
Now there'll be no turning back
C G C G D
Beware that hooded old man at the rudder
G Em
And the lightning flashed and the thunder rolled
G C
And people calling out his name
C G C G D
And dancing bones that jabbered and a-moaned on the water.
Em [Em D]
And then the ferryman said
Em [Dsus4 D]
"there is trouble ahead
C G
So you must pay me now" (don't do it)
C G
"You must pay me now" (don't do it)
C B
And still that voice came from beyond: "whatever you do,

CHORUS

[Em D] Em [Em D] Em

Repeat intro

B
Yea....

CHORUS

CHORUS

Em D D Em Em Em
Don't pay... The Ferry-man!