Originally in G, I play in E. Highest note that matters is the 1 (“I got *bills* to pay”)
Intro
E | E | G | A |
x4 |
More or less spoken
E | |
I was walk | ing down the street |
G | |
When out the co | rner of my eye |
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I saw a pr | etty little thing approaching me | → |
E | |
She said I’ve n | ever seen a man |
G | |
Who lo | oks so all alone |
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And could you us | e a little company | → |
E | |
And if you p | ay the right price |
G | |
Your ev | ening will be nice |
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And you can | go and send me on my way | → |
E | |
I said you’re su | ch a sweet young thing |
G | |
Oh why you | do this to yourself |
Instruments drop out on “this”, the second and third chords are implied
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She lo | oked at me, and t | his is what she sa | id |
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Oh, there a | in’t no rest for the wi | cked → | → |
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M | oney don’t grow on trees | → | → |
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I got b | ills to pay, I got mouths | to feed → | → |
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There ain’t n | othing in this world for free | → | → |
E | |
Oh no I | can’t slow down |
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I can’t | hold back → | → |
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Though you k | now, I wish I could | → | → |
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Oh, no there a | in’t no rest for the wi | cked → | → |
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Until we | close our eyes for good | → | → |
E | |
Not even f | ifteen minutes later |
G | |
I’m still walki | ng down the street |
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When-I-saw the s | hadow of a man creep out of sight | → |
E | |
Then he s | wept up from behind |
G | |
And put a g | un up to my head |
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He made it c | lear he wasn’t looking for a fight | → |
E | |
He said g | ive me all you’ve got |
G | |
I want your m | oney not your life |
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But if you t | ry to make a move I won’t think twice | → |
E | |
I told him y | ou can have my cash |
G | |
But first you k | now I got to ask |
Instruments drop out on “this”, the second and third chords are implied
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What made you w | ant to live this kind of life | → |
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He said there a | in’t no rest for the wi | cked → | → |
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M | oney don’t grow on trees | → | → |
E | G | A | D | |
I got b | ills to pay, I got mouths | to feed → | → |
E | G | A | D | |
There ain’t n | othing in this world for free | → | → |
E | |
Oh no I | can’t slow down |
G | A | D | |
I can’t | hold back → | → |
E | G | A | D | |
Though you k | now, I wish I could | → | → |
E | G | A | D | |
Oh, no there a | in’t no rest for the wi | cked → | → |
E | G | A | D | |
Until we | close our eyes for good | → | → |
Solo
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→ | → | x4 |
E | |
Well now a co | uple hours passed |
G | |
And I was sitti | ng at my house |
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The day was | winding down and coming to an end | → |
E | |
And so I turne | d on the TV |
G | |
And flipped it | over to the news |
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And what I s | aw I almost couldn’t comprehend | → |
E | |
I saw a | preacher man in cuffs |
G | |
He’d taken | money from the church |
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He’d stuffed his | bank account with righteous dollar bills | → |
E | |
But even s | till I can’t say much |
G | |
Because I | know we’re all the same |
Instruments drop out on “those”, the second and third chords are implied
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Oh yes we al | l seek out to satisfy those thrills | → |
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You know there a | in’t no rest for the wi | cked → | → |
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M | oney don’t grow on trees | → | → |
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We got b | ills to pay, we got mouths | to feed → | → |
E | G | A | D | |
There ain’t n | othing in this world for free | → | → |
E | |
Oh no we | can’t slow down |
G | A | D | |
We can’t | hold back → | → |
E | G | A | D | |
Though you k | now, we wish we could | → | → |
E | G | A | D | |
Oh, no there a | in’t no rest for the wi | cked → | → |
Hang on “close”
E | |
Until we | close our eyes for good |