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 |
| A | G | D | |
| 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 |
| A | G | D | |
| And could you us | e a little company | → |
| E | |
| And if you p | ay the right price |
| G | |
| Your ev | ening will be nice |
| A | G | D | |
| 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
| A | G | D | |
| She lo | oked at me, and t | his is what she sa | id |
| E | G | A | D | |
| Oh, there a | in’t no rest for the wi | cked → | → |
| E | G | A | D | |
| 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 | → | → |
| E | |
| Not even f | ifteen minutes later |
| G | |
| I’m still walki | ng down the street |
| A | G | D | |
| 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 |
| A | G | D | |
| 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 |
| A | G | D | |
| 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
| A | G | D | |
| What made you w | ant to live this kind of life | → |
| E | G | A | D | |
| He said there a | in’t no rest for the wi | cked → | → |
| E | G | A | D | |
| 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
| E | G | A | D |
| → | → | x4 |
| E | |
| Well now a co | uple hours passed |
| G | |
| And I was sitti | ng at my house |
| A | G | D | |
| 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 |
| A | G | D | |
| 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 |
| A | G | D | |
| 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
| A | G | D | |
| Oh yes we al | l seek out to satisfy those thrills | → |
| E | G | A | D | |
| You know there a | in’t no rest for the wi | cked → | → |
| E | G | A | D | |
| M | oney don’t grow on trees | → | → |
| E | G | A | D | |
| 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 |