This song can be found on Flatt Lonesome's third and most recent album, Runaway Train, which released on
October 2, 2015. It was co-written by Danny Roberts (the Grascals) and Paul Harrigill (Flatt Lonesome).
Key of F
(Capo 3)
Intro: D G D D A D
D G D
The band of gold in your pocket and time on your hands
A D
What no one knows can’t hurt them, you’re covered at both ends
G D
You’ve been a cheatin’ and a lyin’, you’ve covered all your tracks
A D
But when you least expect it, you’re gonna get paid back.
G D G D
You’ll pay, you’ll pay. You can’t go on livin’ this way
C G A
You might run on for awhile but you’ll meet a bitter end.
G A D
You’ll pay, you’ll pay.
Break: D G D D A D G D D A D
D G D
All the fortune that we built slowly faded away
A D
You wicked-hearted woman, you’ll drive me to my grave
G D
Well you made your great escape in the middle of the night
A D
Blowin’ smoke and burnin’ rubber, all the way out of sight
G D G D
You’ll pay, you’ll pay. You can’t go on livin’ this way
C G A
You might run on for awhile but you’ll meet a bitter end.
G A D
You’ll pay, you’ll pay.
Break: G D G D G D D A D D
D G D
Headlines tell the story of a fatal rainy day
A D
A foggy windy morning put a tree in the way
G D
Thirty miles north of the Mississippi line
A D
There’s metal in the ashes of a woman left behind
G D G D
You’ll pay, you’ll pay. You can’t go on livin’ this way
C G A
You might run on for awhile but you’ll meet a bitter end.
G A D
You’ll pay, you’ll pay.
End Break: C Bm C# A A G A D
