Dont Pay The Ferryman

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It was late at night on the open road, speeding like a man on the run
           C/B     Am  G              D
A lifetime spent preparing for the journey.
Em                        G                                       C
He is closer now and the search is on, reading from a map in the mind,
          C/B           Am                   G           D
Yes! There's that ragged hill and there's a boat on the river.

[Bridge]
             Em        D                Em       D
And when the rain came down, he heard a wild dog howl
             C            G
There were voices in the night       (Don't do it!)
C             G/D                       C
Voices out of sight           (Don't do it!)
                           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  D  Em  D  Em
Until he gets you to the other side.

[Verse]
       Em                     G                                         C
In the rolling mist, then he gets on board, now there'll be no turning back
C           Am        G            D
Beware that hooded old man at the rudder.
Em                                       G
And then the lightning flashed and the thunder roared,
                           C
and people calling out his name,
      C              Am                 G            D
And dancing bones that jabbered-and-a-moaned on the water.

[Bridge]
              Em         D             Em        D
And then the ferryman said "There is trouble ahead,
     C             G
So you must pay me now."
(Don't do it!)
    C              G
"You must pay me now."
  C
(Don't do it!)
                                B
And still that voice came from beyond, 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  D  Em  D  Em
Until he gets you to the other side.
Em   D       D  Em
Dont pay the ferryman...