CHORDS: St. Vincent – Pay Your Way In Pain Chords on Piano & Ukulele

These are the chords for Pay Your Way In Pain by St. Vincent on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

[Piano Prologue]
A  G  F  Dm
D7  N.C.

[Intro]
B    A
    (Ow)
B       A
Oh-oh-oh

[Chorus]
A
You got to
B          A
  pay your way in
B         A
  pain - You got to
B          A
  pray your way in
B     A
  shame (Yeah, ow)

[Verse 1]
B
I went to the store,
        A
I was feelin' kinda hungry
      B
But I didn't have the money
          A
and the shelves were all empty
      B                 A
So I went to the bank to
ch-ch-ch-check my checking
       B
The man looked at my face,
     N.C.
said, "We don't have a record"
B        A
Oh no, you thought we had forgotten?
B               A
The show is only gettin' started
B             A
The road is feelin' like a pothole
B                  A#
Sit down, stand up, head down,
 A
hands up, and

[Chorus]
B          A
  Pay your way in
B        A
  pain - You got to
B          A
  pray your way in
B     N.C.
  shame (Yeah, ow)

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[Bridge]
B             C   C#
Do you not remember me?
D
(What do you want? W
hat do you want?)
D           C#      C
Do you know what I want?
 B
(What do you want?
What do you want?)
B             C   C#
You know what I want
   D
(What do you want?
What do you want?)
D
Keep the rest, baby,
D   D#  E                 N.C.
ah, ah  I wanna be loved
B     A
  Pay
B     A
  pain
B     A
  Pray
B     A
 shame

[Verse 2]
   B
So I went to the park just
     A
to watch the little children
   B
The mothers saw my heels and
     A
they said I wasn't welcome
      B
So I, I went back home,
       A
I was feelin' kinda queasy
   B
But all the locks were changed,
 A
my baby wouldn't see me
B   A
Oh no, you've put your finger on it
B       A
The stove is only gettin' hotter
B           A
The sun, it's gotta,
gotta melt it
B            N.C.
Stand up, sit down, hands up,
break down

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[Outro]
D   E
    (What do you want?
    What do you want?)
G
You know what I want
 A
(What do you want?
What do you want?)
B
I wanna be
 A     B                  A
love——————————————————————ed
(Shame,               Shame)
B
I wanna be
 A   B    B   A  B  A  B  A    N.C.
love————————————————————————————ed
(Shame,          shame)