Make Them Pay

Intro
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Dm                       C#m 
You got to make them pay 
Dm 
You got to make them pay 
A                              G# 
Dont just give your love away 
A 
Dont just give your love away 
Dm                       C#m 
You got to make them pay 
Dm 
You got to make them pay 
A                              G# 
Dont just give your love away 
A                          G# 
Dont just give your love away 
Gm 
You know youre so phenomenal 
Dm 
Something like a phenomenon 
Gm 
No I aint talkin drama but 
E                    A7 
You got to make them pay 



Dm 
I met her at a party in the 901 
C#m     Dm 
She was warming up her body in the Memphis sun 
A 
Looking like the kind of trouble that I wanted to get into 
G#    A 
So I popped into her bubble and I started to continue 
Dm 
I said hows it going and she said hello 
C#m  Dm 
I said you look like someone that I need to know 
     A                                             G# 
She offered me a seat because I went about it boldly 
A                                                  G# 
Then I sat and listened to the story that she told me 
Gm 
Daddy up and left when she was 12 years old 
     Dm 
Mama taught her that her body was as good as gold 
        Gm 
She was playing with the jewelry that some other dude had bought her 
         E                              A7 
While I listened to the lesson that her mother always taught her 
She said 


Dm                       C#m 
You got to make them pay 
Dm 
You got to make them pay 
A                              G# 
Dont just give your love away 
A 
Dont just give your love away 
Dm                       C#m 
You got to make them pay 
Dm 
You got to make them pay 
A                              G# 
Dont just give your love away 
A                          G# 
Dont just give your love away 
Gm 
You know youre so phenomenal 
Dm 
Something like a phenomenon 
Gm 
No I aint talkin drama but 
E                    A7 
You got to make them pay 



Gm 
She had her own unique philosophy a self fulfilling 
Dm 
Prophecy or possibly the words she said were lost on me 
Gm 
She's talkin' shit like a colostomy bag it up and 
E                                   A7 
Sell it but you'll never charge the cost to me 



            Dm 
I said baby girl you know that love is not a thing 

To be compared to money or a diamond ring 
A                                                  G# 
She said Love is an illusion: emotional gymnastics 
A 
You can trust in paper though or, better yet, in plastic 
Dm 
Mama always taught her that the world was cruel 
C#m     Dm 
And you either have to play the game or play the fool 
     A 
So she was always playing, acting and pretending 
G#     A 
Always told them she was staying but the game was never ending 
G#      Gm 
She was always out there looking for the next good time 
     Dm 
And it never cost a dollar cuz the girls a dime 
    Gm 
So fine I swear to God it almost made me want to date her 
       E                                A7 
But instead I dodged a bullet and said Honey see you later 
She said 


Dm                       C#m 
You got to make them pay 
Dm 
You got to make them pay 
A                              G# 
Dont just give your love away 
A 
Dont just give your love away 
Dm                       C#m 
You got to make them pay 
Dm 
You got to make them pay 
A                              G# 
Dont just give your love away 
A                          G# 
Dont just give your love away 
Gm 
You know youre so phenomenal 
Dm 
Something like a phenomenon 
Gm 
No I aint talkin drama but 
E                    A7   Dm 
You got to make them pay