\selectlanguage{english}
\songcolumns{2}
\beginsong{Pay me my money down}
  [by={Bruce Springsteen},cov={we-shall-overcome},album={We shall overcome}]

  \cover
  \gtab{G}{320003}
  \gtab{D}{XX0232}
  \ifrepeatchords%
  \gtab{B&}{1:X02220}
  \gtab{F}{1:022100}
  \fi%

  \begin{verse}
    Well, I \[G]thought I heard the captain say
    ``Pay me my \[D]money down
    Tomorrow is my sailing day
    Pay me my \[G]money down''
  \end{verse}

  \begin{repeatedchords}
    \begin{chorus}
      \[G] Pay me, pay me
      Pay me my \[D]money down
      Pay me or go to jail
      Pay me my \[G]money down
    \end{chorus}

    \begin{verse}
      \[G]Soon as that boat was clear of the bar
      Pay me my \[D]money down
      He knocked me down with the end of a spar
      Pay me my \[G]money down
    \end{verse}

    \begin{verse}
      Well \[G]if I'd been a rich man's son
      Pay me my \[D]money down
      I'd sit on the river and watch it run
      Pay me my \[G]money down
    \end{verse}

    \transposition{3}
    \begin{verse}
      Well, I wish \[G]{I was} Mr. Gates
      Pay me my \[D]money down
      Haul my money in egg crates
      Pay me my \[G]money down
    \end{verse}

    \transposition{-3}
    \begin{verse}
      Well, \[G]40 nights, nights at sea
      Pay me my \[D]money down
      Captain worked every last dollar out of me
      Pay me my \[G]money down
    \end{verse}
  \end{repeatedchords}

\endsong