{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1008779,"song":"The More You Pay","artist":"Don McLean","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1008779-the-more-you-pay-chords-by-don-mclean/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1008779?type=chord","rating":4.44609,"votes":5,"content":"[tab]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe auctioneer said, I'm not through yet,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHere's a horse the likes of which you've never seen,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch] \\ [ch]B[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd the straw hats in the sun, with a face beneath each one,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]\\[ch]B[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nShown doubtful and the auctioneer got mean.[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]E[/ch]\r\nDo you think that you can find a horse like this every day?[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI don't think there's any better on this earth,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd the more you pay, the more it's worth.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThen out she came, a snow-white mare,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nPrancin' and a dancin' in the silver sun,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch] \\ [ch]B[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThey watched her from behind, as she did her bump and grind,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]\\[ch]B[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWalkin' naked, sad and graceful for their fun.[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]E[/ch]\r\nOh how I wished I could afford that lady painted white,[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]E[/ch]\r\nA queen with high nobility of birth,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBut the more you pay, the more it's worth.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nMy pockets hung with empty blues,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSilent heels were standin' on my growin' pains,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch] \\ [ch]B[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nMy bid was not too bad, two bits was all I had,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]\\[ch]B[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd the stable boy just handed me the reins.[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWell the gallery went wild, and the auctioneer half smiled,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]E[/ch]\r\n  What we don't sell we shoot or give away,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n'Cause the more you pay, the more it's worth.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bm[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]Bm[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd where was the boy, who rode on her back,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Bm[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWith his arms holding tight round her neck?[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bm[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nHow tightly he clung,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Bm[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]      \r\nWhen they both were young,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]B[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd fate had not let this poor girl be so[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nDisgraced.[/tab]\r\n\r\nhttp://www.youtube.com/mattnourse","plain_text":"http://www.youtube.com/mattnourse","chords":["D","C","A","G","B","Am","Em","F","E","Bm"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}