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Everybody Pays  Mark Knopfler

Tabbed by:Zachary Jensen
Tuning: standard, capo 2, all tabs are also on 2nd fret
Heres how th BM is played
[BM]|-1----| 2nd
|-1-2--| Fret
|-1--4-|
|-1--3-|
|-1----|
|-1----|
\ slide down
/slide up
b bend
h hammer on
p pull of
INTRO: D Bm G D D G D A D
[D]I got shot off my horse[D6]
So what? I'm [G]up again
And playing in one of these
Big saloons on [D]main[D6]
You can [G]come up here
[A]Take a look
Around these [D]sinners' dens[D6]
You're [G]only ever going to find
One or two real [A]games
 
 |--------------------|
 |--------------------|
 |--------------------|
 |---7----------------|
 |-7---10--9--7-------|
 |--------------------|

[G]Nobody's [D]driving
Me [A]on the groun[G]d
 
 |-----------------------|
 |-----------------------|
 |-----------------------|
 |-----7-7---------------|
 |-7h9------10-9b10b9--7-|
 |-----------------------|

[D]Not yet any[A]way[A7] [A]
But [D]either on the strip[D6]
Or on the [G]edge of town
Everybody pays
Everybody pays to [D]play
 
 |----------------------------|
 |----------------------------|
 |--------6-------------------|
 |------7---9---7/9-7---------|
 |--7/9---------------9--7--5-|
 |----------------------------|

[G] [D] [A]  
[D]Yeah, you ought to stay
Right [D6]where you are
In [G]sawdust land
It's probably the
Safest place to [D]be[D6]
With your [G]greasy little [A]pork pies
And your [D]shoestring hands[D6]
 
 |--------------------|
 |--------------------|
 |---------7-6--4-----|
 |-------7------------|
 |--7/9---------------|
 |--------------------|

[G]It makes no difference to [A]me
 
 |--------------------------|
 |--------------------------|
 |--------------------------|
 |------7---7---------------|
 |--7/9---9---7--9-9b10b9-7-|
 |--------------------------|

[G]All those di[D]rections
Which we [A]never took[G]
 
 |----------------------|
 |-----5--3--2--5-3p2-0-|
 |-4/6------------------|
 |----------------------|
 |----------------------|
 |----------------------|

To[D] go our different[A] way[A7]s[A]
[D]Who went and wrote
[D6]The oldest story [G]in the book?
Everybody pays
Everybody pays to [D]play
 
 e|--------------------------------------------------------------|
 B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
 G|--6-----------------------------------------------------------|
 D|-----9-----------------7--------------4-4h5-------5--4--------|
 A|-------9----7\5------7----7--9------7-------------------7-----|
 E|--------------------------------11-------------7--------------|
 e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
 B|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
 G|-----------------------------------------1----1----------2---------|
 D|------3--2-0-------------0-0h2-2-2----2-----2----------2----2--4---|
 A|-------------------2h3---------------------------------------------|
 E|---5-----------3---------------------------------------------------|
 e|--------------------------------------------------------|
 B|--------------------------------------------------------|
 G|--------------------------------------------------------|
 D|--1--2-4h5-----5-4---2------3--3-2--2h3p2p0----0-0------|
 A|------------2------5-------------------------3------4-0-|
 E|--------------------------5-----------------------------|

[D]Curl up inside
A [D6]boxcar dream
And [G]disappear
With a couple
Low roller [D]friends[D6]
You were [G]never one
For [A]trouble
So get [D]out of here[D6]
I [G]knew the game
Was dangerous back [A]then
 
 e|------------------------------|
 B|------------------------------|
 G|------------7-----------------|
 D|------------7-----------------|
 A|-------7-------10-9b10b9--7---|
 E|--7h9----9--------------------| 

But [G]nobody's [D]breezing
Through these swing[A]ing doors
 
 e|--------------------|
 B|--------------------|
 G|--------------------|
 D|-7------------------|
 A|---10--9-10p9---7---|
 E|--------------------|

[G]Just ups and walks [A]away
 
 e|--------------------|
 B|--------------------|
 G|--------------------|
 D|--------7--7h9--7---|
 A|------7-------------|
 E|--7/9---------------|

[D]Everybody has to [D6]leave
Some blood here [G]on the floor
Everybody pays
Everybody pays t[D]o pl[D6]ay[Bm]
 
 e|--------------------------------|
 B|--------------------------------|
 G|---------6h7--------------------|
 D|-----7-------9-------7----------|
 A|-7h9---------------9---9---7----|
 E|------------------------------10|

[G]Yeah, everybody pays
Everybody pays to play[D]
 
 e|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 B|---------------------------------------------------softy----------------|
 G|----------------------------------------------------------6-------------|
 D|----9------7-----------------------------------------7--------7-7h9--7--|
 A|--9-----9-----7h9----------------------------------7---7----------------|
 E|-------------------10---3---5----5--7/10---3----------------------------|
 e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 G|-------------------6------7---7-----7/9-7-----------6-------9tiny-bend--7-|
 D|------7-7h9--7-------9----7h9-7h9---------7------7-----9-9----------------|
 A|--7h9-----------9------------------------------9--------------------------|
 E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 e|--------------------------------------------------|
 B|-------10--8------------5------------7\---2h5--3--|
 G|--/11----------9-----/6---6---2--0----------------|
 D|-----------------------------------4--------------|
 A|--------------------------------------------------|
 E|--------------------------------------------------|


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