Pay to the piper (US R&B 4, 1971)     (video)

    G ~ ~

           G                           - F

If you dance to the music,      don't you know,

                        C                     - G

you've got to pay to the piper,        ask your mama !

            G                           - F

If you dance to the music,       don't you know,

                       C                        - G

you've got to pay to the piper !

    G                                            C        G

1.     I spend my money on you every dime,

G                                      C                G

you even told me you had a good time.

G                                                   C    G

    The night is through and we're all alone,

G                                      C             G

you said it's time that you went home.

                           G                             C

    You've been wined and dined in front of me.

      G                     C

    Just how nice must I be ?

         G

    I played the tune, you dug the beat,

             G

now come on, girl, be nice to me.

+  CHORUS

                G

+  Come on ! Come on, yeah !

                G

    Come on ! Come on, darling !

     G                                             C            G

2.      You say that you haven't known me long.

G                                       C       G

    How much longer will this go on ?

G                                    C          G

    Girl, my patience is wearing thin,

G                                      C        G

    I wanna be more than just a friend.

                 G                      C

    Girl, I need some love desperately,

             G                          C

stop teasing, girl, take care of me !

        G

    I played the tune, you dug the beat,

              G

now come on, girl, be nice to me !

           G                           - F

If you dance to the music,      don't you know,

                        C                     - G

you've got to pay to the piper,        ask your mama !

            G                           - F

If you dance to the music,       don't you know,

                       C                        - G

you've got to pay to the piper !

                G

+  Come on ! Come on, yeah !

                G

    Come on ! Come on, darling !

+  G - C - G (4x)

         G

+  I played the tune, you dug the beat

              G

    Now come on, girl, be nice to me !

           G                           - F

If you dance to the music,      don't you know,

                        C                     - G

you've got to pay to the piper,        ask your mama !

+  repeat last CHORUS (2x) ….

    (Chairmen Of The Board)