Price To Pay Chords

KeyA CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays364

Price To Pay by Lucinda Williams is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A, E, Asus, A7 and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			(INTRO) 
A - E - A - Asus A 
 
 
(V1)         A               A 
it weighs a lot, it costs a lot 
          A7                D 
and it?s worth a whole lot more 
              A                             E 
but it?s not something you could afford anyway 
                 A               A 
cuz you weren?t careful with my love 
              A7         D          A 
you lost the key to the door of my heart 
                E                A 
now there?s a price you have to pay 
 
 
 
(V2)           A               A 
you can shop around and look around 
            A7     D 
but you?ll never find 
         A              A            E 
another one quite like this one anyplace 
       A                     A 
and believe me, it won?t be easy 
      A7           D                  A 
to repair it this time   cuz it?s my heart 
                E                A 
and there?s a price you have to pay 

         E                    E                A 
it?s my heart and there?s a price you have to pay 
  D         A 
enough is enough 
 D              A             A 
you played too rough with my heart 
                E                A 
now there?s a price you have to pay 
 
 
(SOLO) 
D A D A D A A E E A D A 
 
 
(V3)         A                 A 
well, it?s broken and there?s nothin? 
     A7        D 
that I can do now 
       A                   A           E 
I can fix it but it won?t ever be the same 
       A               A 
I can pick up all the pieces 
           A7       D               A 
and start over somehow but it?s my heart 
                E                A 
and there?s a price you have to pay 
 
 
 
(CHORUS) (then repeat last three lines of chorus)  
    	

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100 BPM Andante