#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# # Date: Tue, 16 Dec 1997 04:58:42 +0000 (GMT) From: rickl1@IX.netcom.com (Rick L) Subject: CRD: The Price You Pay Emmylou Harris Chords/Lyrics Emmylou Harris The Price You Pay written by Bruce Springsteen Frank Reckard lead guitar Steve Fishell steel guitar Don Johnson piano Mike Bowden bass John Ware drums Barry Tashian guitar/harmony C# (x43121@1) F#You (244322@1)make up your mind you choose the chance you take C# (x43121@1) G#You (xx1114@1)ride to where the highway ends and the desert breaks C# (x43121@1) F#Out (244322@1)on to an open road you ride until the day C# (x43121@1) G# (xx1114@1) C#You (x43121@1)learn to sleep at night with the price you pay Now with their hands held high, F#they (244322@1)reached out for the open skies C#And (x43121@1)then with their last breath they built the roads G#They (xx1114@1)would ride to their deaths C# (x43121@1) F#Driving (244322@1)on through the night, unable to break away C# (x43121@1) G# (xx1114@1) F#>From (244322@1)the restless pull of the price you pay C# (x43121@1) F#Oh, (244322@1)the price you pay, oh, the price you pay C# (x43121@1) G# (xx1114@1) C# (x43121@1) F#Now (244322@1)you can't walk away from the price you pay C# (x43121@1) F#Now (244322@1)they'd come so far and they'd waited so long C# (x43121@1) G#Just (xx1114@1)to end up caught in a dream where everything goes wrong C# (x43121@1) F#Where (244322@1)the dark of night holds back the light of the day C# (x43121@1) G# (xx1114@1) F#And (244322@1)you've gotta stand and fight for the price you pay C# (x43121@1) F#Oh, (244322@1)the price you pay, oh, the price you pay C# (x43121@1) G# (xx1114@1) C# (x43121@1) F#Now (244322@1)you can't walk away from the price you pay SOLO C#Little (x43121@1)girl down on the strand F#With (244322@1)that pretty little baby in your hands C# (x43121@1) G#Do (xx1114@1)you remember the story of the promised land C#How (x43121@1)he crossed the desert sands F#And (244322@1)could not enter the chosen land C#On (x43121@1)the banks of the river he stayed G# (xx1114@1) C#To (x43121@1)face the price you pay F#So (244322@1)let the games start, you better run you little wild heart C# (x43121@1) G#You (xx1114@1)can run through all the nights and all the days C#But (x43121@1)just across the county line, F#A (244322@1)stranger passing through put up a sign C# (x43121@1) G# (xx1114@1) F#That (244322@1)counts so many fallen away to the price you pay, C# (x43121@1) F#Oh, (244322@1)the price you pay, oh, the price you pay C# (x43121@1) G# (xx1114@1) F#Now (244322@1)you can't walk away from the price you pay C# (x43121@1) F#Oh, (244322@1)the price you pay, oh, the price you pay C# (x43121@1) G# (xx1114@1) F# (244322@1) C# (x43121@1) F# (244322@1) C#Now (x43121@1)you can't walk away from the price you pay From Emmylou Harris "Cimarron" Warner Brothers Records 1981 Copyright Bruce Springsteen Music(ASCAP)
