The Big Payback Chords by Bruce Springsteen

[Verse]

A                      
I bought a scooter and 
  D        A
I rented a shack
                
Out in the sun, 
         E       A
by the railroad track
A              
I got a job and 
         D         A
I'm a-breakin' my back
                     
Workin' and workin' 
        E    A
for the big payback
 
A                        D        A
I keep a puttin' and a puttin' out
                           E    A
I keep a sweatin' like all get out
A                   
I work so long that 
     D        A
I'm a losin' track
                           E    A
Waitin', waitin' on the big payback
 
[Chorus]

D
Well, it's a wham, bam,

 thank you ma'am

God dang, look out Sam
A
I took on that train 

rumblin' down this track

They got your neck

 in the noose

You're draggin' long in back
                   
Chasin' and chasin' 
    E   A
the big payback
 
[Verse]

A                            
Oh what my foreman does well 
D        A
I don't know
                                
He just throws me a shovel and 
       E        A
yells go, Bobby, go
A                      
Oh well a all day long 
  D        A
He's just a diddy wack wack
                                
While I'm sweatin' and sweatin' 
   E    A
The big payback
 
[Chorus]

             D
Well, it's a wham, bam, 

thank you ma'am
God dang, look out Sam
       A.              
It's a gone dead train 
         E       A
rumblin' down this track
A
They got your 

neck in the noose

You're hands are 

tied up in back
                            E   A
Workin' and workin' for the big payback
 
[Verse]

A                        D  
I quit that job, and Mister    
      A
I ain't goin' back
                   
Got me a knife and 
        E        A
she's a long and black
A                        
I'll tell you how I make 
D        A
my peace at night Mac
                         E   A
Down in the alley of the big payback
 
[Chorus]

        D
I go a wham, bam, 

thank you ma'am

God dang, c'mon man
A                      
You're a gone dead train  
          E
rumblin' down this track
A
I got your neck in the noose

And I don't give a dang, Jack
                              
I'm on that long lost highway
         E   A
 of the big payback

I'm on that long lost highway 

of the big payback

I'm on that long lost highway 

of the big payback

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ℹ️ About This Song

The track was from the album The Essential Bruce Springsteen.

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Chords Info

• Tuning: Standard(E A D G B E)
• Key: A
• Chords: A, E, D
• BPM: 156
• Suggested Strumming:
• D= Down Stroke, U = Upstroke, N.C= No Chord

Guitar Chords	Ukulele Chords
A – x02220 E – 022100 D – xx0232	A – 2100 E – 1402 D – 2220

Track Info

• Song: The Big Payback
• Artist: Bruce Springsteen
• Album: The Essential Bruce Springsteen
• Released Date: 22 November 1982