Ernest Tubb – Its Time To Pay The Fiddler (Guitar)

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Track 5 of 10 on the album "Ernest Tubb" (1975) [Intro] D7 G [Verse 1]
           G                                                  G7             C
Well, it's time to pay the fiddler and it's sad to know we've danced it all away

         D7                                                                     G
But the warm night's disappearing, leaving nothing but the cold, hard light of day

                                                           G7             C
And it's time to start erasing all the rainbows we've been chasing in our minds

        D7                                                      G
We know there's no way of making other ties on us unravel and unwind
[Chorus]
          G                                               G7                  C
Yes, it's time to pay the fiddler and today's the day the first installment's due

        D7                                                               G
For the rest of all my days, I'll wonder why the maker mismatched me and you

            G
But there's so much to consider, like my wife and little children

                     G7                 C
Who need and want my love just like you do

          D7
Now, it's time to pay the fiddler, but before we pay the fiddler

                                            G
Let's ask him to please play one last final tune
[Verse 2]
           G                                            G7                 C
Well, it's time to pay the fiddler and the naked sorrow dripping from your eyes

    D7                                                                         G
Unrestrained and unashamed, we've loved each other, now, we've got to leave it lie

                                                           G7            C
But I can feel my hand a-trembling as I search to find the handle on the door

         D7                                                                   G
So let's let the fiddler pull his magic bow across our heartstrings just once more
[Chorus]
          G                                               G7                  C
Yes, it's time to pay the fiddler and today's the day the first installment's due

        D7                                                               G
For the rest of all my days, I'll wonder why the maker mismatched me and you

            G
But there's so much to consider, like my wife and little children

                     G7                 C
Who need and want my love just like you do

          D7
Now, it's time to pay the fiddler, but before we pay the fiddler

                                            G
Let's ask him to please play one last final tune