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ROLLING STONES LYRICS

PAY YOUR DUES

The following song was originally recorded with the music that would later be used for "Street Fighting Man", after "Pay Your Dues" was totally rewritten. Only difference in the music is that the violin was dropped from "Street Fighting Man".
Vocals: Mick Jagger Acoustic Guitars: Keith Richards Sitar & Tamboura: Brian Jones Electric Violin: Rick Grech Bass:Keith Richards(?) or Bill Wyman (?) Drums: Charlie Watts Piano: Nicky Hopkins Shehani: Dave Mason Backing Vocals: Mick Jagger, Roger Chapman, Jim King

Pay Your Dues (aka Did Everybody Pay Their Dues?)
(Jagger/Richards)

Chief to scorn his friends make love to his re-la-tions
He beats his wife and made her life a to-tal wet va-ca-tion

Now did everybody pay their dues?
Now did end up with tribal blues?
All the braves and squaws and the maids and the whores
Did, everybody pay their dues?

He's a tribal chief his name is called dis-order
His flesh and blood he tears it up when acting right is nor-mal

Now did everybody pay their dues?
Now did any of them try to refuse?
All the braves and squaws and the maids and the whores
Did, everybody pay their dues?

See all the children know he's lying,
What's all the fuss, to be grown up is to be good at ly-ing

Now did everybody pay their dues?
Now did any of them try to refuse?
All the braves and squaws and the maids and the whores
Did, everybody pay their dues?

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