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Before The Devil Knows Were Dead by Turnpike Troubadours
Before The Devil Knows Were Dead
the intro is just hammer ons with the Am.
when you go into the verse use alternate bases with the Am with a hammer on on the D string.
INTRO
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G|-0h2-0h2--2---2--0h2-0h2--2----------2---2-----2---2-----2-----2-----2-----2|
D|-----2------2---------------2----0h2-------0h2-------0h2---0h2---0h2---0h2-|
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VERSE
C G Am C G Am
Well he was pushing 80, but he acted 22
F C G Am
He could laugh and drink just like his grandchildren would do
C G Am C G Am
There was square hay on the meadow, second cutting of the year
F C G Am
Well his summer work was over once they got the pasture cleared
C G Am C G Am
They were drinkin on the big bluff across the river from the field
F C G Am
Well he walked up to the edge and threw a stone in and he kneeled
C G Am C G Am
And he looked down at the water, he said boys im going in
F C G Am
They were cheering when he jumped but he did not come up again
CHORUS
F C G Am
Well raise another round boys and have another glass
F C G Am
Be thankful for today knowing it will never last
F C G Am
Still lets leave the world laughing when our eulogies are read
F C G Am
May we all get to heaven 'fore the devil knows we're dead
F C G Am
May we all get to heaven 'fore the devil knows we're dead
VERSE
C G Am C G Am
Well it was 20 after midnight, they were going 85
F C G Am
She was barely out of high school wanting bad to feel alive
C G Am C G Am
Just a two lane piece of blacktop, a snakey stretch of road
F C G Am
Well the wind blew through the wing vents, it was clear and fresh and cold
C G Am C G Am
Well the driver killed the headlights and he put the throttle down
F C G Am
When they hit the railroad crossing they were five feet off the ground
C G Am C G Am
Just a-screaming through the midnight 'til they came down again
F C G Am
Well the front tire hit a bar ditch, they went end over end
CHORUS
F C G Am
Well raise another round boys and have another glass
F C G Am
Be thankful for today knowing it will never last
F C G Am
Still lets leave the world laughing when our eulogies are read
F C G Am
May we all get to heaven 'fore the devil knows we're dead
F C G Am
May we all get to heaven 'fore the devil knows we're dead
VERSE
C G Am C G Am
Well i'm twenty eight years old now, I was born in '84
F C G Am
And i've been free as I can be and I won't ask for anymore
C G Am C G Am
So let the fiddle play a hoe down after I've drawn my last breath
F C G Am
Well tell everyone I know that I loved them all to death
CHORUS
F C G Am
Well raise another round boys and have another glass
F C G Am
Be thankful for today knowing it will never last
F C G Am
Still lets leave the world laughing when our eulogies are read
F C G Am
May we all get to heaven 'fore the devil knows we're dead
F C G Am
May we all get to heaven 'fore the devil knows we're dead
F C G Am
May we all get to heaven 'fore the devil knows we're dead
F C G Am
May we all get to heaven 'fore the devil knows we're dead
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