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The Devil Never Sleeps by Iron And Wine

 



          The Devil Never Sleeps 
             








DROP D TUNING, CAPO THIRD FRET

Intro/Verses:

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--2-2--4-4-5-5-4-4-4---------------------------|
--2-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2---------------------------|

repeat as necessary

Chorus:

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--0----------------------------7(h9)--------------------2-2--4-4-5-5-4-4-4-4-------|
--0----------------------------7------------------------2-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-------|
No one on the corner had a    quarter for the telephone
Everybody bitchin' there's nothing on the radio

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Dreamin’ again of a train track ending at the edge of the sea
Big black cloud was low and rolling our way
Dog at the barbed wire barkin’ at my buzz-cut friends
Friend with a switch blade shinin’ in the summer rain
No one on the corner had a quarter for the telephone
Everybody bitchin’ there’s nothing on the radio

Dreamin’ again of a city full of fathers and their white clothes
Chatterin’ boys and a chicken at the choppin’ block
All of us lost at the crosswalk waitin’ for the other to go
Didn’t find the field but boy you’re really waterlogged
Someone bet a dollar that their daddy wasn’t comin’ home
Everybody bitchin’ there’s nothing on the radio

Dreamin’ again that it’s freezin’ and my mother’s in a flower bed
Long dead rows of daffodils and marigolds
Changin’ her face like a shadow on the ground
This is what she said
No one lives forever and the devil never sleeps alone
Everybody bitchin’ there’s nothing on the radio









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version 2







Performance Notes: Drop D Tuning (DADGBe)
Capo: 4th Fret.





Line A: This is the intro and verse riff. The 3rd and 4th bars are actually just a 
of the first two,
        but I have chosen to include them as one line because this is exactly half the 
of each of the
                        lines in the verses.

        Play twice for intro, then play twice for each of the first four lines of the verses.

"Dreamin' again..."
|-----------------0--------|-----------------0--------|-----------------0--------|
|-----1--------------3-----|-----1--------------3-----|-----1--------------3-----|
|--------2--------------2--|--------2--------------2--|--------2--------------2--|
|-----------0--------------|-----------0--------------|-----------0--------------|
|--------------0-----------|--------------0-----------|--------------0-----------|
|--0-----------------------|--0-----------------------|--0-----------------------|

-----------------0--------|
-----1--------------3-----|
--------2--------------2--|
-----------0--------------|
--------------0-----------|
--0-----------------------|


Line B: Play once at the beginning of the 5th and 6th lines of the versus, followed by 
A twice.

"No one on the corner..."
|-----------------0--------|-----------------0--------|
|-----1--------------3-----|-----1--------------3-----|
|--------2--------------2--|--------2--------------2--|
|-----------0--0-----------|-----------0--0-----------|
|--3-----------------------|--2-----------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|







Lyrics


Bracketed lyrics are backing vocals on the main album. They are NOT present in this version
of the song, but I
have included them here for convenience.

Verse 1:

Dreaming again of a train track ending at the edge of the sea
(Big black cloud was low and rolling our way)
Dog at the barbed wire barking at my buzzcut friends and me
(Sound of a switchblade shining in the summer rain)
No one on the corner had a quarter for the telephone
Everybody bitching, "There's nothing on the radio"

Verse 2:

Dreaming again of a city full of fathers in their army clothes
(Chattering boys and a chicken at the chopping block)
All of us lost at the crosswalk waiting for the other to go
(Didn't find a friend but, boy, I really bought a lot)
Someone bet a dollar that my daddy wasn't coming home
Everybody bitching, "There's nothing on the radio"

Verse 3:

Dreaming again that its freezing and my mother's in her flowerbed
(Long dead rows of daffodils and marigolds)
Changing her face like a shadow on the gravel, this is what she said,
(Blood on my chin, still chewing on a red rose)
"No one lives forever and the devil never sleeps alone"
Everybody bitching, "There's nothing on the radio"








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