{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1715193,"song":"Before The Devil Knows Were Dead","artist":"Turnpike Troubadours","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11362211-before-the-devil-knows-were-dead-chords-by-turnpike-troubadours/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1715193?type=chord","rating":4.75699,"votes":163,"content":"the intro is just hammer ons with the Am.\r\nwhen you go into the verse use alternate bases with the Am with a hammer on on the D string.\r\n\r\n[tab][Intro]\r\ne|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|\r\nB|------------------------------1--------1---------1---------------------------|\r\nG|-0h2-0h2--2---2--0h2-0h2--2----------2---2-----2---2-----2-----2-----2-----2-|\r\nD|-----2------2---------------2----0h2-------0h2-------0h2---0h2---0h2---0h2---|\r\nA|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|\r\nE|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWell he was pushing 80, but he acted 22[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHe could laugh and drink just like his grandchildren would do[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThere was square hay on the meadow, second cutting of the year[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWell his summer work was over once they got the pasture cleared[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThey were drinkin on the big bluff across the river from the field[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWell he walked up to the edge and threw a stone in and he kneeled[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd he looked down at the water, he said boys im going in[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThey were cheering when he jumped but he did not come up again[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWell raise another round boys and have another glass[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nBe thankful for today knowing it will never last[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nStill lets leave the world laughing when our eulogies are read[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nMay we all get to heaven 'fore the devil knows we're dead[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nMay we all get to heaven 'fore the devil knows we're dead[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]             [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWell it was 20 after midnight, they were going 85[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nShe was barely out of high school wanting bad to feel alive[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nJust a two lane piece of blacktop, a snakey stretch of road[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWell the wind blew through the wing vents, it was clear and fresh and cold[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWell the driver killed the headlights and he put the throttle down[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWhen they hit the railroad crossing they were five feet off the ground[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nJust a-screaming through the midnight 'til they came down again[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWell the front tire hit a bar ditch, they went end over end[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWell raise another round boys and have another glass[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nBe thankful for today knowing it will never last[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nStill lets leave the world laughing when our eulogies are read[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nMay we all get to heaven 'fore the devil knows we're dead[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nMay we all get to heaven 'fore the devil knows we're dead[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWell i'm twenty eight years old now, I was born in '84[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd i've been free as I can be and I won't ask for anymore[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nSo let the fiddle play a hoe down after I've drawn my last breath[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWell tell everyone I know that I loved them all to death[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWell raise another round boys and have another glass[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nBe thankful for today knowing it will never last[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nStill lets leave the world laughing when our eulogies are read[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nMay we all get to heaven 'fore the devil knows we're dead[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nMay we all get to heaven 'fore the devil knows we're dead[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nMay we all get to heaven 'fore the devil knows we're dead[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nMay we all get to heaven 'fore the devil knows we're dead[/tab]","plain_text":"the intro is just hammer ons with the Am.\nwhen you go into the verse use alternate bases with the Am with a hammer on on the D string.\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]","chords":["Am","D","B","G","A","E","C","F","E7"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"E7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,0,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,0,1,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}