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Devil Rides Backwards

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[Intro]
G- Am(4x)
[Verse]
G- Am(repeat)
Woah
Ahh-la-la-la-la-la
Ahh-la-la-la-la-la
[Chorus]
CThe devil rides backwards on a Dmule named Maybe
AmDown the road of indeciDsion
EmA table was an Cisland, the Gwaitress Dsaid
EmIn a Csea of devoDtion
EmDevil rides Cbackwards on a Gmule named DMaybe
C  G- Am(repeat)
Down the road with m
[Verse]
G- Am(repeat)
Ahh-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
Ahh-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
Ahh-la-la-la-la-la-la-la...la-la
Ahh-la-la-la-la-la
[Chorus]
CDevil rides backwards on a Dmule named Maybe
AmDown the road of indeciDsion
EmA table was an Cisland, the Gwaitress Dsaid
EmIn a Csea of devoDtion
EmDevil rides Cbackwards on a Gmule named DMaybe
CDown the road with me
[Bridge]
EmOoohhhAm  
EmOoohhhAm  
EmOoohhhAm  D  C  
[Verse]
G- Am(repeat)
Ahh-la-la-la-la-la-la
Ahh-la-la-la-la-la-la-la...la-la
Ahh-la-la-la-la-la
Ahh-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
[Chorus]
CThe devil rides backwards oDn a mule named Maybe
AmDown the road of indeciDsion
EmA table was an Cisland, the Gwaitress Dsaid
EmIn a Csea of devoDtion
EmDevil rides Cbackwards on a Gmule named DMaybe
CDown the road with me
EmDevil rides Cbackwards on a Gmule named DMaybe
EmDown the road of CindecisDion
EmThe devil rides Cbackwards on a Gmule named DMaybe
CDown the road with me
[Outro]
G- Am(repeat, end with G)
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