Chords for Drive-By Truckers - Where The Devil Don't Stay
Tempo:
85.4 bpm
Chords used:
G
Dm
F
D
C
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Dm]
[D]
My daddy played poker in the woods they say, [F] back in his younger day.
[G] Prohibition was the talk but the rich folks [D] walked to the woods where my daddy [C] stayed.
[D] Jugs and jars and shiners, these [F] old boys here they ain't minors.
[G] They came from the 29ers that [D] didn't take a hole in the ground to put the bottom of their face.
Back [Dm]
[G]
[Dm]
[D]
in the 30s when the dust bowls were out [F] in the woods of Alabama didn't sing on light.
[G] My daddy played poker by a hardwood fire, [D] squeezing all his luck [Dm] from a hot copper wire.
Scrap like a wildcat fires to the end, [F] grab a wildcat and take his skin.
[G] Deal from the bottom, put the ace in the hole, [Dm] more hand on the chip but you never do [C] know.
[G] [C] [Bb] [Dm]
[F] [C] Sun come running, [G] you better come quick.
[Bb] This rocket [F] moonshot is making me sick.
[C] Your mama called the law and [G] they're gonna take me away.
[Bb] Down so far [F] even the devil won't stay.
[D] Where I called to the Lord with all of my [F] soul, I could hear him rattling the chains on the [G] door.
He couldn't get in, I could see he [Dm] tried through the shadows of the cage around the 41 light.
[C] Daddy tell me another story.
[G] Tell me about the lows and the [Bb] highs.
Tell me how to feel the difference we [F] feel when they tell me the truth or a lie.
[C] Tell me why the ones you have so [G] much make the ones you don't go back.
[Dm] With the [Bb] same skin stretched over their white [F] bones, with the same jug in their hand.
[Dm] My daddy played poker on the stump in the woods, [F] back when the world was gray.
[G] Before black and white wouldn't chose up [D] sides and gave a little bit of both away.
[Dm] The only blood that's any cleaner is the blood that's blue or greener.
Without either you just get [G] meaner and the [Dm] blood you gave gives you away.
[C]
[G] [Bb]
[F] [C] Sun come running, [G] you better come quick.
[A] [Bb] This rocket [F] moonshine is making me sick.
[C] Your mama called the Lord [G] and they're gonna take me [C] away.
[Bb] Damn so far [F] even the devil won't stay.
Where I [D] called to the Lord with all of my [F] soul, I could hear him rattling the chains on [G] the door.
He couldn't get in, I could see he [Dm] tried through the shadows of the cage around the 41 light.
[G]
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[D]
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[F] [G]
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[G]
[D] [Dm]
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[D]
[D]
My daddy played poker in the woods they say, [F] back in his younger day.
[G] Prohibition was the talk but the rich folks [D] walked to the woods where my daddy [C] stayed.
[D] Jugs and jars and shiners, these [F] old boys here they ain't minors.
[G] They came from the 29ers that [D] didn't take a hole in the ground to put the bottom of their face.
Back [Dm]
[G]
[Dm]
[D]
in the 30s when the dust bowls were out [F] in the woods of Alabama didn't sing on light.
[G] My daddy played poker by a hardwood fire, [D] squeezing all his luck [Dm] from a hot copper wire.
Scrap like a wildcat fires to the end, [F] grab a wildcat and take his skin.
[G] Deal from the bottom, put the ace in the hole, [Dm] more hand on the chip but you never do [C] know.
[G] [C] [Bb] [Dm]
[F] [C] Sun come running, [G] you better come quick.
[Bb] This rocket [F] moonshot is making me sick.
[C] Your mama called the law and [G] they're gonna take me away.
[Bb] Down so far [F] even the devil won't stay.
[D] Where I called to the Lord with all of my [F] soul, I could hear him rattling the chains on the [G] door.
He couldn't get in, I could see he [Dm] tried through the shadows of the cage around the 41 light.
[C] Daddy tell me another story.
[G] Tell me about the lows and the [Bb] highs.
Tell me how to feel the difference we [F] feel when they tell me the truth or a lie.
[C] Tell me why the ones you have so [G] much make the ones you don't go back.
[Dm] With the [Bb] same skin stretched over their white [F] bones, with the same jug in their hand.
[Dm] My daddy played poker on the stump in the woods, [F] back when the world was gray.
[G] Before black and white wouldn't chose up [D] sides and gave a little bit of both away.
[Dm] The only blood that's any cleaner is the blood that's blue or greener.
Without either you just get [G] meaner and the [Dm] blood you gave gives you away.
[C]
[G] [Bb]
[F] [C] Sun come running, [G] you better come quick.
[A] [Bb] This rocket [F] moonshine is making me sick.
[C] Your mama called the Lord [G] and they're gonna take me [C] away.
[Bb] Damn so far [F] even the devil won't stay.
Where I [D] called to the Lord with all of my [F] soul, I could hear him rattling the chains on [G] the door.
He couldn't get in, I could see he [Dm] tried through the shadows of the cage around the 41 light.
[G]
[Dm]
[D]
[Dm]
[F] [G]
[Dm]
[F] [G]
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[G]
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Key:
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_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ My daddy played poker in the woods they say, [F] back in his younger day.
_ [G] Prohibition was the talk but the rich folks [D] walked to the woods where my daddy [C] stayed.
[D] Jugs and jars and shiners, these [F] old boys here they ain't minors.
[G] They came from the 29ers that [D] didn't take a hole in the ground to put the bottom of their face.
Back [Dm] _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ in the 30s when the dust bowls were out [F] in the woods of Alabama didn't sing on light.
[G] My daddy played poker by a hardwood fire, [D] squeezing all his luck [Dm] from a hot copper wire.
Scrap like a wildcat fires to the end, [F] grab a wildcat and take his skin.
[G] Deal from the bottom, put the ace in the hole, [Dm] more hand on the chip but you never do [C] know. _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ [Bb] _ _ [Dm] _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [C] Sun come running, [G] you better come quick.
[Bb] This rocket [F] moonshot is making me sick.
[C] Your mama called the law and [G] they're gonna take me away.
[Bb] _ Down so far [F] even the devil won't stay.
[D] Where I called to the Lord with all of my [F] soul, I could hear him rattling the chains on the [G] door.
He couldn't get in, I could see he [Dm] tried through the shadows of the cage around the 41 light. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] Daddy tell me another story.
[G] Tell me about the lows and the [Bb] highs.
Tell me how to feel the difference we [F] feel when they tell me the truth or a lie.
[C] Tell me why the ones you have so [G] much make the ones you don't go back.
[Dm] With the [Bb] same skin stretched over their white [F] bones, with the same jug in their hand.
[Dm] My daddy played poker on the stump in the woods, [F] back when the world was gray.
[G] Before black and white wouldn't chose up [D] sides and gave a little bit of both away.
[Dm] The only blood that's any cleaner is the blood that's blue or greener.
Without either you just get [G] meaner and the [Dm] blood you gave gives you away.
[C] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [C] _ Sun come running, [G] you better come quick.
[A] [Bb] This rocket [F] moonshine is making me sick.
[C] Your mama called the Lord [G] and they're gonna take me [C] away.
[Bb] Damn so far [F] even the devil won't stay.
Where I [D] called to the Lord with all of my [F] soul, I could hear him rattling the chains on [G] the door.
He couldn't get in, I could see he [Dm] tried through the shadows of the cage around the 41 light. _
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_ _ My daddy played poker in the woods they say, [F] back in his younger day.
_ [G] Prohibition was the talk but the rich folks [D] walked to the woods where my daddy [C] stayed.
[D] Jugs and jars and shiners, these [F] old boys here they ain't minors.
[G] They came from the 29ers that [D] didn't take a hole in the ground to put the bottom of their face.
Back [Dm] _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ in the 30s when the dust bowls were out [F] in the woods of Alabama didn't sing on light.
[G] My daddy played poker by a hardwood fire, [D] squeezing all his luck [Dm] from a hot copper wire.
Scrap like a wildcat fires to the end, [F] grab a wildcat and take his skin.
[G] Deal from the bottom, put the ace in the hole, [Dm] more hand on the chip but you never do [C] know. _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ [Bb] _ _ [Dm] _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [C] Sun come running, [G] you better come quick.
[Bb] This rocket [F] moonshot is making me sick.
[C] Your mama called the law and [G] they're gonna take me away.
[Bb] _ Down so far [F] even the devil won't stay.
[D] Where I called to the Lord with all of my [F] soul, I could hear him rattling the chains on the [G] door.
He couldn't get in, I could see he [Dm] tried through the shadows of the cage around the 41 light. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] Daddy tell me another story.
[G] Tell me about the lows and the [Bb] highs.
Tell me how to feel the difference we [F] feel when they tell me the truth or a lie.
[C] Tell me why the ones you have so [G] much make the ones you don't go back.
[Dm] With the [Bb] same skin stretched over their white [F] bones, with the same jug in their hand.
[Dm] My daddy played poker on the stump in the woods, [F] back when the world was gray.
[G] Before black and white wouldn't chose up [D] sides and gave a little bit of both away.
[Dm] The only blood that's any cleaner is the blood that's blue or greener.
Without either you just get [G] meaner and the [Dm] blood you gave gives you away.
[C] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [C] _ Sun come running, [G] you better come quick.
[A] [Bb] This rocket [F] moonshine is making me sick.
[C] Your mama called the Lord [G] and they're gonna take me [C] away.
[Bb] Damn so far [F] even the devil won't stay.
Where I [D] called to the Lord with all of my [F] soul, I could hear him rattling the chains on [G] the door.
He couldn't get in, I could see he [Dm] tried through the shadows of the cage around the 41 light. _
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