Chords for The Ballad of the Devil's Backbone Tavern
Tempo:
93.75 bpm
Chords used:
C
A
D
G
F
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[A] [D] [C]
[A] [D] [G]
[C] [Cm] [E]
[C] Story about a [A] failed trip to Lukenbach.
[C]
The old Miss [A] Virgie tended bar [G] at this shack out [C] in the hills.
It never made [A] her no money, boys, but it [G] paid off all of her bills.
[D] Now she must have been eighty years old, [F] but her heart [D] was warm and her beer was cold.
[G] She gave away more than [A] she [G] ever sold.
She was smiling all the time.
[C] I used to sing [A] off in the corner [G] every Friday night.
There was a loud [A] crowd of [D] cowboys and bikers and ballroom fights.
Now they [C] was drinking beer and carrying on.
[Cm] Not a one of [D] them had listened to one of my songs, but old [A] Miss Virgie sang along.
She said she knew them [C] all by heart.
And then one night, [A] after closing, [G] she poured me a beer.
[B]
[C] She said, [A] come over here and sit down, you [D] little shit.
I got something [G] you need to hear.
[C] She said, life isn't easy getting [F] through it.
Everybody's gonna make things [D] tough on you, but I can tell you right now,
if you dig [C] what you do, they'll never get you down.
She said, life's [Am] too short to worry.
[D] She said, life's [G] too long to wait.
[C]
It's too [A] short not to love [D] everybody, and life is [G] too long to hate.
[C] Hell, I meet a lot of men that haggle, that haggle all [F] the time,
trying to save [F#] a nickel and make a [C] dime.
She said, not [A] me, boy, no, [C] sirree, no, I ain't got the time to be a dim-diddly-doo.
[A] [C]
[A] [D] [G]
[C] [F] [D]
[A] [D] [C]
Now, I [A] ain't seen old Virgie, [D] I guess it's been [C] about ten years.
I've been bumming [A] around this country, [D] singing my songs for [G] tips and beers.
[C] Now the night's long, the driving's [F] tough, the hotels [D] stink, and the pay [C] sucks.
But I can't [A] dig what I do enough, so it never [C] gets me down.
I said, life's too [A] short to worry.
[D] Yeah, life's too [C] long to wait.
Well, it's too short [A] not to love [D] everybody, and life is too [G] long to hate.
[C] I've met a lot of men that haggle, that haggle all the [F] time,
trying to save a [D] nickel and make a dime.
I said, not me, [A] she said, no, sirree, no, I ain't got [C] the time to be a dim-diddly-doo.
[A] [E] [C] [A] [G]
[C] [D]
[C] [Am] [C]
[A] [D] [G]
[C] [Cm] [E]
[C] Story about a [A] failed trip to Lukenbach.
[C]
The old Miss [A] Virgie tended bar [G] at this shack out [C] in the hills.
It never made [A] her no money, boys, but it [G] paid off all of her bills.
[D] Now she must have been eighty years old, [F] but her heart [D] was warm and her beer was cold.
[G] She gave away more than [A] she [G] ever sold.
She was smiling all the time.
[C] I used to sing [A] off in the corner [G] every Friday night.
There was a loud [A] crowd of [D] cowboys and bikers and ballroom fights.
Now they [C] was drinking beer and carrying on.
[Cm] Not a one of [D] them had listened to one of my songs, but old [A] Miss Virgie sang along.
She said she knew them [C] all by heart.
And then one night, [A] after closing, [G] she poured me a beer.
[B]
[C] She said, [A] come over here and sit down, you [D] little shit.
I got something [G] you need to hear.
[C] She said, life isn't easy getting [F] through it.
Everybody's gonna make things [D] tough on you, but I can tell you right now,
if you dig [C] what you do, they'll never get you down.
She said, life's [Am] too short to worry.
[D] She said, life's [G] too long to wait.
[C]
It's too [A] short not to love [D] everybody, and life is [G] too long to hate.
[C] Hell, I meet a lot of men that haggle, that haggle all [F] the time,
trying to save [F#] a nickel and make a [C] dime.
She said, not [A] me, boy, no, [C] sirree, no, I ain't got the time to be a dim-diddly-doo.
[A] [C]
[A] [D] [G]
[C] [F] [D]
[A] [D] [C]
Now, I [A] ain't seen old Virgie, [D] I guess it's been [C] about ten years.
I've been bumming [A] around this country, [D] singing my songs for [G] tips and beers.
[C] Now the night's long, the driving's [F] tough, the hotels [D] stink, and the pay [C] sucks.
But I can't [A] dig what I do enough, so it never [C] gets me down.
I said, life's too [A] short to worry.
[D] Yeah, life's too [C] long to wait.
Well, it's too short [A] not to love [D] everybody, and life is too [G] long to hate.
[C] I've met a lot of men that haggle, that haggle all the [F] time,
trying to save a [D] nickel and make a dime.
I said, not me, [A] she said, no, sirree, no, I ain't got [C] the time to be a dim-diddly-doo.
[A] [E] [C] [A] [G]
[C] [D]
[C] [Am] [C]
Key:
C
A
D
G
F
C
A
D
_ _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [A] _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ [E] _
[C] Story about a [A] failed trip to Lukenbach.
_ _ [C] _
The old Miss [A] Virgie tended bar [G] at this shack out [C] in the hills.
It never made [A] her no money, boys, but it [G] paid off all of her bills.
[D] Now she must have been eighty years old, [F] but her heart [D] was warm and her beer was cold.
[G] She gave away more than [A] she [G] ever sold.
She was smiling all the time.
[C] I used to sing [A] off in the corner [G] every Friday night.
There was a loud [A] crowd of [D] cowboys and bikers and ballroom fights.
Now they [C] was drinking beer and carrying on.
[Cm] Not a one of [D] them had listened to one of my songs, but old [A] Miss Virgie sang along.
She said she knew them [C] all by heart.
And then one night, [A] after closing, [G] she poured me a beer.
[B] _
[C] She said, [A] come over here and sit down, you [D] little shit.
I got something [G] you need to hear.
[C] She said, life isn't easy getting [F] through it.
Everybody's gonna make things [D] tough on you, but I can tell you right now,
if you dig [C] what you do, they'll never get you down.
She said, life's [Am] too short to worry.
[D] She said, life's [G] too long to wait.
[C]
It's too [A] short not to love [D] everybody, and life is [G] too long to hate.
[C] Hell, I meet a lot of men that haggle, that haggle all [F] the time,
trying to save [F#] a nickel and make a [C] dime.
She said, not [A] me, boy, no, [C] sirree, no, I ain't got the time to be a dim-diddly-doo.
[A] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ [C] _
_ Now, I [A] ain't seen old Virgie, [D] I guess it's been [C] about ten years.
I've been bumming [A] around this country, [D] singing my songs for [G] tips and beers.
[C] Now the night's long, the driving's [F] tough, the hotels [D] stink, and the pay [C] sucks.
But I can't [A] dig what I do enough, so it never [C] gets me down.
I said, life's too [A] short to worry.
[D] Yeah, life's too [C] long to wait.
Well, it's too short [A] not to love [D] everybody, and life is too [G] long to hate.
[C] I've met a lot of men that haggle, that haggle all the [F] time,
trying to save a [D] nickel and make a dime.
I said, not me, [A] she said, no, sirree, no, I ain't got [C] the time to be a dim-diddly-doo.
_ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ [C] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ [E] _
[C] Story about a [A] failed trip to Lukenbach.
_ _ [C] _
The old Miss [A] Virgie tended bar [G] at this shack out [C] in the hills.
It never made [A] her no money, boys, but it [G] paid off all of her bills.
[D] Now she must have been eighty years old, [F] but her heart [D] was warm and her beer was cold.
[G] She gave away more than [A] she [G] ever sold.
She was smiling all the time.
[C] I used to sing [A] off in the corner [G] every Friday night.
There was a loud [A] crowd of [D] cowboys and bikers and ballroom fights.
Now they [C] was drinking beer and carrying on.
[Cm] Not a one of [D] them had listened to one of my songs, but old [A] Miss Virgie sang along.
She said she knew them [C] all by heart.
And then one night, [A] after closing, [G] she poured me a beer.
[B] _
[C] She said, [A] come over here and sit down, you [D] little shit.
I got something [G] you need to hear.
[C] She said, life isn't easy getting [F] through it.
Everybody's gonna make things [D] tough on you, but I can tell you right now,
if you dig [C] what you do, they'll never get you down.
She said, life's [Am] too short to worry.
[D] She said, life's [G] too long to wait.
[C]
It's too [A] short not to love [D] everybody, and life is [G] too long to hate.
[C] Hell, I meet a lot of men that haggle, that haggle all [F] the time,
trying to save [F#] a nickel and make a [C] dime.
She said, not [A] me, boy, no, [C] sirree, no, I ain't got the time to be a dim-diddly-doo.
[A] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ [C] _
_ Now, I [A] ain't seen old Virgie, [D] I guess it's been [C] about ten years.
I've been bumming [A] around this country, [D] singing my songs for [G] tips and beers.
[C] Now the night's long, the driving's [F] tough, the hotels [D] stink, and the pay [C] sucks.
But I can't [A] dig what I do enough, so it never [C] gets me down.
I said, life's too [A] short to worry.
[D] Yeah, life's too [C] long to wait.
Well, it's too short [A] not to love [D] everybody, and life is too [G] long to hate.
[C] I've met a lot of men that haggle, that haggle all the [F] time,
trying to save a [D] nickel and make a dime.
I said, not me, [A] she said, no, sirree, no, I ain't got [C] the time to be a dim-diddly-doo.
_ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ [C] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _