Before The Devil Knows We're Dead chords by
Turnpike Troubadours 
Key: A minor•
Intro 1
Am
F
C
Am
F
C
Am
Verse 1
Am
Well he was
pushing 80, but he acted 22
F
C
G
He could laugh and drink just like
Am
his grandchildren would do
There was square hay on the meadow,
second cutting of the year
F
C
G
Well his sum mer work was over once
Am
they got the pasture cleared
They were drinking on the big bluff
across the river from the field
F
C
Well, he walked up to the edge and
G
Am
threw a stone in and he kneeled
And he looked down at the water,
G
Am
he said boys I'm go ing in
F
C
They were cheer ing when he jumped
G
Am
but he did not come up again
F
C
Well raise an other
Verse 2
G
round boys
Am
and have another glass
F
C
Be thankful for today knowing
G
Em
it will never last
F
C
Still lets leave the world laugh ing
G
Am
when our eu logies are read
F
C
May we all get to heav en 'fore
G
Am
the dev il knows we're dead
F
C
G
May we all get to heav en 'fore the devil
Am
knows we're dead
Interlude 1
Am
F
C
Am
F
C
G
Am
Verse 3
Am
Well it was 20 after midnight,
they were going 85
F
C
She was barely out of high school
G
Am
wanting bad to feel alive
Just a two lane piece of
blacktop, a snakey stretch of road
F
C
Well the wind blew through the wing vents,
G
Am
it was clear and fresh and cold
Well the driver killed the headlights
and he put the throttle down
F
C
When they hit the railroad crossing
G
Am
they were five feet off the ground
Just a- screaming through the midnight,
'til they came down again
F
C
Well the front tire hit a bar ditch,
G
Am
they went end over end
F
C
Well raise an other
Verse 4
G
round boys
Am
and have another glass
F
C
Be thankful for today
G
Em
knowing it will never last
F
C
Still lets leave the world laugh ing
G
when our eulogies are read
Am
F
C
May we all get to heaven 'fore
G
Am
the dev il knows we're dead
F
C
G
May we all get to heav en 'fore the devil knows
Am
we're dead
Interlude 2
Dm
F
C
G
Dm
F
Em
Am
Verse 5
Am
Well I'm twenty eight years old now,
I was born in '84
G
And I've been free as I can be
and I won't ask for anymore
Am
So let the fiddle play a hoedown after
I've drawn my last breath
F
C
G
Well, tell everyone I know that I
Am
loved them all to death
Verse 6
Am
F
C
Well raise an other round boys and
G
Am
have another glass
F
C
Be thankful for today know
G
ing it will never last
Em
F
C
Still lets leave the world laughing
G
Am
when our eulogies are read
F
C
May we all get to heaven 'fore
G
Am
the devil knows we're dead
F
C
May we all get to heav en 'fore
G
Am
the devil knows we're dead
Verse 7
F
C
May we all get to heav en 'fore
G
Am
the devil knows we're dead
F
C
May we all get to heaven 'fore
G
the devil knows we're dead
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