Devil's Backbone chords by The Civil Wars
Verse 1
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Oh Lord, Oh Lord, what have I done?
I've fallen in love with a man on the run
Oh Lord, Oh Lord, I'm begging you please
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Don't take that sinner from me
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Oh don't take that sinner from me
Verse 2
Am
Oh Lord, Oh Lord, what do I do?
I've fallen for someone who's nothing like you
He's raised on the edge
of the devil's backbone
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Am
Oh I just wanna take him home
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Oh I just wanna take him home
Interlude 1
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C
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Verse 3
Am
Oh Lord, Oh Lord, he's somewhere between
A hangman's knot, and three mouths to feed
There wasn't a wrong or a right
he could choose
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Am
He did what he had to do
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Oh he did what he had to do
Interlude 2
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Verse 4
Am
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Give me the burden, give me the blame
C
I'll shoulder the load,
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and I'll swallow the shame
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Bm
Give me the burden, give me the blame
C
Bm
How many, how many Hail Marys is it gonna
Interlude 3
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(take?)
Outro 1
Don't care if he's guilty, don't care if he's not
He's good and he's bad
and he's all that I've got
Oh Lord, Oh Lord, I'm begging you please
Don't take that sinner from me
Oh don't take that sinner from me
Devil's Backbone
The Civil Wars
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