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Devil's Backbone easy guitar chords by
The Civil Wars
The Civil Wars

2013Rock
Verse 1
Am

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
Dm
E
Am

Don't take that sinner from me
Dm
E
Am

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
D
E
Am

Oh I just wanna take him home
D
E
Am

Oh I just wanna take him home
Interlude 1
Am
Bm
C
Bm

Am
Bm
C
Bm

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
Dm
E
Am

He did what he had to do
Dm
E
Am

Oh he did what he had to do
Interlude 2
Am
Bm
C
Bm

Am
Bm
C
Bm

Verse 4
Am
Bm

Give me the burden, give me the blame
C

I'll shoulder the load,
Bm

and I'll swallow the shame
Am
Bm

Give me the burden, give me the blame
C
Bm

How many, how many Hail Marys is it gonna
Interlude 3
Am
Bm
Am
Bm

(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

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  • D

  • Bm

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  • C

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