Devil's Backbone original guitar chords by
The Civil Wars 
Key: A minor
Verse 1
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
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
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
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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