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Where The Devil Wont Stay

Drive-By Truckers
Version1
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
  =  flat
  Verse 1
  My  daddy played poker in the woods they say, back  in his younger days
  Prohibition  was the talk but the rich folks walked to the woods  where my daddy stayed
  Jugs  and jars from shiners, these old boys  here they aint biners
  Came  from the 29er's, it didn't take a hole  in the ground to put the bottum in their face
  Verse 2
  Back in the 30's when the dust bowl dried and the woods of Alabama didn't see no light
  My daddy played poker by a hardwood fire, squeezing all his luck from a hot copper wire
  Scrap like a wildcat, fights till the end. Trap a wildcat and take its skin
  Deal from the bottom, put the ace in the hole
  One hand on the jug, but you never do know
  Chorus 1
  Son  come running
  Better  come quick
  This  rotgut moonshine is making  me sick
  Your  momma called the law and they're gonna  take me away
  Down  so far even the devil  wont stay
  Where  I called to the Lord with all my soul
  I could hear  him rattling the chain on the door
  He couldn't  get in, I could see he tried
  Through the shadows  of the cage around the 40 watt light
  Instrumetal
  Chorus 2
  Daddy  tell me another story
  Tell  me about the low's and the high's
  Tell  me how to tell the difference between what they tell  me is the truth or a lie
  Tell  me why the ones who have so much make the ones  who don't go mad
  with the same  skin stretched over their white bones and the same  jug in their hand
  Verse 3
  My daddy played poker on a stump in the woods back when the world was gray
  Before black and white went and chose up sides and gave a little bit of both their way
  The only blood that's any cleaner is the blood that's blue or greener
  Without either you just get meaner and the blood you gave gives you away
  Chorus Intro
  Chorus
  Then it's just  till the end.

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Readable chord sheet for Where The Devil Wont Stay by Drive-By Truckers

[Bb]= [B] flat

    Verse 

 [D]My daddy played poker in the woods they say, b[F]ack in his younger days

 [G]Prohibition was the talk but the rich folks walked to the [D]woods where my daddy stayed

 J[D]ugs and jars from shiners, these old [F]boys here they aint biners

 [G]Came from the 29er's, it didn't take a h[D]ole in the ground to put the bottum in their face

[D] [F] [G] [D]

    Verse 

 Back in the 30's when the dust bowl dried and the woods of Alabama didn't see no light
 My daddy played poker by a hardwood fire, squeezing all his luck from a hot copper wire
 Scrap like a wildcat, fights till the end. Trap a wildcat and take its skin
 Deal from the bottom, put the ace in the hole
 One hand on the jug, but you never do know

[C] [G] [Bb] [F]

    Chorus 

 [C]Son come running

 [G]Better come quick

 [Bb]This rotgut moonshine is [F]making me sick

 [C]Your momma called the law and they're gonna[G] take me away

 [Bb]Down so far even the d[F]evil wont stay

 [D]Where I called to the Lord with all my soul

 I could h[F]ear him rattling the chain on the door

 He [G]couldn't get in, I could see he tried

 Through the sh[D]adows of the cage around the 40 watt light

    Instrumetal

    Chorus 

 [C]Daddy tell me another story

 [G]Tell me about the low's and the high's

 [Bb]Tell me how to tell the difference between what they t[F]ell me is the truth or a lie

 [C]Tell me why the ones who have so much make the o[F]nes who don't go mad

 with the s[Bb]ame skin stretched over their white bones and the s[F]ame jug in their hand

    Verse 

 My daddy played poker on a stump in the woods back when the world was gray
 Before black and white went and chose up sides and gave a little bit of both their way
 The only blood that's any cleaner is the blood that's blue or greener
 Without either you just get meaner and the blood you gave gives you away

    Chorus Intro

    Chorus

    Then it's just [D] [F] [G] [A] till the end.

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