Before The Devil Knows We're Dead Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Am][F][C][Am]
[F][C][Am]

[Verse 1]
Well [Am]he was
pushing 80, but he acted 22
[F]He could [C]laugh and drink just [G]like
his grandchildren [Am]would do
There was square hay on the meadow,
second cutting of the year
Well his sum[F]mer [C]work was over [G]once
they got the pasture [Am]cleared
They were drinking on the big bluff
across the river from the field
Well, [F]he walked up to the [C]edge and
[G]threw a stone in and [Am]he kneeled
And he looked down at the water,
he said boys I'm [G]go ing [Am]in
They were [F]cheering when he [C]jumped
but he [G]did not come up [Am]again
Well [F]raise [C]an other

[Verse 2]
round [G]boys
and have another [Am]glass
Be [F]thankful [C]for today knowing
[G]it will never [Em]last
Still lets [F]leave the world laugh[C]ing
when our eu[G]logies [Am]are read
May we [F]all get to heav[C]en 'fore
the dev[G]il knows we're [Am]dead
May we [F]all get to heav[C]en [G]'fore the devil
knows we're [Am]dead

[Interlude 1]
[Am][F][C][Am]
[F][C][G]
[Am]

[Verse 3]
Well it was [Am]20 after midnight,
they were going 85
She was [F]barely out of high [C]school
[G]wanting bad to feel [Am]alive
Just a two lane piece of
blacktop, a snakey stretch of road
Well [F]the wind blew [C]through the wing vents,
[G]it was clear and fresh and [Am]cold
Well the driver killed the headlights
and he put the throttle down
When they [F]hit the railroad [C]crossing
[G]they were five feet off [Am]the ground
Just a- screaming through the midnight,
'til they came down again
Well [F]the front tire [C]hit a bar ditch,
[G]they went end over [Am]end
Well [F]raise [C]an other

[Verse 4]
round [G]boys
and have another [Am]glass
Be [F]thankful for [C]today
[G]knowing it will never [Em]last
Still lets [F]leave the world [C]laughing
when our [G]eulogies are read
[Am]May we all g[F]et to he[C]aven 'fore
the dev[G]il knows we're [Am]dead
May we [F]all get to heav[C]en [G]'fore the devil knows
we're [Am]dead

[Interlude 2]
[Dm][F][C][G]
[Dm][F][Em][Am]

[Verse 5]
Well I'm twenty eight years [Am]old now,
I was born in '84
And I've been free as [G]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
Well, tell [F]everyone [C]I know [G]that I
loved them all to [Am]death

[Verse 6]
[Am]
[F]Well raise [C]an other round boys and
[G]have another [Am]glass
[F]Be thankful for [C]today know
[G]ing it will never last
[Em]Still lets [F]leave the world [C]laughing
when [G]our eulogies [Am]are read
May we [F]all get [C]to heaven 'fore
[G]the devil knows [Am]we're dead
[F]May we all get to heav[C]en 'fore
[G]the devil knows [Am]we're dead

[Verse 7]
May we [F]all get to heav[C]en 'fore
[G]the devil knows [Am]we're dead
May [F]we all get [C]to heaven 'fore
[G]the devil knows we're dead