Chords for Turnpike Troubadours Before The Devil Knows We're Dead

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[Am] _ _ _ Well he was [A] pushing 80, _ but he acted [Am] 22 _ [F] He could [C] laugh and [G] drink just like the grandchildren [A] do
_ There was square hay on the meadow, _ second cutting of the year
_ [F] Well their summer [C] work was over [G] once they got [A] pasture clear _
They were drinking on the big bluff, across the river from the field
_ [F] Well he walked up [C] to the edge and [G] threw a stone in [A] and he kneeled
And he looked down at the water, _ said boys I'm going in
They [F] were [C] cheering when he jumped, but he did not come [Am] up again
_ Well [C] raise another round [G] boys and have [Am] another glass
[C] Be thankful for a day, [G] know that it'll [E] never last
[F] And let's leave the [C] world laughing [G] when our eulogies [Am] are read
[F] May we all [C] get to heaven [G] before the devil knows [Am] we're dead
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[C] _ _ [D] _ _ [Am] _ _ Well it was twenty after midnight, and they were going 85
She [C] was barely out of high school, [G] wouldn't bad to [Am] be alive
And just a two lane piece of black dial, her snakey stretcher rolled
_ [C] Well the wind blew through the wingpits, [G] it was clear and [Am] fresh and cold
_ Well the driver killed the headlights, and he put the throttle down
[F] When they hit the [C] railroad cross, they [G] were five feet [A] off the ground
Just screaming [Am] through the midnight, _ till they came down again
_ [F] Well the front tire [C] hit a bar, [D] bitch they went in and over [Em] in
_ Well [C] raise another round [G] boys and have [Am] another glass
[C] Be thankful for a day, [G] know that it'll [E] never last
[F] And let's leave the [C] world laughing [G] when our [Am] eulogies are read
[F] May we all [C] get to heaven [G] before the devil knows [Am] we're dead
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Well I'm twenty-eight [E] years old now, I was born in eighty-four
_ [F] And I've been free as [E] I can be and I won't ask [Am] for anymore
So let the fiddle play a hold down, after I've thrown my last round
[F] Well tell [C] everyone I know [G] that I love them [Am] all to death _ _
_ [F] And raise [C] another round [G] boys and have [Am] another glass
[C] Be thankful for a day, [G] know that it'll never last
[F] And let's leave the [C] world laughing [G] when our [Am] eulogies are read
[F] May we all [C] get to heaven [G] before the devil [Am] knows we're dead
[F] May we all [C] get to heaven [G] before the devil [Am] _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _
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