The Devil Never Sleeps chords by Iron & Wine

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Intro:
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Verse 1:
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Dreamin' again of a train track endin' at the edge of the sea

(Big black cloud was low and rollin' our way)
FF
Dog at the barbed wire barkin' at my buzz cut friends and me

(Sound of a switchblade shinin' in the summer rain)

Chorus:
Eb MajorEb             Bb majorBb            FF
No one on the corner had a quarter for the telephone (ooh)
Eb MajorEb             Bb majorBb          FF
Everybody bitchin', there's nothin' on the radio


Verse 2:
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Dreamin' again of a city full of fathers in their army clothes

(Chatterin' boys and a chicken at the choppin' block)
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All of us lost at the crosswalk waiting for the other to go

(Didn't find a friend but, boy, I really bought a lot)


Chorus:
Eb MajorEb              Bb majorBb           FF
Someone bet a dollar that my daddy wasn't coming home (ooh)
Eb MajorEb             Bb majorBb          FF
Everybody bitchin', there's nothin' on the radio

Instrumental:
FF Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb FF
Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb FF


Verse 3:
FF
Dreamin' again that it's freezin' and my mother's in her flowerbed

(Long dead rows of daffodils and marigolds)
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Changin' her face like a shadow on the gravel, this is what she said

(Blood on my chin still chewin' on a red rose)


Chorus:
Eb MajorEb              Bb majorBb         FF
No one lives forever and the devil never sleeps alone (ooh)
Eb MajorEb             Bb majorBb          FF
Everybody bitchin', there's nothin' on the radio


Outro:
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