The Devil Never Sleeps chords by Iron & Wine

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:
F


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

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

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

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


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

(Chatterin' boys and a chicken at the choppin' block)
F
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                           Bb                      F
Someone bet a dollar that my daddy wasn't coming home (ooh)
Eb                          Bb                   F
Everybody bitchin', there's nothin' on the radio

Instrumental:
F Eb Bb F
Eb Bb F


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

(Long dead rows of daffodils and marigolds)
F
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                           Bb                  F
No one lives forever and the devil never sleeps alone (ooh)
Eb                          Bb                   F
Everybody bitchin', there's nothin' on the radio


Outro:
F