Tabs
The Devil In Mexico - Murder By Death
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Tabbed by: Jim Cosgrave
Email: [email protected]
Tuning: Standard
I love this album but there arent many tabs out there so I'll give it a shot.
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Chords
A minorAm 
G+G 
FF 
DmDm 
E minorEm 
CMaj13Cmaj13 
D9D9 
Dm9Dm9 
C majorC
e|---|-3-|-1-|-1-|---|-------|---|---|---|
BB|-1-|-3-|-1-|-3-|---|---1---|-1-|-1-|-1-|
G+G|-2-|-0-|-2-|-2-|-0-|---2---|-2-|-2-|-0-|
D MajorD|-2-|-0-|-3-|-0-|-2-|---0---|-0-|-0-|-2-|
A augmentedA|-0-|-2-|-3-|---|-2-|---2---|-0-|-0-|-3-|
E MajorE|---|-3-|-1-|---|-0-|-------|-2-|-1-|---|
A minorAm G+G FF E minorEm
Well ill take two shots said the devil to the man, and laid a little book on the bar
A minorAm G+G FF E minorEm
The lord knows the devil he only talks shit and only drinks whisky from the jar
DmDm A minorAm E minorEm A minorAm
And his hands were raw, and his eyes were cold
DmDm A minorAm E minorEm
And his breath was pure alcohol and the sound of his voice never got old
DmDm A minorAm E minorEm A minorAm
And he talked and he talked and he talked through the night
DmDm A minorAm E minorEm A minorAm
Just sippin his shine until the morning light
DmDm A minorAm E minorEm A minorAm
Stumbled in through the shades and as he started to go
FF E minorEm A minorAm
I put three bullets in his back
0:47
Adam uses this strumming pattern for the chords in the verse
A minorAm A minorAm A minorAm A minorAm
e|-------------------------------------------|
BB|-------1---------1----------1----------1---|
G+G|---------2---------2----------2----------2-|
D MajorD|-----2---------2----------2----------2-----|
A augmentedA|-0---0-----0---0------0---0------0---0-----|
E MajorE|-------------------------------------------|
- Verse - The (C majorC) chords are optional, its a preference thing
A minorAm G+G FF
Well the devil's bleeding crude oil from a hole in his chest.
A minorAm G+G FF
It keeps pangin on the bed pan, leaking through the bed sheets.
A minorAm (C majorC) DmDm
And all the buisnessmen are putting pails benith his wounds.
E minorEm FF
Pawnin the oil at the market.
A minorAm G+G FF
Well his heart aint made of nothin but piss and vinegar
A minorAm G+G FF
And his boots have trampled more than you would know and,
A minorAm (C majorC) DmDm
His breath has split open the thermometer on the sill
E minorEm FF
Its so fucking cold in here, since you brought in the snow.
- Chorus -
A minorAm G+G FF E minorEm
Black heart leaking oil in the pan
A minorAm G+G FF
Dealing insults with his free hand in the hospital bed bleeding
A minorAm G+G FF E minorEm
Black heart you shot the plan to hell
A minorAm G+G FF
And the apathy eats you up inside.
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Alternate chorus - heres a different way to play the chorus
I think both sound good.
A minorAm CMaj13Cmaj13 D9D9 Dm9Dm9
Black heart leaking oil in the pan
A minorAm CMaj13Cmaj13 D9D9 Dm9Dm9
Dealing insults with his free hand in the hospital bed bleeding
A minorAm CMaj13Cmaj13 D9D9 Dm9Dm9
Black heart you shot the plan to hell
A minorAm CMaj13Cmaj13 D9D9 Dm9Dm9
And the apathy eats you up inside.
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Instrumental part:
A minorAm G+G FF E minorEm
A minorAm G+G FF E minorEm
Adding some fill to this part sounds good
I do something like this:
Going from G+G to F:
2:26
e|---------|
BB|-3--1--1-|
G+G|-0-----2-|
D MajorD|-0-----3-|
A augmentedA|-2-----3-|
E MajorE|-3-----1-|
and when you're on E minorEm just about to return to Am:
2:32
e|--------1-0-----|
BB|------0-----0-1-|
G+G|-0--0---------2-|
D MajorD|-2--2---------2-|
A augmentedA|-2--2---------0-|
E MajorE|-0--0-----------|
Chorus
Instrumental Part - End on A minorAm
4:06
A minorAm CMaj13Cmaj13 D9D9 Dm9Dm9
e|-------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|-------1---------------1--------------1--------------1-------|
G+G|---2------2---2----2-----2---2----2-----2---2----2-----2-----|
D MajorD|-------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-0---0------0----2---2-----2---------------------------------|
E MajorE|--------------------------------2---2-----2----1---1-----1---|
Outro
A minorAm CMaj13Cmaj13 D9D9 Dm9Dm9
Someone say a hail Mary for this house.
A minorAm CMaj13Cmaj13 D9D9 Dm9Dm9
Bless the corners and burn the devil out.
Organ outro can be played:
A minorAm G+G E minorEm FF
A minorAm G+G FF E minorEm
A minorAm (Fade)
Well there you have it. I feel its pretty accurate but email me with
any improvements at [email protected]. Ill be trying to tab out
