Todd Snider – Ballad Of Devils Backbone Tavern chords

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 C             A                  D         G      COld Miss Virgy tended bar at this shack out in the hills
 C                    A              D7              GIt never made her any money boys but paid of all her bills
 C                     C7                   F             Now she must have been 80 years old but her heart was warm
        D7And her beer was cold
      C                     AShe gave away more than she ever sold
D       G       CSmiling all the time
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 C                  A            D     G      CI used to sing off in the corner every Friday night
  C                A        D7                  GTo a loud crowd of cowboys, bikers and bar room fights
 C                       C7                        They were drinking beer, carrying on, 
      F                        D7not a one of them listening to one of my songs
    C                  ABut old Miss Virgy was singing along
             D        G      CShe said she knew 'em all by heart
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  C                A             D             G       C    And then one night after closing she poured me another beer
  C                        AShe said "Come on over and sit down you little shit
  D7                        GI got something you need to hear"  
C                         C7                                   She said "Life ain't easy getting through 
F                             D7everybody's gonna make things tough on you
          C                         A                   But I can tell you right now if you dig what you do, 
          D     G       Cthey will never get you down"
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         C                   A  She said life's too short to worry
D          G       CLife's too long to wait
 C               AToo short not to love everybody
 D7                GLife's too long to hate
         C                         C7I meet a lot of men who haggle and finagle all the time
F                             D7Trying to save a nickel maybe make a dime
 C         A                   D       G       CNot me boy no sireee, you know I ain't got the time
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  C                  A                       D      G        CNow I ain't seen Ol' Virgy I guess it's been almost eighteen years.
 C                            A                  D7                 GI've been bumming around this country singing my songs for tips and beers
        CNow the nights are long
    C7The travelin's tough
F                     D7              Hotels stink, and the pay sucks
C                      A                D     G       CBut I can't dig what I do enough, so it never gets me down
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  C                       AI say life's too short to worry
 D         G       CLife's too long to wait
C                     AToo short not to love everybody
D7                GLife's too long to hate
         C                         C7I meet a lot of men who haggle and finagle all the time
F                             D7Trying to save a nickel maybe make a dime
C       A          D       G       CNot me, no sireee, I ain't got the time