The Civil Wars – Devils Backbone (Guitar)

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[Verse 1]
    Am
Oh Lord, oh Lord, what have I done?

      Am
I've fallen in love with a man on the run

    Am
Oh Lord, oh Lord, I'm begging you please

       Dm                   Am
Don't take that sinner from me

          Dm                    Am
Oh, don't take that sinner from me
[Verse 2]
    Am
Oh Lord, oh Lord, what do I do?

      Am
I've fallen for someone who's nothing like you

      Am
He's raised on the edge of the devil's backbone

      Dm                     Am
Oh, I just want to take him home

      Dm                     Am
Oh, I just want to take him home
[Chorus]
Am  G  Dm  Am
Oooooooooooh

Am  G  Dm  Am
Oooooooooooh
[Verse 3]
    Am
Oh Lord, oh Lord, he's somewhere between

   Am
A hangman's knot, and three mouths to feed

       Am
There wasn't a wrong or a right he could choose

   Dm                 Am
He did what he had to do

       Dm                 Am
Oh, he did what he had to do
[Chorus]
Am  G  Dm  Am
Oooooooooooh

Am  G  Dm  Am
Oooooooooooh
[Bridge]
Am                  G
Give me the burden, give me the blame

      Dm                          F
I'll shoulder the load, and I'll swallow the shame

Am                  G
Give me the burden, give me the blame

    Dm                  F                   Am
How many, how many Hail Mary's is it gonna take?
[Verse 4]
       Am
Don't care if he's guilty, don't care if he's not

      Am
He's good and he's bad, and he's all that I've got

    Am
Oh Lord, oh Lord, I'm begging you please

      Dm                    Am
Don't take that sinner from me

          Dm                    Am
Oh, don't take that sinner from me