Before the Devil Knows We're Dead

Before The Devil Knows We're Dead By Turnpike Troubadours 10/13/2012 Somebody figure out that badass acoustic intro! Play the Am with alternating bass and a hammer on the 4th string, 2nd fret C G Am He was pushing eighty but he acted twenty two F C G Am He could laugh and drink just like his grandchildren would do Am There was square hay on the meadow, second cutting of the year F C G Am Well his summer work was over once they got the pasture clear Am They were drinking on the big bluff, 'cross the river from the field F C G Am Well, he walked up the edge and threw a stone and he kneeled C G Am And he looked down at the water, said boys I'm going in F C G Am They were cheering when he jumped but he did not come up again Chorus: F C G Am Well raise another round boys and have another glass F C G B7 Be thankful for today knowing it'll never last F C G Am And lets leave the world a-laughing when our eulogies are read F C G Am May we all get to heaven 'fore the devil knows were dead F C G Am May we all get to heaven 'fore the devil knows were dead Well it was twenty after midnight and they were going eighty five She was barely out of high school, wasn't bad to feel alive Just a two lane piece of blacktop, a snaky stretch of road Well the wind blew through the wing vents, it was clear and fresh and cold Well the driver killed the headlights and he put the throttle down When they hit the railroad crossin, they were five feet off the ground Just a screamin through the midnight till they came down again When the front tire hit a bar-ditch, they went end over end Chorus Well I'm twenty eight years old now, I was born in eighty four And I've been as free as I can be and I won't ask for anymore So let the fiddle play a hoedown after I draw my last breath Well tell everyone I know that I loved them all to death Chorus May we all get to heaven 'fore the devil knows were dead May we all get to heaven 'fore the devil knows were dead