Chords
Ballad Of The Devil's Backbone Tavern

Key: C

Introduction:

difficulty
very easy |||||
C                                      A                                              D                    G                    C  
Old Miss Virgy tended bar at this shack out in the hills
                                                                A                                 D7                                      G  
It never made her any money boys but paid of all her bills
             C                                                                                                         F  
Now she must have been 80 years old but her heart was warm
                        D7  
And her beer was cold
                C                                                         A  
She gave away more than she ever sold
        D            G                 C  
Smiling all the time
  C                                              A                                    D            G              C  
I used to sing off in the corner every Friday night
                                                          A              D7                                                 G  
To a loud crowd of cowboys, bikers and bar room fights
                                  C                                                                                 F                                                              D7  
They were drinking beer, carrying on, not a one of them listening to one of my songs
             C                                    A  
But old Miss Virgy sang along
                                        D                 G                 C  
She said she knew 'em all by heart
             C                                                         A                            D                    G              C  
And then one night after closing she poured me another beer
                                                                                     A  
She said "Come on over and sit down you little shit
                        D7                                              G  
I got something you need to hear"
                             C                                                                                         F                                                                      D7  
She said "Life ain't easy getting through everybody's gonna make things tough on you
                             C                                                                 A                                                                      D         G                    C  
But I can tell you right now if you dig what you do, they will never get you down"
                             C                                                 A  
She said life's too short to worry
  D                            G              C  
Life's too long to wait
  C                                            A  
Too short not to love everybody
  D7                                            G  
Life's too long to hate
                          C  
I meet a lot of men who haggle and finagle all the time
        F                                                                      D7  
Trying to save a nickel maybe make a dime
  C              A                         D                    G                 C  
Not me, no sireee, I ain't got the time
          C                                              A                 D                                      G                         C  
Now I ain't seen Ol' Virgy in must have been about ten years
                                                        A                                                                            D7                                            G  
I've been bumming around this country singing my songs for tips and beers
                          C  
Now the nights are long
The driving's tough
     F                                                 D7  
Hotels stink, and the pay sucks
          C                                              A                                              D         G                    C  
But I can't dig what I do enough, so it never gets be down
                     C                                                 A  
I say life's too short to worry
  D                            G              C  
Life's too long to wait
                                                  A  
Too short not to love everybody
  D7                                            G  
Life's too long to hate
                          C  
I meet a lot of men who haggle and finagle all the time
     F                                                                         D7  
Trying to save a nickel maybe make a dime
  C                 A                      D                    G                 C  
Not me, no sireee, I ain't got the time