Ballad Of The Devil's Backbone Tavern(Chords)

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

	        

Written by Todd Snider