David Bazan - Devil Is Beating His Wife Chords & Tabs

Cold Beer & Cigarettes (The Devil Is Beating His Wife)

in the key dave is playing it live now (as of early '07)



Intro: D *Dbm(xxx120)

E

A white ghost making his way up the west coast trying to focus his

D                            Dbm    D          *Dbm

High hopes on a vagina or two, he's taking his chances



E

Meanwhile back in his living room bright smiles are watching his toddler run



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Speed trials over grandmother's rug, and nature advances

Verse pt. 2

C      Am           D    B7    Em         C      D        B7    C

Up the interstate, he's been awake and pretty drunk for three whole days

       Am    D       B7         Em      Bm           C

No one wants to stop until they get to where they're going

     Em      Bm       C      Bsus  B

I'll get to where Iím going pretty soon



Chorus

E                   Bm                               A

So he takes another drink cause watching the scenery bleed

Am                 E      Dbm              B      B7              E
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Into each similar scene isn't as sweet as it had been in his dreams



C      Am           D    B7    Em         C      D        B7    C    Am   Bsus  B







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It's faster to buy cigarettes and some cold beer if you don't rattle the

D                                  F#m                  B

Cashier by asking her back to your room, she's calling security



A                                                           E

The car's on fire in the parking lot and nobody wants it to rain

E

But God isn't listening, so all the windshield's glisten

A                 			   E

The water and oil mix causing the fire to spread to five or six

                      B                      B7      A

Innocent automobiles sitting in their nearby spot, what a cruel God we've got

E     Dbm    G#m    A    E   F#m   B     B7

Right on, etc.

E                    Bm                             A

So he takes another drink cause watching the formula bleed

Am                E               Dbm     B      B7          E

Into each similar theme isn't as sweet as it had been in his dreams