Saved Chords

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Saved by Big & Rich is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, C and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			SAVED 
HORSE OF A DIFFERENT COLOR 
 
Standard Tuning 
 
This is my first attempt at this, It all sounds very simple so any comments or suggestions would be great. 
 
STRUM PATTERN  DOWN \   UP / 
 
D      C    G    D 
\\  \ / \\  \/   \  /\ 
 
 
 
 
 
 
INTRO 
 
     D       C       G       D         D       C       G        D 
 
E||---------------------------------------------------------------------| 
B||---------------------------------------------------------------------| 
G||---------0-0-----------------------------0-0-------------------------| 
D||---0-0--0----3p2-0-------0---------0-0--0----3p2-0--------0----------| 
A||-------3-----------3--2----3p2-0-------3------------3--2---3p2-0-----| 
E||---------------------------------------------------------------------| 
 
 
VERSE 1 
	     D                           C      
 
	There was a time I tried to kill a man. 
 
    	                      G                    
 
	Just for lookin at me wrong. 
 	 
	     D                 D      C     G    D 
 
	Anger so strong I couldn't stop myself. 
 
	     D                           C            
 
	I was killin myself one shot at a time. 
 
	     G                D       D     C      G      D 
 
	Going insane from the pain, the women and the wine. 
 
	     D                              C 
 
	But I finally hit bottom in an alleyway. 
 
	                    G       
 
	Hell wasn't but a breath away. 
 
	     D              D         C          G          D 
 
	So I hit my knees in the street and begged God for mercy. 
 
CHORUS 
	D	C	      G		D		    D      C 
	 
E||--------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
B||--------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
G||-----------------0-0---------------------------------------------0--------| 
D||-0---0---------0-----3p2-0-----------------0--------------0--0--0--3p2-0--| 
A||-------------3-------------3-----------2-----3p2---0-----------3----------| 
E||--------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
	  
    Last night                  I told the devil where to go. 
 
    G      D                        D          C 
 
E||--------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
B||--------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
G||------------------------------------------0-0-----------------------------| 
D||---------------0------------------0-0---0-----3p2-0-----------------------| 
A||-3------2---------3p2----0------------3-----------------------------------| 
E||--------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
 
    You know Heaven's got my soul. 
 
   G       D                             D        C 
 
E||--------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
B||--------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
G||-----------------------------------------------0-0------------------------| 
D||---------------0-----------------------0-0---0-----3p2-0------------------| 
A||-3------2---------3p2----0-----------------3------------------------------| 
E||--------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
 
    Ain't gonna listen to his lies no more. 
 
    G      D                                D       C       G       D 
E||--------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
B||--------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
G||------------------------------------------------0-0-----------------------| 
D||--------------0--------------------------0-0--0-----3p2-0-------0---------| 
A||-3-----2--------3p2---0---------------------3-------------3--2----3p2-0---| 
E||--------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
 
     Last night I told the devil where to go. 
 
 
VERSE 2 
	 
	I could have saved myself a lot of hurt and time. 
 
	If I'd a just listened to my mama. 
 
	Every time she cried.	           
	 
	But I was lost in sinners haze, burning up the days. 
 
	Just another young man who had lost his way. 
	 
	Now It finally makes sense what the preacher said. 
 
	When he said, "Son you don't want to wake up dead. 
 
	And find youself alone in the fires of Hell". 
 
 
CHORUS   
	Everybody 
 
	Last night  
 
	I told the devil where to go. 
 
	You know Heaven's got my soul. 
 
	Ain't gonna listen to his lies no more. 
 
	Last night I told the devil where to go. 
 
VERSE 3 
 
	Now when you hear that demon knockin' at your door. 
 
	You just tell him you don't want his kind around here no more. 
 
	'Cause if you wanna love, if you wanna live. 
 
	If you wanna be free you can't forget and forgive 
 
	You gotta kick him in the teeth and do exactly. 
 
	Do exactly what I did. 
 
 
 
CHORUS 
 
	Yeah   Last night  
 
	I told the devil where to go. 
 
	You know Heaven's got my soul. 
 
	Ain't gonna listen to his lies no more. 
 
	Last night I told the devil  
 
	Last night I told the devil  
 
	Last night I told the devil  
 
	Last night I told the devil  
 
	Last night I told the devil 
 
	I told the devil where to go. 
 
      D     C        G    D        D      C         G        D 
 
E||---------------------------------------------------------------------| 
B||---------------------------------------------------------------------| 
G||---------0-0-----------------------------0-0-------------------------| 
D||---0-0--0----3p2-0---0---0--------0-0---0-----3p2-0---0---0----------| 
A||-------3-----------3---2---3p2-0------3------------3---2---3p2-0-----| 
E||---------------------------------------------------------------------| 
 
 
 

    	

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