Devil Nights Chords
by Electric Six
Devil Nights by Electric Six is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G5 and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
RIFF 1
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Note: As a transition from RIFF 3 or RIFF 4, start on a G5 power chord.
(Tip: Hold G5 with your first 3 fingers, leaving your little finger free to
do the hammering. This gives the G5 more time to ring.)
1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .
e|---------------------------------
B|---------------------------------
G|--------------------------------- x2
D|---------------------------------
A|-------------3-------------------
E|-3---3h6h3-------3h6p3h6p3---3---
RIFF 2
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1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------
B|-----6-6---6-6---6-------------------6-6---6-6---6---------------
G|-----------------------------2b3---------------------------------
D|-5---------------------3-------------------------------5b6-3-----
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------
RIFF 3
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1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------
G|-5---------------7---------------8---------------10--------------
D|-5---------------7---------------8---------------10--------------
A|-3---------------5---------------6---------------8---------------
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------
RIFF 4
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1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------
G|-5---------------2-----------------------------------------------
D|-5---------------2---------------3-------------------------------
A|-3---------------0---------------3-------------------------------
E|---------------------------------1-------------------------------
INTRO
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RIFF 1
RIFF 2 \ together
RIFF 1 /
Pre-Chorus
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"Devil nights..."
RIFF 2 \ together
RIFF 1 /
Chorus 1
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"Nights with the Devil..."
RIFF 3
RIFF 1 (remember G5 power chord on first note, if you want)
verse 1
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"Everything is wrong..."
RIFF 1 x2
"Handing over your last dollar..."
RIFF 2 x2 \ together
RIFF 1 x2 /
Pre-Chorus
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"Devil nights..."
RIFF 2 \ together
RIFF 1 /
Chorus 2
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"Nights with the Devil..."
RIFF 3
RIFF 1
"Nights with the Devil..."
RIFF 3
RIFF 1
"Sure as the Sun gon' rise tonight..."
RIFF 4
RIFF 1
"Sure as the White House is totally white..."
RIFF 4
RIFF 1
verse 2
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"Rolling up into the club just to drop the Devil mixes..."
RIFF 1 x2
RIFF 3 (In comes FILL 1)
RIFF 1
RIFF 3
RIFF 1
BRIDGE
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RIFF 2 x2
"Dance! Dance! Dance!..."
RIFF 2 x2
Chorus 3
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Same as Chorus 2
OUTRO
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"Devil nights, devil nights..."
RIFF 2 x2
"Sure as the White House is totally white, you owe me money."
RIFF 2 (Don't play the very last notes on the D string)
FILL 1
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1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . \
e|----------------------------------------------------------------- |
B|----------------------------------------------------------------- |
G|----------------------------------------------------------------- |
D|-10b12b10----10-8h10-------------10b12b10----8---8h10~~~~8------- |
A|----------------------10----------------------------------------- |
E|----------------------------------------------------------------- |
| x2
1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . |
e|----------------------------------------------------------------- |
B|----------------------------------------------------------------- |
G|-10b12~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
D|----------------------------------------------------------------- |
A|----------------------------------------------------------------- |
E|----------------------------------------------------------------- /
RIFF 2 alt.
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This is how I used to play RIFF 2 before I re-listened to the song for
tabbing purposes, included here for a bit of variety.
1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .
e|-----6---6---x-x-6-------------------6---6-------6---------------
B|-----6---6---x-x-6-------------------6---6-------6---------------
G|-------------x-x-------5b6b5-3-----------------------------------
D|-5-------------------------------5-----------5-------3---5-------
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------
1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .
e|-----6---6-------6-------------------6---6---x-x-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-
B|-----6---6-------6-------------------6---6---x-x-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-
G|-----------------------5b6b5-3-----------------------------------
D|-5-------------------------------5-------------------------------
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------