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The Devil Is My Running Mate Chords

by Jason Isbell
KeyEm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays420

The Devil Is My Running Mate by Jason Isbell is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of Em. It uses the chords Em and Am. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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Em              Am      Em 
The devil is my running mate 
Em                   Am        Em 
And this here is his favourite state 
Am  
Sorry you folks had to wait. 
Em                 Am      Em 
He always likes to show up late 

Em              Am       Em 
No that ain't a rainbow, son 
Em             Am     Em 
Streetlamps on petroleum 
Am 
Let's pull in here and get us some 
Em               Am      Em 
Supplies are running out now 

Em                  Am      Em 
It ain't the reason for the war 
Em                      Am      Em 
That's meanness boy and nothing more 
Am 
They tried to do this all before 
Em             Am      Em 
But daddy wouldn't let them 

Chorus:

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

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