Satan Pulls The Strings Chords

KeyB Capo2st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays393

Satan Pulls The Strings by The Avett Brothers is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of B with a capo on the 2st fret. It uses the chords B. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
B
Text
16
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Verse 
B 
Baby's in the cradle 
B 
Mama's in the bed 
B 
Sparrows on the window sill 
B 
And the devil's in my head 
B 
Devil's in my head, mama 
B 
The devil's in my head 
B 
Baby's in the cradle 
B 
And the devil's in my head 

Break 
B B B B 
B B B B 

Verse 
B 
When the winter yields to summertime 
B 
The whip-poor-will, she sings 
B                                 B 
My heart is in the puppet box and Satan pulls the strings 

(That's right) 
B 
Satan pulls the strings, mama 
B 
Satan pulls the strings 
B                                 B 
My heart is in the puppet box and Satan pulls the strings 

Break 
B B B B 
B B B B 

verse 
B 
Well the front beat's in my brother, Lord 
B 
And the back beat's in me 
B 
God is in the song and the devil's in our feet 
B 
My God, devil's in our feet, mama 
B 
The devil's in our feet 
B                          B 
God is in the song and the devil's in our feet, oh 

Break 
B B B B 
B B B B 

Verse 
B 
Mama's cooking something up 
B 
Serve it to us all 
B                            B 
Satan's ringing in now and I gotta take the call 
B 
I gotta take the call, boys 
B 
Gotta take the call 
B                            B 
Satan's ringing in now and I gotta take the call 

Break 
B B B B 
B B B B 

Verse 
B 
Baby's in the cradle 

(Baby's in the cradle) 
B 
Mama's in the bed 

(Mama's in the bed) 
B 
Sparrows on the window sill 
B 
And the devil's in my head 

(Devil's in my head) 
B 
Devil's in my head, mama 
B 
The devil's in my head 
B 
Baby's in the cradle 
B 
And the devil's in my head 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante