Daniel Johnston - Don't Play Cards With Satan

      

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 Don't Play Cards With Satan - Daniel Johnston

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 Tuning: Daniel Johnston signature tuning; or some crazy, off-version of Standard. If
 like to replicate the live version off the 1990 album, turn all your keys a 1/4 turn in
 directions and punch your guitar, rather than strumming it. He seems to play it
 every performance.
 
 This tab is how I play it. On the G and C chords I'm really only strumming the E, A, and
 strings, and picking the G string each time. Satan!
 
 Chords Used:
 
    G C A  
 e|-3-0-0-|
 B|-3-1-2-|
 G|-0-0-2-|
 D|-0-2-2-|
 A|-2-3-0-|
 E|-3-0-0-|
 
 G                          
 Don't play cards with Satan
       C                 G   
 He'll deal you an awful hand
 G                          
 Don't play cards with Satan
       C                 G   
 He'll deal you an awful hand
       A                        G    C         G   
 Did I ever stop and tell you I am a desperate man?
   G                        C            G   
 I thought I saw a bluebird sitting on a post
 A                   
 Shiver down my spine
 G                    C    G    
 I thought it was the Holy Ghost
 G                      
 I heard the word before
       C                G   
 And I knew that it was good
 
 Somebody oughta do like the Good Book should
   G                        C             G    
 I heard the voice of Satan crying in the woods
   A                       G     C    G    
 I saw my own heart laying black with blood
 
 G                          
 Don't play cards with Satan
       C                 G   
 He'll deal you an awful hand
 
 Please believe me
 A                              G     C        G   
 Did I ever stop and tell you I am a desperate man?
 G C         G  
 A desperate man
 
 Satan!