Tom: Em
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Don't Play Cards With Satan - Daniel Johnston
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Tabbed by: Christian Demmings
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
