Devil Makes Three - Tow tab by Valentino Garosi Capo on third Em (022000@1) AmSomeone (x02210@1)left a child and did not even care Em (022000@1) B7Before (x21202@1)the first shots of the battle here had even pierced the air Em (022000@1) AmYes, (x02210@1)they run now like them children to those arms of mother earth Em (022000@1) B7Trying (x21202@1)to pretend as if there was a day before their very birth CHORUS B7 (x21202@1) ABut, (x02220@1)me I just grab these ropes that me and mine have left behind C (x32010@1) B7And (x21202@1)I stare up to that mountain that I know I got to climb Em (022000@1) Am (x02210@1)I keep towin that line Mmmmmm Em (022000@1) B7 (x21202@1)I keep towin that line Mmmmmm Em (022000@1) AmBut,down (x02210@1)in basements choked with smoke child of the past Em (022000@1) B7All (x21202@1)them dreams come up for air round here but they can only gasp Em (022000@1) AmAll (x02210@1)them old men they sit staring as life slips out of their grips Em (022000@1) B7Only (x21202@1)to fall and disappear beyond their cracked old fingertips REPEAT CHORUS BREAK Em / Am / Em / B7 / B7 / A / C / B7 Em (022000@1) Am (x02210@1)I keep towin that line Mmmmmm Em (022000@1) B7I (x21202@1)keep towin that line Mmmmmm Em (022000@1) Am (x02210@1)But down in ditches by that road I call my own Em (022000@1) B7All (x21202@1)of you come a cussin' now all and all just throwing stones Em (022000@1) Am (x02210@1)Yes they're big men now to settle down and life's so stale and cold Em (022000@1) B7As (x21202@1)if I could spend my life the way they do just as they're told B7 (x21202@1) ASo (x02220@1)if you should find me living low when the miles have passed me by C (x32010@1) B7And (x21202@1)it seems that I have left now all that I could love behind Em (022000@1) AmI'm (x02210@1)just towin that line Mmmmmm Em (022000@1) B7 (x21202@1)I'm just towin that line Mmmmmm