----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Don't Play Cards With Satan - Daniel Johnston ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by: Christian Demmings Email: cdemmings@hotmail.com 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!