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The Devil Went Down to Georgia

Primus
Bass Tab
★4.8(5)

This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

Intro

G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-5---5---3---3---5-3-1-0-----3--0-3-5~~~-------5-|
E|---5---5---3---3---------3-5---------------------|

Verse 1

G|---------------------------|-----------------------------|
D|---------------------------|-----------------------------|
A|-5-0-----------------------|-5-----------------5---------|
E|---------------------------|-----------------------------|
G|---------------------------|-----------------------------|
D|---------------------------|-----------------------------|
A|-0-3-5~~~------------------|-5---------------------------|
E|---------------------------|-----------------------------|
G|---------------------------|
D|---------------------------|
A|-0-3-5~~~----------5-------|
E|---------------------------|

Chorus

G|------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-0-3-5-5---5---3---3-----5---5-5---5---3---3----------------|
E|---------5---5---3---3-3---3-----5---5---3---3-5~~--5-3-1-0-|

Bridge

G|--------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------|
A|-5---5---3---3---5-3-1-0-----3--0-3-5~~~--------5-|
E|---5---5---3---3---------3-5----------------------|

Verse 2

G|---------------------------|-----------------------------|
D|---------------------------|-----------------------------|
A|-5-------------------------|-5-----------------5---------|
E|---------------------------|-----------------------------|

Devil's Song

G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-0-3-5~~~~~----------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
A|-5-------3-5-3-----------------|-5-------3-5-3-----------------|
E|---0-3-5-------5-5-0-3-5\--3-0-|---0-3-5-------5-5-0-3-5\--3-0-|
G|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A|-5-------3-5-3-----------------|-5-------3-5-3-----------0-3-4-5-|
E|---0-3-5-------5-5-0-3-5\--3-0-|---0-3-5-------5-5-0-3-5---------|
G|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
A|-5-------3-5-3-----------------|-5-------3-5-3-----------------|
E|---0-3-5-------5-5-0-3-5\--3-0-|---0-3-5-------5-5-0-3-5\--3-0-|
G|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
D|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
A|---------------3--0-3-5~~~-----|-0-3-5~~~~-------------------|
E|-3-0-3-5-5-0-5-----------------|-----------------------------|

Verse 3

G|---------------------------|---------------------------|
D|---------------------------|---------------------------|
A|-5-------------------------|-5-------------------------|
E|---------------------------|---------------------------|

Johnny's Song

G|----------------------|-----------------------|
D|----------------------|-----------------------|
A|-5~~~-------5-5~~~----|-3~~~--------3-3~~~----|
E|----------------------|-----------------------|
G|----------------------|-----------------------|
D|----------------------|-----------------------|
A|-5~~~-------5-5~~~----|-3~~~--------3-3~~~----|
E|----------------------|-----------------------|
G|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
A|-5---5---3---3---5---5---3---3---|-5---5---3---3---5~~~-5~~~---------|
E|---5---5---3---3---5---5---3---3-|---5---5---3---3-------------------|
G|--------------------|--------------------------|
D|--------------------|--------------------------|
A|-0-3-5~~~~~---------|-0-3-5~~~~~---------------|
E|--------------------|--------------------------|

Verse 4

G|---------------------------|---------------------------|
D|---------------------------|---------------------------|
A|-5-------------------------|-5-------------------------|
E|---------------------------|---------------------------|
G|---------------------------|---------------------------|
D|---------------------------|---------------------------|
A|-5-------------------------|-5-------------------------|
E|---------------------------|---------------------------|

Outro

G|----------------------|-----------------------|
D|----------------------|-----------------------|
A|-5~~~-------5-5~~~----|-3~~~--------3-3~~~----|
E|----------------------|-----------------------|
G|----------------------|-----------------------|
D|----------------------|-----------------------|
A|-5~~~-------5-5~~~----|-3~~~--------3-3~~~----|
E|----------------------|-----------------------|
G|---------------------------------|----------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|----------------------------|
A|-5---5---3---3---5---5---3---3---|-5---5---3---3---5-3-1-0~~--|
E|---5---5---3---3---5---5---3---3-|---5---5---3---3------------|
G|----------------------|--------------------|
D|----------------------|--------------------|
A|-5--3-1-0----5--3-1-0-|-5-3-1-0--------5-5-|
E|----------------------|----------3-5-------|

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| ~ Hold Note

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