Shinedown – Devil Guitar Tab or Tabulation
This is the guitar tab of Devil by Shinedown.
Riff 1
E|————————————–|
B|————————————–|
G|——-12b-10b-7b\——-15——-18\-|
D|——-x—x—x———x——–x—|
A|——-10b-8b–5b\-0-0-0-13-0-0-0-16\-|
D|-0-0-0————-0-0-0—-0-0-0—–|
* * * * * *
Play Riff 1 x10 “Pick it up, pick up the phone…”
*rest*
Riff 2 “‘Cause it’s about to get heavy…”
E|————————————————————-|
B|————————————————————-|
G|————————————————————-|
D|-0-0–0-0-0–0-0-0–0-0-0–0-8-8–8-8-8—8-8-8–8-8-8-8-8-8-|
A|-0-0–0-0-0–0-0-0–0-0-0–0-8-8–8-8-8—8-8-8–8-8-8-8-8-8-|
D|-0-0–0-0-0–0-0-0–0-0-0–0-8-8–8-8-8—8-8-8–8-8-8-8-8-8-|
E|———————————————————————|
B|———————————————————————|
G|———————————————————————|
D|-5-5–5-5-5–5-5-5–5-5-5–5-0-0–0-0-0—0-0-0–0-12-10-10-10-10-10-|
A|-5-5–5-5-5–5-5-5–5-5-5–5-0-0–0-0-0—0-0-0–0-12-10-10-10-10-10-|
D|-5-5–5-5-5–5-5-5–5-5-5–5-0-0–0-0-0—0-0-0–0-12-10-10-10-10-10-|
Play Riff 1 x1
Riff 3
E|——————————————-|
B|——————————————-|
G|——-12b-10b-7b\————————-|
D|——-x—x—x——————-5-7-3-0-|
A|——-10b-8b–5b\-13-12-10——–5-7-3-0-|
D|-0-0-0———————-10-8-7-5-7-3-0-|
* * *
Riff 4 (w/ heavy reverb and slight delay)
E|—————————————–|
B|—————————————–|
G|—————————————–|
D|—————————————–|
A|—————————————–|
D|-0~——-0-8~——–8\-5~———5-0~-|
Riff 5
E|—————————————————————————————–|
B|—————————————————————————————–|
G|—————————————————————————————–|
D|-0–0–0-12-12-12-10-10-10-0–0–0-12-12-12-10-10-10-8-8\–8-8-8-7-7-7-8-8\–8-8-8-7-7-7-|
A|-0–0–0-12-12-12-10-10-10-0–0–0-12-12-12-10-10-10-8-8\–8-8-8-7-7-7-8-8\–8-8-8-7-7-7-|
D|-0–0–0-12-12-12-10-10-10-0–0–0-12-12-12-10-10-10-8-8\–8-8-8-7-7-7-8-8\–8-8-8-7-7-7-|
E|—————————————————————————————–|
B|—————————————————————————————–|
G|—————————————————————————————–|
D|-5-5–5-5-5-5-0-3-5-5–5-5-5-0–12-12-12-0–12-12-12-0–12-12-12-10-10-10-8-8-8-10-10-10-|
A|-5-5–5-5-5-5-0-3-5-5–5-5-5-0–12-12-12-0–12-12-12-0–12-12-12-10-10-10-8-8-8-10-10-10-|
D|-5-5–5-5-5-5-0-3-5-5–5-5-5-0–12-12-12-0–12-12-12-0–12-12-12-10-10-10-8-8-8-10-10-10-|
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How to play Devil: key, chords and progression
Devil by Shinedown is in the key of A major (three sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯). The song uses 5 chords: E, B, G, D and A.
Listen for E – B – G – E (V – II – ♭VII – V in A major): the song comes back to it again and again. Once these 4 changes are comfortable, most of the song is done.
Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 7th fret and play the shapes A, E, C, G, D (100% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 80% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.
Chord diagrams
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Devil chords: questions
What key is Devil in?
Devil by Shinedown is in the key of A major (three sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯).
What chords are in Devil?
Devil uses 5 chords: E, B, G, D, A.
What is the chord progression of Devil?
The main progression is E – B – G – E (V – II – ♭VII – V).
Is Devil easy to play on guitar?
Yes, with a capo: put a capo on the 7th fret and play the shapes A, E, C, G, D (100% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 80% without a capo).