Life Down In Hell chords by Mighty Sparrow
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Fol lowing the
Verse 1
people,
I see doing well
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Looking for the devil,
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I went down
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in hell and there I found
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That a hop was a dung,
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and a right was a wrong,
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and a smile was a frown
Kindness was a sin,
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to lose was to win
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Fire burning soul, Satan in con trol
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A rotten egg was perfume,
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a sigh of gladness was gloom
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An act of kindness a kick,
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and when you're healthy you're sick
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And a prayer was a spell,
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so there's no need to tell
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A good woman down in hell was a jazzy
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bell
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On my journey under, I perceived the soul
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Of Dracula and Hitler
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shoveling hot coals down in a pit
Blood of bread was a stone,
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I see meat that was bone,
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a cry of joy was a groan
Sweetness was like pain,
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the sin was the in sane
Loneliness was a fortune,
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freshness was like milky
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A raise of pay was my work,
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the ocean salt was a joke
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A sugar cake was the thing,
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that cat and dog were in
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Devil money so dread,
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a penny was twice the size of my head
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Gold and silver was made out of solid lead
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Suddenly I noticed, I was face to face
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With the Prince of Darkness,
in a stinking place
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And then there was a horrible,
horrible stench
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Coming from a whole old bench,
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where he sat with an ugly wench
Body like a goat,
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and he boomed the sea by throat
So pants on his head,
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with eyes big an d red
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Fifty naked females,
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behind him stroking his tail
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While the imps and them fought,
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the devil was having sport
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He just hold his soul with a fiery pull
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And rammed the devil's in the head's
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hole
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I see I was putting my old self in a jam
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Since then I started running
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Right now here I am back here on earth
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Where an up is an up and
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a dung is a dung
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And when you're wrong I tell you,
you're wrong
Now hear this refrain,
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oh Lord, never me again
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This white rum make me see,
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dung day for me
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A rotten egg was perfume,
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a sigh of gladness was gloom
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An act of kindness a kick,
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and when you're healthy you're sick
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And a prayer was a spell,
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so there's no need to tell
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A good woman down in hell
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is a Jezebel
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Life Down In Hell
Mighty Sparrow
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