Satan Place chords by Jeannie C. Riley

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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We saw a sign Welcome Satan Place
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when we moved to town that day
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And rows of little white homes that
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looked like castles all along the way
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But after livin' there a while we found
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it wasn't what we thought at all
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They had a private little scandal goin'
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on behind each castle wall
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There was a Town Council meetin' on
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the day the story come to pass
Someone said Mrs Brown we think
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your little girl is livin' way too fast
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She's been datin' older boys and stayin'
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out much later than she should
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And there's been quite a lotta talk about
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it goin' round the neighborhood
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Well Mrs Brown said since you brought it
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up I think I'll tell you what I saw
The day your daughter Ellie and the judge's
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son went swimmin' in the raw
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Is that supposed to be a party what
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you call learnin' social grace
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Cause if it is  I think your people are in
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trouble here in Satan Place
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I heard your neighbor's daughter Betty spent
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the summer in another town
They say she gained a little weight before she
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left but now she's trimmed back down
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And now I won der why the banker's
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son won't even look her in the face
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We used to see 'em both together every
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where they went in Satan Place
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They say the Mayor's daughter got
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another speedin' ticket just last week
They didn't charge for drunken drivin' even
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though she couldn't hardly speak
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I heard she brags about the way her daddy
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gets free liquor by the case
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From all those bootleggin' friends who make
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a killin' here in Satan Place
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When Mrs Brown had finished talkin' no
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one dared to make a single sound
Until the chairman of the meetin' rapped
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his gavel and looked around
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And as his eyes swept across the room
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at guilty looks on every face
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He said that wraps up this meetin'
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of the Council of Satan Place
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He said that wraps up this meetin'
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of the Council of Satan Place
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