The Devil's Real chords by
Chris Smither

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Key: B minor

Intro 1

Verse 1
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The devil ain't a legend, the devil's
real
In the empty way he touched
me, where I hardly feel
Dm Dm 
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In the empty hole inside me,
the nothing that'll ride me
Am Am 
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Dm Dm 
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Down into my grave, it does not heal
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E E 
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Nothing is as something,
it'll suck you dry
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As the whisper you can hardly
E E 
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hear that tells you why.

Verse 2
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They told me "You ain't got no problems,
you're self-deceived"
These These seeming contradictions,
well they make believe
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It was then that I decided
my life was being guided
Am Am 
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By a second-rate dependence
dependence on first-class thieves
thieves
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They told me I was breaking through,
I was breaking down
Am Am 
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By the time I learned the difference
E E 
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they had long left town.
Am Am 
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You know that they

Verse 3
ain't so malicious,
they ain't mean
They're just vaguely well-intentioned
with with no love I've seen
Dm Dm 
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And it's the emptiness that kills you,
cold comfort that'll fill you
Am Am 
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With a sense of dread that maybe
things are worse than they seem
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They don't tell you nothing
you don't already know
Am Am 
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They just keep holding out the promise
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but they don't let go
Am Am 
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You know they don't let go.

Interlude 1
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Dm Dm 
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E E 
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E E 
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Am Am 
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Well, it was hard luck and trouble,

Verse 4
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bad times too
I know I had 'em coming,
but I got through
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It was advice that you gave me
in a dream that saved me
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You said "Get a new life contract that spells out your dues."
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E E 
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Am Am 
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Dm Dm 
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Am Am 
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E E 
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E E 
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E E 
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Took good will to find it,
a clear conscience to sign it
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Now I dream about the good times and it
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all comes true.

Outro 1
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