There's A Devil On The Loose chords by Mavis Staples

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Verse 1
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Em 
 (G major)  (F sharp major)  (F major)  (E minor) It's a sign of the times,
you can feel it in the air
You can see it on the faces
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B 
 (A major) of people everywhere  (B major) 
Em 
You can hear it on  (E minor) the streets,
A 
you can see it on the news  (A major) 
G 
 (G major) Lord, I do believe
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Em 
A 
 (B major) there's a devil on the  (E minor) loose  (A major) 
Em 
 (E minor) Boys are runnin' with the guns
Girls havin' babies too young
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Father leave before they're born  (A major) 
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Leavin' the girl to mourn  (B major) 
Em 
A 
Mothers prayin', worried,  (E minor) cryin'  (A major) 
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Lord,  (G major) there's a devil on the  (F sharp major) loose
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Em 
And you  (F major) know he's ly (E minor) in'
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Yes, there's a devil on the  (A major) loose
Em 
There's a devil goin' wild  (E minor) 
There's a devil on the loose
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For every woman and child  (B major) 
A 
There's a devil on the prowl,  (A major) 
he's long overdue
And he's working hard for the souls
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Em 
of people  (B major) like me and you  (E minor) 
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Em 
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 (D major)  (E minor)  (A major)  (B major) 
Em 
 (E minor) 
A 
He's turning mothers  (A major) 
Em 
again (E minor) st  daughters
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Em 
Fathers  (A major) again (E minor) st  sons
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Em 
Nation  (A major) again (E minor) st  nation
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Em 
Thrive  (A major) on the evil that's  (E minor) done
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Em 
He's  (A major) a desperate  (E minor) devil
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Cause the  (A major) Lord's coming
Em 
back someday  (E minor) 
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Em 
He's  (A major) got to get  (E minor) his people to deal
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Em 
He's  (A major) got to get  (E minor) his people to lie
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Em 
He's  (A major) got to get his people  (E minor) to kill
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Em 
He's  (A major) got to keep his people  (E minor) high
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Em 
He's  (A major) got to get  (E minor) his people together
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Em 
He's  (A major) gonna talk them into  (E minor) suicide
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Em 
Any  (A major) way he  (E minor) get the people dyin'
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B 
 (A major) He's gonna devour them like  (B major) a lion
Em 
It's a sign  (E minor) of  the times
You can feel it in the air
A 
You can see it on the  (A major) faces
Of people everywhere
B 
Em 
Well,  (B major) you can see him on  (E minor) the streets,
A 
you can hear it on the news  (A major) 
G 
Lord,  (G major) I do believe
B 
Em 
 (B major) there's a devil on the  (E minor) loose
G 
Lord,  (G major) I do believe
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Em 
 (F sharp major) there's a  (F major) devil on the  (E minor) loose
G 
F# 
Oh Lord,  (G major) I do believe  (F sharp major) 
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Em 
there's a  (F major) devil on  (E minor) the loose