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To Beat The Devil chords by 
Eric Church 
N/A•
Key: G major•BPM: 140
Verse 1
G
D
G
D
I had this song and Chris saved my life and I wouldn't,
G
I wouldn't be here if it weren't for this song,
if it weren't for Chris Gustavus.
I'm having a hell of a
hard enough time
D
C
G
for him sitting right there as I play it.
C
G
I had a, I had, you know,
a rough time in Nashville.
Like a lot of people,
they get told no a lot.
D
And I'd played that game where,
G
you know,
if I get told no one more time,
D
I'm out of here.
I'm packing up,
G
I'm going back to North Carolina.
I went into this particular meeting
knowing that this was gonna be the meeting
where it all happens.
And I remember I played
D
probably a half a song,
G
and the guy said, started waving his hand,
And he goes, um, I don't,
I don't know where you're
D
from.
G
I don't know much about you,
D
but I'd go back there.
G
And, and that's one time I was going to,
C
an d I went to my car in the parking lot
D
G
of this publishing house,
D
G
and I just got the Austin Sessions on a CD,
and the next song was
D
G
to beat the devil.
D
and it talked about,
G
it talked about the very thing I was,
I was going through.
So I decided to stay one more day
D
G
af ter I got drunk.
I got drunk first,
then I stayed one more day,
and the next day I got a publishing deal,
C
D
G
phone rang. so I'm here.
I'm here because of that man right there.
It was winter time in Nashville,
C
G
down on Music City Road,
and I was looking for a place
D
to get myself out of the cold.
C
D
To warm the frozen fever
Em
that was eatin' at my soul.
C
D
To keep the chilly wind off my guitar.
G
My thirsty wanted whiskey,
C
D
G
but my hungry needed beans.
C
It had been a month of paydays
D
since I'd heard that eagle scream.
C
D
So with a stomach full of empty
In a pocket full of dreams,
Em
C
I left my pride
D
and stepped inside a bar.
Em
Actually, I guess you could
C
call it a tavern.
Cigarette smoke through the ceiling,
D
sawdust on the floor,
G
friendly shadows.
I saw that there was just one old man
C
G
sitting at the bar.
And the mirror,
could see him checking out
D
me and my guitar.
C
And he turned and said,
D
come up here, boy,
G
Em
and show us who you are.
C
I said, I'm dry.
D
He bought me a beer.
G
He nodded at my guitar.
He said, it's a tough life, ain't it?
I just looked at him.
D
He said, you ain't makin' any money,
are you, boy?
I said, mister,
Em
C
you been readin' my mail.
Need a smile.
D
He said, let me see that guitar.
C
D
G
I got somethin' you oughta hear.
And he laid it on me.
C
G
If you waste your time talkin' to
C
The people you don't listen to
G
The things that you are sayin'
D
G
D
Who do you think's gonna hear?
G
And if you should die, explain it how
D
C
The things that they complain about
G
The things that could be changing
D
G
Who do you think's gonna care?
D
G
D
There were other lonely singers
C
G
In a world turned up blind
C
G
D
Crucified by what they hadn't shown
G
And their voices have been scattered
C
by the swirling winds of time
G
Cause the truth remains
D
G
that no one wants to know
The old man was a stranger,
C
G
but I'd heard his song before
C
Bb
Back before failure had me locked
D
out of both sides of the door
C
D
Well, no one stood behind me
Em
but my shadow on the floor
C
And lonesome was
D
more than a state of mind
G
You see, the devil,
C
G
he haunts the hungry men
If you don't want to join him,
D
you got to beat him
C
I ain't saying I beat the devil,
D
Em
but I did drink his beer for nothing,
C
D
an d I stole that son of a
G
D
G
bitch's song.
And you can still hear me singing to you,
C
the people that you don't listen to,
G
the things
That I am safe
D
And someone's gonna hear
G
And I guess I'll die explaining how
C
The things that they complain about
G
Are things they could be changing
D
G
Hoping someone's gonna care
C
D
Well, I was born a lonely singer
C
And I'm bound to die the same
G
C
But I've got a fiend to
G
D
hunger in my soul
G
And if I never have a nip,
C
I won't ever die ashamed
G
Cause I don't believe
D
G
D
Em
that no one wants to know
C
Yeah, I don't believe
D
G
D
G
that no one wants to know
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