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To Beat the Devil chords by 
Johnny Cash 
Key: G major•BPM: 95
Verse 1
G
E
D
And I'd like to dedicate this to John and June, who helped
show me how to beat the devil.
G
Verse 2
It was winter time in Nashville,
C
G
down on music city row.
And I was lookin' for a place to
A
D
get myself out of the cold.
G
To warm the frozen feelin'
C
that was eatin' at my soul.
G
D
G
Keep the chilly wind off my guitar.
Verse 3
G
My thirsty wanted whisky; my
C
hungry needed beans,
G
But it'd been of month of paydays since
D
I'd heard that eagle scream.
G
So with a stomach full of empty
C
and a pocket full of dreams,
G
D
I left my pride and stepped
inside a bar.
G
E
Verse 4
E
Actually, I guess you'd
D
could call it a Tavern:
G
Cigarette smoke to the ceiling and
sawdust on the floor;
Verse 5
Friendly shadows.
G
I saw that there was just one old
C
man sittin' at the bar.
G
And in the mirror I could see him checkin'
D
me and my guitar.
G
An' he turned and said: "Come up here boy,
C
and show us what you are."
G
D
I said: "I'm dry." He bought me a beer.
G
Verse 6
He nodded at my guitar and said:
C
"It's a tough life, ain't it?"
G
I just looked at him. He said: "You
A
D
ain't makin' any money, are you?"
G
I said: "You've been readin'
my mail."
C
He just smiled and said: "Let
G
me see that guitar.
"I've got something
D
you oughta hear."
G
Then he laid it on me:
Verse 7
G
"If you waste your time a-talkin' to
C
to the people who don't listen,
G
"To the things that you are sayin',
D
who do you think's gonna hear.
G
D
"And if you should die explainin' how
C
the things that they complain about,
G
"Are things they could be changin',
D
who do you think's gonna care?"
G
Verse 8
D
There were other lonely singers in
C
G
a world turned deaf and blind,
Who were crucified for what they
D
tried to show.
G
And their voices have been scattered by
C
G
the swirling winds of time.
'Cause the truth remains that
D
G
no-one wants wants to know.
Verse 9
G
Well, the old man was a stranger,
C
but I'd heard his song before,
G
Back when failure had me locked out
D
on the wrong side of the door.
G
When no-one stood stood behind
C
me but my shadow on the floor,
G
D
And lonesome was more
than a state of mind.
G
Verse 10
C
You see, the devil haunts a hungry man,
G
If you don't wanna join him,
D
you got to beat him.
G
I ain't sayin' I beat the devil,
C
G
but I drank his beer for nothing.
D
G
Then I stole his song.
Verse 11
G
And you still can hear me singin'
C
to the people who don't listen,
G
To the things that I am sayin',
A
D
prayin' 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 changin',
D
hopin' someone's gonna care.
G
Verse 12
D
I was born a lonely singer,
C
G
and I'm bound to die the same,
But I've got to feed
D
the hunger in my soul.
G
And if I never have a nickle,
C
G
I won't ever die ashamed.
D
'Cause I don't believe that no-one wants
G
wants to know.
Outro 1
G
E
D
G
C
G
D
G
C
G
D
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