To Beat the Devil

To Beat the Devil easy guitar chords by Johnny Cash

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  • Verse 1
    And I'd 
    like to 
    dedicate 
    this to John 
    and June, who helped 

    show me how to 
    beat the 
    devil. 

    Verse 2

    It was 
    winter 
    time 
    in 
    Nashville, 

    down 
    on 
    music 
    city 
    row. 

    And 
    I was 
    lookin' 
    for a 
    place 
    to 

    get my
    self 
    out of the 
    cold. 

    To 
    warm 
    the 
    frozen 
    feelin' 

    that was 
    eatin' 
    at 
    my soul. 

    Keep 
    the 
    chilly 
    wind 
    off my 
    gui
    tar. 

    Verse 3
    My 
    thirsty 
    wanted 
    whisky; my 

    hungry 
    needed 
    beans, 

    But it'd 
    been 
    of month 
    of 
    paydays since 

    I'd 
    heard 
    that eagle 
    scream. 

    So 
    with a 
    stom
    ach 
    full 
    of empty 

    and a 
    pocket 
    full 
    of 
    dreams, 

    I left 
    my 
    pride 
    and stepped 

    inside 
    a bar. 


    Verse 4
    Actually, 
    I guess 
    you'd 

    could call 
    it a 
    Tavern: 

    Cigarette 
    smoke 
    to the ceil
    ing 
    and 

    sawdust 
    on the 
    floor; 

    Verse 5
    Friendly 
    shadows. 


    I saw 
    that 
    there 
    was just 
    one old 

    man 
    sit
    tin' 
    at 
    the bar. 

    And in 
    the mirror 
    could see 
    him 
    checkin' 

    me 
    and my 
    guitar. 

    An' he turned 
    and 
    said: 
    "Come up 
    here boy, 

    and 
    show 
    us 
    what you 
    are." 

    I said: 
    "I'm 
    dry." 
    He 
    bought me 
    a beer. 

    Verse 6
    He nodded 
    at my guitar 
    and 
    said: 

    "It's 
    a tough 
    life, 
    ain't 
    it?" 

    just 
    looked 
    at him. 
    He 
    said: 
    "You 

    ain't makin' 
    any 
    money, 
    are 
    you?" 

    said: "You've 
    been readin' 

    my 
    mail." 

    He just 
    smiled 
    and said: 
    "Let 

    me see 
    that 
    guitar. 

    "I've got 
    something 

    you oughta 
    hear." 

    Then 
    he laid 
    it on 
    me: 

    Verse 7
    "If 
    you 
    waste 
    your 
    time 
    a-talkin' 
    to 

    to 
    the 
    people 
    who don't 
    listen, 

    "To 
    the things 
    that 
    you 
    are 
    sayin', 

    who 
    do you 
    think's 
    gonna 
    hear. 

    "And 
    if 
    you 
    should 
    die 
    explainin' 
    how 

    the things 
    that 
    they 
    complain 
    about, 

    "Are 
    things 
    they could 
    be 
    changin', 

    who 
    do you 
    think's 
    gonna 
    care?" 

    Verse 8

    There 
    were 
    other 
    lonely 
    singers 
    in 

    a world 
    turned 
    deaf 
    and blind, 

    Who were 
    crucified 
    for 
    what they 

    tried 
    to show. 

    And their 
    voices 
    have been 
    scattered 
    by 

    the swirl
    ing 
    winds 
    of 
    time. 

    'Cause the 
    truth 
    remains 
    that 

    no-one wants 
    wants 
    to 
    know. 

    Verse 9
    Well, 
    the 
    old 
    man 
    was 
    a stranger, 

    but I'd 
    heard 
    his song 
    before, 

    Back 
    when 
    failure 
    had 
    me 
    locked 
    out 

    on the wrong 
    side 
    of 
    the door. 

    When 
    no-one stood 
    stood 
    behind 

    me 
    but 
    my 
    shadow 
    on the 
    floor, 

    And 
    lonesome 
    was 
    more 

    than a 
    state 
    of mind. 

    Verse 10

    You see, 
    the devil 
    haunts 
    a hungry 
    man, 

    If 
    you don't 
    wanna join 
    him, 

    you got 
    to beat 
    him. 

    ain't 
    sayin' 
    beat the 
    devil, 

    but I 
    drank 
    his beer 
    for 
    nothing. 

    Then 
    I stole 
    his 
    song. 

    Verse 11
    And 
    you still 
    can 
    hear me 
    singin' 

    to 
    the 
    people 
    who don't 
    listen, 

    To 
    the things 
    that 
    am sayin', 

    prayin' 
    someone's 
    gonna 
    hear. 

    And 
    guess 
    I'll 
    die 
    explaining 
    how 

    the things 
    that 
    they complain 
    about, 

    Are 
    things 
    they 
    could be 
    changin', 

    hopin' 
    someone's 
    gonna 
    care. 

    Verse 12

    was 
    born 
    a lonely 
    singer, 

    and 
    I'm bound 
    to die 
    the same, 

    But I've 
    got 
    to feed 

    the hunger 
    in my 
    soul. 

    And 
    if 
    never 
    have 
    a nickle, 

    won't 
    ever 
    die 
    ashamed. 

    'Cause I 
    don't 
    believe 
    that 
    no-one wants 

    wants 
    to 
    know. 

    Outro 1




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