To Beat the Devil chords by Waylon Jennings
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Intro 1
(C major)
Verse 1
It was winter time (C major) in Nashville
(F major) down on Music (C major) City Row
I was lookin' for a place to get my
(G major) self out of the cold (F major)
To warm (G major) the frozen feelin'
(C major) that was eatin' at my (A minor) soul
(F major) And keep the chilly winds
off my guitar
(G major)
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Verse 2
(C major)
My thirsty wanted whiskey and
(F major) my hunger needed (C major) beans
But I guess it'd been a month of payday
since (G major) I heard that eagle scream (F major)
So (G major) with a stomach full of empty (C major)
and a pocket full (A minor) of dreams
(F major) I left my pride (G major) and stepped
inside a (C major) bar
Verse 3
(A minor)
Actually I guess you'd call it
a (F major) tavern (D minor)
Cigarette smoke to the ceiling saw (G major) dust
on the floor friendly shad (C major) ows
I saw that there was just an
old man (F major) sittin' at the bar (C major)
In the mirror I could see him checkin'
me and (G major) my guitar
Verse 4
(F major)
He said (G major) come up here boy (C major) show us what (A minor) you
are (F major) I said I'm dry he bought (G major) me a beer (C major)
He nodded at my guitar said (F major) it's a tough
life (C major) ain't it I just looked at him
And he (G major) said you ain't makin' any money are you
I said you been readin' my (F major) mail (G major)
He just (C major) smiled and said let
me see that (A minor) guitar
Verse 5
I got somethin' you (A minor) oughta hear
(F major) then he laid (G major) it on me (C major)
(G major) If you (C major) waste your time a talkin' to
the people (F major) who don't listen
To the thing (C major) s that you are sayin'
who do you (G major) thinks gonna hear
And if (C major) you should die explainin' how
the thing (F major) they complain about
Verse 6
Or the things (C major) they could be changing
who do (G major) you thinks gonna care (C major)
There were lots (G major) of other singers in
the world (F major) turned deaf and blind (C major)
Who were (F major) crucified for what (C major)
they tried to show (G major)
Now their voices (C major) have been scattered
by the swirl (F major) ing winds of time (C major)
Verse 7
And the (C major) truth remains that (G major) no
one wants to (C major) know
Well the old man was a stranger (F major)
but I'd've heard his song (C major) before
Back when failure had me locked out (G major) on
the wrong side of the door (F major)
(G major) No one stood behind me (C major) but
my shadow (A minor) on the floor
Verse 8
(F major) And lonesome was more
than a state of (G major) mind
(C major) You see the devil haunts a hungry man (F major) (C major)
And if you don't want to join him well
he's gotta figure out someway (G major) to beat him
And I ain't (F major) sayin' I beat the devil
but (G major) I drink his beer (C major) for nothin'
(A minor)
Verse 9
(F major) And then I stole (G major) his song (C major)
You can still hear me singin' to
the people (F major) who don't listen
To the things (C major) that I am sayin'
prayin' someone's (G major) gonna hear
And I (C major) guess I'll die explaining how the thing (F major)
s that they complain about
Verse 10
Are things (C major) they could be changin'
hopin' (G major) someone's gonna care (C major)
I was (G major) born to be a singer and I'm
(F major) bound to die the same (C major)
But I've (F major) got to feed this (C major) hunger in my soul (G major)
If I never (C major) have a nickel (F major) I won't
even die in shame (C major)
'Cause I don't believe that (G major) no
one wants to (C major) know
Outro 1
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To Beat the Devil
Waylon Jennings
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