Tryin’ Like the Devil chords by James Talley

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Verse 1
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 (C major)  (F major)  (G major)  (C major) Hot -bellied
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truckers drinkin'  (F major) coffee
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With  (C major) a red -headed waitress named  (G major) Louie
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Jute  (C major) boxes playin' with a  (F major) pinball machine
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A  (G major) lonesome highway harmony
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 (C major) And I'm  (F major) reachin' for the  (G major) stars
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in this  (C major) honky -tonkin'  (A minor) bar
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There's a  (F major) lot of lonely people  (G major) just like  (C major) me
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Try (F major) in' to for (G major) get all the
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 (C major) things that I re (A minor) gret
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Just  (F major) tryin' like the  (G major) devil to be  (C major) free
There's midnight and the
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blues in the dis (F major) tance
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Whis (C major) key in a glass and nights  (G major) alone
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And I've  (C major) lost so many dreams
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that  (F major) I know what it means
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Just  (G major) tryin' like the devil to be  (C major) free
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And  (F major) mama, don't you  (G major) know
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I'm  (C major) just a workin'  (A minor) man
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I  (F major) try to make a  (G major) livin'
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with  (C major) these two broken  (A minor) hands
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May (F major) be I'm the  (G major) soul
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and the  (C major) sa vior of this  (A minor) land
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But I'm still  (F major) tryin' like the  (G major) devil
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to be  (C major) free  (F major)  (C major)  (G major)  (C major)  (F major) 
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 (C major) I'm like that pot -bellied
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trucker drinkin'  (F major) coffee
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Like that  (C major) red -headed
waitress named Louise
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 (G major) I'm like  (C major) every workin' man
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all  (F major) across the land
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Just  (G major) tryin' like the devil to be  (C major) free
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Just  (F major) reachin' for the  (G major) stars
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in this  (C major) honky -tonkin'  (A minor) bar
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With a  (F major) lot of lonely people  (G major) just like  (C major) me
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Try (F major) in' to for (G major) get all the
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 (C major) things that I re (A minor) gret
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Just  (F major) tryin' like the  (G major) devil to be  (C major) free
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Just  (F major) tryin' like the  (G major) devil to be  (C major) free  (F major)  (G major) you