To Beat The Devil Chords

Standard (EADGBE)

Verse 1

(spoken)

  ItG was winter time in Nashville,dC/Gown on music city rGow

  And i was lookin' for a place to gDet myself out of the cold C/G

  To warm the frozen feelin' that wasG eatin' at my Emsoul C/G

  And keep the chilly wind off my guDitar

Verse 2

(spoken)

  MyG thirsty wanted whisky,my C/Ghungry needed beGans

  But it'd been of month of paydays since i'Dve heard that eagle scream

  So wC/Gith my stomach full of emptyG and my pockets full of dEmreams C/G

  I left my pride and stepped inside a Dbar

Bridge

(spoken)

  AEmctually i guess you'd could call it a TaC/Gvern...

  Cigarette smoke to the ceiling and stardust on the floDor

  Friendly shadows G

Verse 3

(spoken)

  I sGaw that there was just one old manC/G sittin' at the Gbar

  And in the mirror i could see him checkin' meD and my guitar C/G

  He turned,and saidG "Come up here boy,and sEmhow us what you are" C/G

  I said "I'm dry"-and he brought me a Dbeer

Verse 1

bis:(spoken)

  He nGodded at my guitar and said "IC/Gt's a tough life,ain'tG it"

  I just looked at him,and he said "You aiDn't makin' any money,are you?" C/G

  I said "You've been readin' my mail"G.He just smiled and said "EmLet me see your guitar" C/G

  I'C/Gve got something you want to hGear.Then he laid it on me

Verse sang 1:

  If Gyou waste your time of talkin' to the C/Gpeople who don't listen

  To the thGings that you are sayin',who do you tDhink's gonna hear

  And if yGou should die explaining how the tC/Ghings that they complain about

  Are thGings they could be changin' who do youD think's gonna cGare

  There were Dother lonely singers in a woC/Grld turned deaf and blGind

  Who were crucified for what they tried to shDow

  And their vGoice's have been scattered by this wC/Gorld and winds of tGimes

  Cause the truth remains that Dno one wants to kGnow

Verse 4

(spoken)

  WeGll,the old man was a stranger,but i'dC/G heard his song befGore

  Back when failure had me locked out on tDhe wrong side of the door C/G

  When no one stood behind me but myG shadow on the flEmoor C/G

  And lonesome was more than a state of Dmind

Verse 2

bis:(spoken)

  You sGee,the devil haunts a hungry manC/G,and if you don't wanna join hGim

  You got to beDat him C/G

  I ain't sayin' i beat the devilG but i drank his bEmeer for nothing C/G

  Then i stole his sGong

Verse sang 2:

  And you sGtill can hear me singin' to the pC/Geople who don't listen

  To the thGings that i am sayin',prayin' sDomeones gonna hear

  And i gGuess i'll die explainig how the tC/Ghings that they complain about

  Are thGings they could be changin',hopin' sDomeones gonna caGre

  I was bDorn a lonely singer,and i'm bC/Gound to die the sGame

  But i've got to feed the hunger in my sDoul

  And if i nGever have a nickle i won't C/Gever die ashaGmed

  Cause i don't believe that Dno one wants to knGow