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