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To Beat The Devil by Johnny Cash
To Beat The Devil
Tuning:E A D G B E
Key:G
Capo:no capo
[Intro]
E D7 G
[Verse 1]
G C
It was winter time in Nashville, down on music row
G D7
And I was looking for a place to get myself out of the cold
G C
To warm the frozen feeling that was eating at my soul
G D7 G
And keep the chilly wind off me and my guitar
[Verse 2]
G C
Well, my thirsty wanted whisky; and my hungry needed beans
G D7
But it'd been of month of paydays since I'd heard that eagle scream
G C
So with a stomach full of empty and a pocket full of dreams
G D7 G
I left my pride and stepped inside a bar
[Bridge]
E D7
Actually, I guess you'd could call it a Tavern
G
Cigarette smoke to the ceiling, sawdust on the floor friendly shadows
[Verse 3]
G C
Well, I saw that there was just one old man, that was sitting at the bar
G D7
And in the mirror I could see him checking me and my guitar
G C
An' he turned and said: "Come up here boy, and show us what you are
G D7 G
I said: "I'm dry." He bought me a beer
[Verse 4]
G C
Then he nodded at my guitar and said: "It's a tough life, ain't it?"
G D7
I just looked at him and he said: "You ain't making any money, are you?"
G
I said: "You've been reading my mail"
C G
He just smiled and said: "Let me see that guitar, I've got something you oughta hear"
D7
Then he laid it on me
[Chorus]
G C
If you waste your time a-talking to the people who don't listen
G D7
To the things that you are saying, who do you think's going to hear
G C
And if you should die explaining how the things that they complain about
G D7 G
Are things they could be changing who do you think's going to care?
[Verse 5]
D7 C G
There were other lonely singers in a world turned deaf and blind
G D7
Who were crucified for what they tried to show
G C G
And their voices have been scattered by the swirling winds of time
G D7 G
All the truth remains that no-one wants to know
[Verse 6]
G C
Well, the old man was a stranger, but I'd heard his song before
G D7
Back when failure had me locked out on the wrong side of the door
G C
When no-one stood behind me but my shadow on the floor
G D7 G
And lonesome was more than a state of mind
[Verse 7]
G C
You see, the devil haunts a hungry man
G D7
And if you don't wanna join him, well you gotta beat him
G C
I ain't saying I beat the devil, but I drank his beer for nothing
G D7 G
And then I stole his song
[Chorus]
G C
And you still can hear me singing to the people who don't listen
G D7
To the things that I am saying, praying someone's going to hear
G C
And I guess I'll die explaining how the things that they complain about
G D7 G
Are things they could be changing, hoping someone's going to care
[Verse 8]
D7 C G
I was born a lonely singer, and I'm bound to die the same
G D7
But I've got to feed the hunger in my soul
G C G
And if I never have a nickle, I won't ever die ashamed
G D7 G
Cause I don't believe that no-one wants to know
[Outro]
E D7 G G C G D7 G C G D7 G
Do do do doo
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