The Devil I Know

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[Verse 1]
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Three in the morning came without a 
warning
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Wound up with some old buccaneers
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Tellin' lies about the time I 
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won the Nobel Prize
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Guess who bought all the beers

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Well, you'd think I'd have tamed my 
old dragons by now
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I've always tried to be a good scout
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But every now and then they come 
swoopin' in
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Saying, "Bubba, it's time to go out"


[Chorus]
         C                    G
Now it's fun to wake up in a strange
 chateau
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After racing 'round Paris in a Deux 
Chevaux
    C                      G      
My wingman's crashing but I'm not 
         Em
flying solo
       C                 G     
'Cause he traded places with the 
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devil I know

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Devil I know, devil I know


[Verse 2]
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Well, life can be confusing but 
things need excusin'
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To separate the turns from the 
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twists
     C                      
If I had a Richter scale for 
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spouting forked tales
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We'd all be high on that shit list

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Well, the hitch to living hard is 
when you drop your guard
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And wind up in a headline or a cell
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Then compromise, or worse, apologize
 D                             
Welcome to the world of sinkin' 
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spells


[Chorus]
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Messing with my mind was fun at the 
time
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Tossing to and fro in a tricky 
undertow
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Deviants and derelicts, lurking 
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high and low
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Ridin' shotgun with the devil I know

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Devil I know, devil I know
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Let's go ridin', devil


[Solo]
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[Bridge]
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There were times, there were places
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We played near and far
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From the old Anchor Inn to the 
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Suez Canal bar
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From the Kraken to Manhattan

Bm                   E
Le Select to Old Saigon
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Mojitos in Havana
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Timbuktu 'til dawn


[Verse 3]
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Three in the mornin', feral cats are
 yawnin'
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Full moon sinking in the bay
      C                    G
Spoonbills in flight, oh, what a 
sight
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As I sip on my café au lait

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Well, the birds got me thinkin' 
'bout going day drinkin'
   C                      G
A hall pass to be the old me
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Don't need hops and barley to throw 
a little party
     D                  G
Señorita, una mas iced tea


[Chorus]
            C                    
Hell, it's fun to go fishing on a 
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new slack tide
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Wake up living life on the flip side
      C                            
Them dragons ain't gone, but 
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they're fading like an old tattoo
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Lots of mystery in the history of 
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the devils I knew

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Devils I knew, devils I knew