To Beat The Devil

Verse 1:(spoken)
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         It was winter time in 
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Nashville,down on music city row
         And i was lookin' for a 
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place to get myself out of the cold
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         To warm the frozen feelin' 
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that was eatin' at my soul
         And keep the chilly wind 
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off my guitar


Verse 2:(spoken)
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         My thirsty wanted 
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whisky,my hungry needed beans
         But it'd been of month of 
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paydays since i've heard that eagle 
scream
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         So with my stomach full of
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 empty and my pockets full of 
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dreams
         I left my pride and stepped
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 inside a bar


Bridge:(spoken)
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         Actually i guess you'd 
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could call it a Tavern...
         Cigarette smoke to the 
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ceiling and stardust on the floor
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         Friendly shadows


Verse 3:(spoken)
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         I saw that there was just 
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one old man sittin' at the bar
         And in the mirror i could 
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see him checkin' me and my guitar
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         He turned,and said "Come 
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up here boy,and show us what you 
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are"
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         I said "I'm dry"-and he 
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brought me a beer


Verse 1-bis:(spoken)
            G                      
         He nodded at my guitar and
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 said "It's a tough life,ain't it"
         I just looked at him,and he
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 said "You ain't makin' any 
                 C/G
money,are you?"
         I said "You've been readin'
        G                         
 my mail".He just smiled and said 
Em                       C/G
"Let me see your guitar"
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         I've got something you 
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want to hear.Then he laid it on me


Verse sang 1:
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         If you waste your time of 
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talkin' to the people who don't 
listen
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         To the things that you are
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 sayin',who do you think's gonna 
hear
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         And if you should die 
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explaining how the things that they 
complain about
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         Are things they could be 
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changin' who do you think's gonna 
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care
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         There were other lonely 
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singers in a world turned deaf and 
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blind
         Who were crucified for what
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 they tried to show
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         And their voice's have 
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been scattered by this world and 
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winds of times
         Cause the truth remains 
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that no one wants to know


Verse 4:(spoken)
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         Well,the old man was a 
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stranger,but i'd heard his song 
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before
         Back when failure had me 
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locked out on the wrong side of the
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 door
         When no one stood behind me
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 but my shadow on the floor
         And lonesome was more than 
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a state of mind


Verse 2-bis:(spoken)
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         You see,the devil haunts a
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 hungry man,and if you don't wanna 
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join him
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         You got to beat him
         I ain't sayin' i beat the 
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devil but i drank his beer for 
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nothing
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         Then i stole his song


Verse sang 2:
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         And you still can hear me 
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singin' to the people who don't 
listen
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         To the things that i am 
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sayin',prayin' someones gonna hear
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         And i guess i'll die 
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explainig how the things that they 
complain about
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         Are things they could be 
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changin',hopin' someones gonna care
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         I was born a lonely 
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singer,and i'm bound to die the same
         But i've got to feed the 
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hunger in my soul
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         And if i never have a 
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nickle i won't ever die ashamed
         Cause i don't believe that
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 no one wants to know