To Beat The Devil

(spoken)
        It[G] was winter time in Nashville,d[C/G]own on music city r[G]ow
        And i was lookin' for a place to g[D]et myself out of the cold  [C/G]
        To warm the frozen feelin' that was[G] eatin' at my [Em]soul  [C/G]
        And keep the chilly wind off my gu[D]itar

(spoken)
        My[G] thirsty wanted whisky,my [C/G]hungry needed be[G]ans
        But it'd been of month of paydays since i'[D]ve heard that eagle scream
        So w[C/G]ith my stomach full of empty[G] and my pockets full of d[Em]reams  [C/G]
        I left my pride and stepped inside a [D]bar

(spoken)
        A[Em]ctually i guess you'd could call it a Ta[C/G]vern...
        Cigarette smoke to the ceiling and stardust on the flo[D]or
        Friendly shadows   [G]

(spoken)
        I s[G]aw that there was just one old man[C/G] sittin' at the [G]bar
        And in the mirror i could see him checkin' me[D] and my guitar [C/G]
        He turned,and said[G] "Come up here boy,and s[Em]how us what you are" [C/G]
        I said "I'm dry"-and he brought me a [D]beer

bis:(spoken)
        He n[G]odded at my guitar and said "I[C/G]t's a tough life,ain't[G] it"
        I just looked at him,and he said "You ai[D]n't makin' any money,are you?"  [C/G]
        I said "You've been readin' my mail"[G].He just smiled and said "[Em]Let me see your guitar"  [C/G]
        I'[C/G]ve got something you want to h[G]ear.Then he laid it on me

Verse sang 1:
        If [G]you waste your time of talkin' to the [C/G]people who don't listen
        To the th[G]ings that you are sayin',who do you t[D]hink's gonna hear
        And if y[G]ou should die explaining how the t[C/G]hings that they complain about
        Are th[G]ings they could be changin' who do you[D] think's gonna c[G]are
        There were [D]other lonely singers in a wo[C/G]rld turned deaf and bl[G]ind
        Who were crucified for what they tried to sh[D]ow
        And their v[G]oice's have been scattered by this w[C/G]orld and winds of t[G]imes
        Cause the truth remains that [D]no one wants to k[G]now

(spoken)
        We[G]ll,the old man was a stranger,but i'd[C/G] heard his song bef[G]ore
        Back when failure had me locked out on t[D]he wrong side of the door  [C/G]
        When no one stood behind me but my[G] shadow on the fl[Em]oor  [C/G]
        And lonesome was more than a state of [D]mind

bis:(spoken)
        You s[G]ee,the devil haunts a hungry man[C/G],and if you don't wanna join h[G]im
        You got to be[D]at him  [C/G]
        I ain't sayin' i beat the devil[G] but i drank his b[Em]eer for nothing  [C/G]
        Then i stole his s[G]ong

Verse sang 2:
        And you s[G]till can hear me singin' to the p[C/G]eople who don't listen
        To the th[G]ings that i am sayin',prayin' s[D]omeones gonna hear
        And i g[G]uess i'll die explainig how the t[C/G]hings that they complain about
        Are th[G]ings they could be changin',hopin' s[D]omeones gonna ca[G]re
        I was b[D]orn a lonely singer,and i'm b[C/G]ound to die the s[G]ame
        But i've got to feed the hunger in my s[D]oul
        And if i n[G]ever have a nickle i won't [C/G]ever die asha[G]med
        Cause i don't believe that [D]no one wants to kn[G]ow