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Kris Kristofferson - To Beat The Devil Intro G ||x4 -----3-----------| -----0-----------| -----0---------0-| -----0---0h2-2---| -----------------| -3---------------| Verse 1 (spoken)It was wGinter time in Nashville, down on mCusic city row G And I was lookin' for a place to getD myself out of the cold C To warm the frDozen feelin' that wasG eatin' at my sEmoul C And keep the chilly wind off my guitarDG My thirsty wanted whisky,C my hungry needed bGeans G But it'd been of month of paydays since I've hDeard that eagle scream C So with my stomach full of DemptyG and a pocket full of drEmeams C I left my prDide and stepped inside a bGarEm Actually I guess you could call it a Tavern C Cigarette smoke to the cAmeiling and sawdust on the floorD Friendly shadowsGI saw that there was just one old manC sittin' at the bar G And in the mirror I could see him checkin' me andD my guitar C He turned and said D"Come up here boGy and show us what youEm are" C I said "I'm dry" and he brouDght me a beerG He nodded at my guitar and said C"It's a tough life, ain'Gt it" I just looked at him, and he said "DYou ain't makin' any money, are ya?" C I said "You've been readin'D my mGail". He just smiled and said Let me sEmee your guitar,C I've got something you want to hear.GThen he laid it on me ChorusIf you wGaste your time a talkin' to the pCeople who don't listen To the thGings that you are sayin', who do yDou think's gonna hear And if yGou should die explaining how the thCings that they complain about Are thGings they could be changin' who do yDou think's gonna care G There were Dother lonely singers in a wCorld turned deaf and blGind Who were crucified for what they tried to shDow And their vGoices have been scattered by the swCirling winds of tGime Cause the truth remains that nDo one wants to knGowVerse 2 (spoken)Well, the Gold man was a stranger, but I'd heCard his song beforeG Back when failure had me locked out on the wrDong side of the door C When no one stood behDind me but myG shadow on the flooEmr C And lonesome was more than a state of mindDG You see, the devil haunts a hungry man C G If you don't wanna join him you got to bDeat him C I ain't sayin' I bDeat the devilG Em but I drank his beer for nothing C D Then I stole his sGongChorusAnd you stGill can hear me singin' to the pCeople who don't listen To the thGings that I am sayin' prayin' sDomeone’s gonna hear And I gGuess I'll die explaining how the thCings that they complain about Are thGings they could be changin' hopin' sDomeone’s gonnaG care I was bDorn a lowly singer, and I'm bCound to die the sGame But I've gCot to feed the hGunger in my sDoul And if I nGever have a nickel I won't Cever die ashGamed Cause I don't believe that nDo one wants to knGow