{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":73417,"song":"To Beat The Devil","artist":"Kris Kristofferson","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11545939-to-beat-the-devil-chords-by-kris-kristofferson/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/73417?type=chord","rating":4.68208,"votes":108,"content":"#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#\r\n#------------------------------------------------------------------------------##\r\n\r\nVerse 1:(spoken)\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C/G[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n It was winter time in Nashville,down on music city row[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\n And i was lookin' for a place to get myself out of the cold[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\n To warm the frozen feelin' that was eatin' at my soul[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n And keep the chilly wind off my guitar[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nVerse 2:(spoken)\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C/G[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n My thirsty wanted whisky,my hungry needed beans[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n But it'd been of month of paydays since i've heard that eagle scream[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C/G[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\n So with my stomach full of empty and my pockets full of dreams[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n I left my pride and stepped inside a bar[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nBridge:(spoken)\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\n Actually i guess you'd could call it a Tavern...[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n Cigarette smoke to the ceiling and sawdust on the floor[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n Friendly shadows[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nVerse 3:(spoken)\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C/G[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n I saw that there was just one old man sittin' at the bar[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\n And in the mirror i could see him checkin' me and my guitar[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\n He turned,and said \"Come up here boy,and show us what you are\"[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n I said \"I'm dry\"-and he brought me a beer[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nVerse 1-bis:(spoken)\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C/G[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n He nodded at my guitar and said \"It's a tough life,ain't it\"[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\n I just looked at him,and he said \"You ain't makin' any money,are you?\"[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\n I said \"You've been readin' my mail\".He just smiled and said \"Let me see your guitar\"[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C/G[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n I've got something you want to hear.Then he laid it on me[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nVerse sang 1:\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\n If you waste your time of talkin' to the people who don't listen[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n To the things that you are sayin',who do you think's gonna hear[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\n And if you should die explaining how the things that they complain about[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n Are things they could be changin' who do you think's gonna care[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C/G[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n There were other lonely singers in a world turned deaf and blind[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n Who were crucified for what they tried to show[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C/G[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n And their voice's have been scattered by the swirling winds of time[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n Cause the truth remains that no one wants to know[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nVerse 4:(spoken)\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C/G[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n Well,the old man was a stranger,but i'd heard his song before[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\n Back when failure had me locked out on the wrong side of the door[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\n When no one stood behind me but my shadow on the floor[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n And lonesome was more than a state of mind[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nVerse 2-bis:(spoken)\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C/G[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n You see,the devil haunts a hungry man,and if you don't wanna join him[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\n You got to beat him[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\n I ain't sayin' i beat the devil but i drank his beer for nothing[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n Then i stole his song[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nVerse sang 2:\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\n And you still can hear me singin' to the people who don't listen[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n To the things that i am sayin',prayin' someones gonna hear[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\n And i guess i'll die explainig how the things that they complain about[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n Are things they could be changin',hopin' someones gonna care[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C/G[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n I was born a lonely singer,and i'm bound to die the same[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n But i've got to feed the hunger in my soul[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C/G[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n And if i never have a nickle i won't ever die ashamed[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n Cause i don't believe that no one wants to know[/tab]\r","plain_text":"#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#\n#------------------------------------------------------------------------------##\n\nVerse 1:(spoken)\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVerse 2:(spoken)\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBridge:(spoken)\n\n\n\n\n\nVerse 3:(spoken)\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVerse 1-bis:(spoken)\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVerse sang 1:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVerse 4:(spoken)\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVerse 2-bis:(spoken)\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVerse sang 2:","chords":["G","C/G","D","Em"],"chord_diagrams":{"C/G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,4,2,0,1,0],"frets":[3,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}