{"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":2394491,"song":"Conversation With The Devil","artist":"Ray Wylie Hubbard","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/2394491-conversation-with-the-devil-chords-by-ray-wylie-hubbard/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2394491?type=chord","rating":4.92634,"votes":107,"content":"this is the lick he plays during the chord progression\r\n\r\n[tab]E ---------|\r\nB----------|\r\nG----------|\r\nD----------|\r\nA---3-1----|\r\nE-------3--|[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI had a dream last night I was cast into hell by a jealous God[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe Devil walked up and said, \"You don't need no lightning rod[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt hardly ever rains down here; I can't recall the last storm[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYou ain't gonna need that leather jacket, it gets kinda warm[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThere's one way, there's no way out; looks like you're here to stay[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOh, the place is a mess, it's overcrowded, more are coming everyday.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI said, \"Aw, man, wait a minute, there's got to be somethin' wrong[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI ain't a bad guy, I just write these little songs[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI always pay my union dues, I don't stay in the passing lane.\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd he said, \"What about all that whisky and cocaine?\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI said, \"Well, yeah... but that's no reason to throw me in hell[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n'Cause I didn't use the cocaine to get high, I just like the way it smells.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe said, \"Come on over here, son, let me show you around[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOver there's where we put the preachers -- I never liked those clowns[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThey're always blaming me for everything wrong under the sun[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt ain't that hard to do what's right, it's just maybe not as much fun[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThen they walk around thinkin' they're better than me and you[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd then they get caught in a motel room, doin' what they said not to do[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\"Now all the murderers and the rapists, they go in this fiery lake[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAs well as most of the politicians and the cops on the take[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd all the mothers who wait 'til they get to K-Mart to spank their kids;[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nInstead of showin' 'em what to do what's right, they just hit 'em for what they did[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd all the daddy's who run off and abandon their daughters and sons[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOh, anybody who hurts a child's gonna burn until it's done.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\"Everyone is down here,\" I said, \"who's up in heaven with God and the Son?\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\"Oh, some saints and mystics and students of Metaphysics 101[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nPeople who care and share and love and try to do what's right[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBeautiful old souls who read little stories to their babies every night[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]                                                                                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhat you won't find up in heaven are Christian Coalition right-wing conservatives, country program[/tab]\r\ndirectors, and Nashville Record executives.\"\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\"Now,\" I said, \"I've made some mistakes, but I'm not as bad as those guys[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHow can God do this to me?, or can't she sympathize?\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe said, \"You're wrong about God being cruel and mean[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOh, God is the most loving thing that's never been seen.\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI said, \"Hot Shot, tell me this: which religion is the truest?\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe said, \"They're all about the same -- Buddha was not a Christian, but Jesus would've made a good Buddhist.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWell, I thought about my future, I didn't seem to have much of one[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI looked around to leave but there was... no place to run[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI said, \"I don't suppose I could go back and try livin' again...[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nLike reincarnation, I hear that's the way it's always been.\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\"I can't answer that,\" he said, \"you're gonna have to wait for that response[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut it ain't any more unusual to be born twice than it is to be born once.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWell it looked like I was gonna be stuck here, as far as I could tell[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI thought I might as well suck up, you know, what the hell?[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI said, \"You know that song that Charlie Daniels did?[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAbout how you went down to Georgia and played fiddle against that kid?\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe said, \"Yeah, broke my heart but, you know, what're you gonna do?\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI said, \"To be honest, I thought your solo was the better of the two.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWell, then I woke up, and I was lyin' in my bed[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI went upstairs and kissed my little boy on his sleepin' head[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI took this dream as a sign from God, so I thought I'd better pray:[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\"Don't ever speak to me directly, and thanks anyway.\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nNow so much has changed about me besides me just givin' up red meat[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSome get spiritual 'cause they see the light[/tab]\r\n\r\nAnd some 'cause they feel the heat","plain_text":"this is the lick he plays during the chord progression\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\ndirectors, and Nashville Record executives.\"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAnd some 'cause they feel the heat","chords":["E","B","G","D","A","C"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}