Devil Boy

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'DEVIL BOY'
SEVEN MARY THREE from the album "AMERICAN STANDARD"
Transcribed by Jason Leonard
Chords:
GD5ADsus2
/
----- ----- --0--
----- ----- --3--
--4-- --7-- --2--
--5-- --7-- --0--
--5-- --5-- -----
--3-- --5-- -----
Intro: 0:00- 0:08
Rhy. Fig. 1
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----------------|----------------| * Repeat 2 times for intro *
----9-------9---|----7-------7---|
--0---0---0---0-|--0---0---0---0-|
9-------9-------|7-------7-------|
----------------|----------------|
Verse: Play with Rhy. Fig. 1
0:09- 0:42
Dadd9F# Em7 Dadd9F# Em7
/ /
I slept through Easter yesterday
Dadd9F# Em7 Dadd9F# Em7
/ /
right through Christmas just the same
Dadd9F# Em7 Dadd9F# Em7
/ /
the priest came up to me all up in arms
Dadd9F# Em7 Dadd9F# Em7
/ /
he said, "devil boy what have you done?"
Pre-Chorus: 0:43- 0:59
G Dsus2
------------------|------0--------|
------------------|----3-----3---3|
-----11--12----11-|--2---------2--|
---0--------------|0--------------|
10----------------|---------------|
------------------|---------------|
G Dsus2
Hey devil boy
G Dsus2
We're gonna to blow you're house in
G Dsus2
hey devil boy
G Dsus2
what do you think of that?
Chorus: 1:00- 1:16
G D5A
/
for heaven's sake
G D5A
/
it's only been 2000 years
G D5A
/
and I can't wait any
G D5A
/
longer for you
Rhy. Fig. 1 1:17- 1:25
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----------------|----------------| * Repeat 2 times for intro *
----9-------9---|----7-------7---|
--0---0---0---0-|--0---0---0---0-|
9-------9-------|7-------7-------|
----------------|----------------|
Verse: Play with Rhy. Fig. 1
1:26- 1:58
Dadd9F# Em7 Dadd9F# Em7
/ /
the Jesuits rolled in their tanks to my front door
Dadd9F# Em7 Dadd9F# Em7
/ /
while the Capuchins held a love-in on my front porch
Dadd9F# Em7 Dadd9F# Em7
/ /
the Augustinians kept to themselves, stuck their tongues out in a row
Dadd9F# Em7 Dadd9F# Em7
/ /
they said, "devil boy, it's off to Hell you go!"
Pre-Chorus: 1:59- 2:16
G Dsus2
------------------|------0--------|
------------------|----3-----3---3|
-----11--12----11-|--2---------2--|
---0--------------|0--------------|
10----------------|---------------|
------------------|---------------|
G Dsus2
Hey devil boy
G Dsus2
We're gonna to blow you're house in
G Dsus2
hey devil boy
G Dsus2
what do you think of that?
Chorus: 2:17- 2:32
G D5A
/
for heaven's sake
G D5A
/
it's only been 2000 years
G D5A
/
and I can't wait any
G D5A
/
longer for you
Rhy. Fig. 1 2:33- 2:41
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----------------|----------------| * Repeat 2 times for intro *
----9-------9---|----7-------7---|
--0---0---0---0-|--0---0---0---0-|
9-------9-------|7-------7-------|
----------------|----------------|
Verse: Play with Rhy. Fig. 1
2:42- 3:15
Dadd9F# Em7 Dadd9F# Em7
/ /
and so I'll sit and pray for her to call me there
Dadd9F# Em7 Dadd9F# Em7
/ /
and I'll burn that bridge a 1000 times, on the cross I bear
Dadd9F# Em7 Dadd9F# Em7
/ /
just to wonder if you're listening from a soap box in the sky
Dadd9F# Em7 Dadd9F# Em7
/ /
to finally realize my price, was it you or I?
Pre-Chorus: 3:16- 3:31
G Dsus2
------------------|------0--------|
------------------|----3-----3---3|
-----11--12----11-|--2---------2--|
---0--------------|0--------------|
10----------------|---------------|
------------------|---------------|
G Dsus2
Hey devil boy
G Dsus2
We're gonna to blow you're house in
G Dsus2
hey devil boy
G Dsus2
what do you think of that?
Chorus: 3:32- end
G D5A
/
for heaven's sake
G D5A
/
it's only been 2000 years
G D5A
/
and I can't wait any
G D5A
/
longer for you
G D5A
/
for heaven's sake
G D5A
/
I'd give away eternity
G D5A
/
If you would come back to me
G D5A
/
If you would come back to me
G D5A
/
If you would come back to me
G D5A
/
If you would come back to me
(c)1998 Seven Mary Three Music, BMI. All rights reserved.
Administered by EMI Publishing. Lyrics reprinted by permission.

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'DEVIL BOY'
SEVEN MARY THREE from the album "AMERICAN STANDARD"
Transcribed by  Jason Leonard
Chords:
Intro:   0:00- 0:08
Verse: Play with Rhy. Fig. 1
0:09- 0:42
Pre-Chorus:  0:43- 0:59
Chorus:  1:00- 1:16
Verse: Play with Rhy. Fig. 1
1:26- 1:58
Pre-Chorus:   1:59- 2:16
Chorus:  2:17- 2:32
Verse: Play with Rhy. Fig. 1
2:42- 3:15
Pre-Chorus:  3:16- 3:31
Chorus:  3:32- end
(c)1998 Seven Mary Three Music, BMI. All rights reserved. 
Administered by EMI Publishing. Lyrics reprinted by permission.

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