Gillian Welch – The Devil Had A Hold Of Me (Guitar)

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[Intro] Bm Bm Bm Bm Bm Bm Bm Bm Bm Bm Bm Dm [Verse]
    D     Bm             Bm     Bm
Now I was just a girl of two

    Bm    Bm     Bm      Em
Now I was just a girl of two

       Em     E                  D     D
With a golden heart and a button shoe
[Chorus]
    Bm    Bm    Bm      Bm    Bm
The devil had a hold of me

    Bm    Bm            Bm    Bm
The devil had a hold of me

  Bm        B        B       Em
I turned my head and I could see

    Bm    Bm7           Bm   B
The devil had a hold of me
[Verse]
          Bm        Bm                       B     Bm
There was something wrong with the butcher's boy

    Bm        Bm             Bm        E
Was something wrong with the butcher's boy

   Bm              Bm       Bm     Bm
He trembled in his hand and voice
[Chorus]
    Bm    Bm    Bm      Bm    Bm
The devil had a hold of me

    Bm    Em            E     Em
The devil had a hold of me

    Bm     Bm      Bm      Bm
The others knew to let him be

    Bm        Bm            Bm   Bm
But the devil had a hold of me
[Verse]
    Bm           B                   B       E
Now the tailpipe spit and the engine roared

    E        Bm       Bm  E      E
The tailpipe spit and the engine roared

    Bm     Bm               Bm    Bm
I's waving out the Plymouth door

        Bm    Bm    Bm      Bm    Bm
And the devil had a hold of me

    Bm    Bm            Bm   Bm
The devil had a hold of me

    Bm        Bm      Bm          Em
The old folks saw the last they'd see

    Bm    Bm            Bm
The devil had a hold of me
[Bridge] Bm E D D D Bm Bm Bm B E D Em Bm Bm [Chorus]
  Em           Bm                     Bm    Bm
I dreamed last night that my time was done

  Bm           Bm            Bm       Bm
I dreamed last night that my time was done

       Bm        Em             Em    Em
And my soul flew up to the holy son

        Bm    D     D    E  D   E
But the devil had a hold of me

    B     E             B   E
The devil had a hold of me

  Bm7          Bm7          Bm7       E7
I snapped back down when he pulled my lead

    Bm    Em    B       Bm
The devil had a hold of me
[Bridge] Bm Bm Bm B D D D D D D D D D E Bm [Outro]
         Bm           Bm              Bm     Bm
There're those who'll laugh and not believe

         Bm           D         E     E7
There're those who'll laugh and not believe

  E                 E               Bm     Bm
Until you feel that touch upon your sleeve

    Bm    Bm    Bm      Bm   Bm
The devil had a hold of me

    Bm    E             B    B
The devil had a hold of me

  Bm        B        B       Em
I turned my head and I could see

    Bm    Em7           Bm  Bm
The devil had a hold of me

  Bm7       Em7      Em      Em
I turned my head and I could see

    Bm    B             Bm   Em   Em
The devil had a hold of me