Kris Kristofferson – To Beat The Devil (Ukulele)

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#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## written and performed by Kris Kristofferson. Verse 1:(spoken)

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	It was winter time in Nashville,down on music city row

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	And i was lookin' for a place to get myself out of the cold

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	To warm the frozen feelin' that was eatin' at my soul

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	And keep the chilly wind off my guitar

Verse 2:(spoken)

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	My thirsty wanted whisky,my hungry needed beans

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	But it'd been of month of paydays since i've heard that eagle scream

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	So with my stomach full of empty and my pockets full of dreams

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	I left my pride and stepped inside a bar

Bridge:(spoken)

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	Actually i guess you'd could call it a Tavern...

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	Cigarette smoke to the ceiling and stardust on the floor

                           C
	Friendly shadows

Verse 3:(spoken)

           C                                 F/C             C
	I saw that there was just one old man sittin' at the bar

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	And in the mirror i could see him checkin' me and my guitar

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	He turned,and said "Come up here boy,and show us what you are"

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	I said "I'm dry"-and he brought me a beer

Verse 1-bis:(spoken)

            C                             F/C                   C
	He nodded at my guitar and said "It's a tough life,ain't it"

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	I just looked at him,and he said "You ain't makin' any money,are you?"

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	I said "You've been readin' my mail".He just smiled and said "Let me see your guitar"

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	I've got something you want to hear.Then he laid it on me

Verse sang 1:

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	If you waste your time of talkin' to the people who don't listen

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	To the things that you are sayin',who do you think's gonna hear

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	And if you should die explaining how the things that they complain about

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	Are things they could be changin' who do you think's gonna care

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	There were other lonely singers in a world turned deaf and blind

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	Who were crucified for what they tried to show

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	And their voice's have been scattered by this world and winds of times

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	Cause the truth remains that no one wants to know

Verse 4:(spoken)

          C                                    F/C                C
	Well,the old man was a stranger,but i'd heard his song before

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	Back when failure had me locked out on the wrong side of the door

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	When no one stood behind me but my shadow on the floor

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	And lonesome was more than a state of mind

Verse 2-bis:(spoken)

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	You see,the devil haunts a hungry man,and if you don't wanna join him

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	You got to beat him

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	I ain't sayin' i beat the devil but i drank his beer for nothing

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	Then i stole his song

Verse sang 2:

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	And you still can hear me singin' to the people who don't listen

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	To the things that i am sayin',prayin' someones gonna hear

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	And i guess i'll die explainig how the things that they complain about

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	Are things they could be changin',hopin' someones gonna care

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	I was born a lonely singer,and i'm bound to die the same

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	But i've got to feed the hunger in my soul

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	And if i never have a nickle i won't ever die ashamed

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	Cause i don't believe that no one wants to know

Thanks to Jan Ekeland for the lyrics. Perret Charles-Amir : [email protected]