Misc Musicals – Side Show - The Devil You Know (Guitar)

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(Starts in Cm) [Intro]
    Fm7
I'm not gonna tell you

       Cm7
You're making a mistake

Ab6             Bb6
Tell you not to go

     Eb6
No I won't

     Ab
I'll only say

                  Ab/Bb    Cm
What I've learned along my way

    Ab13
The devil you know

G7
  Beats the devil you don't
Cm Cm/Bb Ab7 G7 [Verse 1]
Cm        Cm/Bb
We don't work

       Ab7         G7
In the best of situations

Cm       Cm/Bb      Ab7   G7
We don't live very well

Ab                  Eb/G
Don't reside in the neighborhood of heaven

Gsus4             G7
We live somewhere closer to hell

    Cm       Cm/Bb
Now we have learned

         Ab7           G7
To work around the situation

Cm          Cm/Bb
Learned to hide

         Ab7      G7
Till the heat has passed

Ab               Eb/G
You will learn a promise of salvation

    Gsus4        G7
Can mask another inferno's blast
[Chorus 1]
    Ab13
The devil you know

                    Cm Cm Bb/C Cm   Cm Bb/C Cm
Beats the devil you don't

     Ab13
That promised land

                     Cm Cm Bb/C Cm   Cm Bb/C Cm
Could turn out to be dry

Ab
Once you're gone

          Ab             Bb
You might ask yourselves why

Cm
Maybe you will

   Cm        Bb
Or maybe you won't

        Ab13
But the devil you know

G7
 Beats the devil you don't
Cm Cm/Bb Ab7 G7 (2x) (Modulates to Am) [Verse 2]
Am         Am/G
You don't know

    F7                E7
The world beyond the sideshow

Am         Am/G
You don't know

     F7         E7
What Satan can plan

F
You don't know

     C/E
The safety you'd be leaving

Esus4
We're your family

E7
We're your clan

Am          Am/G
Here we've got

     F7         E7
Each other to depend on

Am           Am/G
Here you've got

         F7               E7
The best home you'll ever find

F
Other folk

C/E
Don't know how to take us

    Esus4                  E7
The world out there can be so unkind
[Chorus 2]
    F13
The devil you know

                    Am Am G/A Am   Am G/A Am
Beats the devil you don't

    F13
His game of chance

                Am Am G/A Am   Am G/A Am
Just might be a scam

F
You can't play

       F               G
Then decide you should scram

Am
Maybe you'll win

   Am        G
Or maybe you won't

        F13
But the devil you know

E7
  Beats the devil you don't
Am Am/G F7 E7 (2x) (Modulates to F#m) [Verse 3]
F#m      F#m/E
How can you

D7               C#7
Say that man's a devil?

F#m      F#m/E
How can you

         D7         C#7
Say he's wicked and bad?

D
How can you

A/C#
Criticize an angel

C#sus4
Promising more heaven

             C#7
Than they've ever had
[Bridge 1]
D
I'm a fortune teller

D
I can see the future

D
I can look at people

F#m
See what's lying ahead

D
Violet and Daisy

D
I see you're bound for glory

C#sus4
That man who was here

        C#7
Will do all that he said

D13
That man's not a devil, No!

D13
I know that he's not

F#m F#m F#m/E F#m
I've seen the devil

F#m F#m F#m/E F#m
Whoa

    D13
You girls can get

D13
 Much more than you've got

C#sus4
 Much more, much more

C#7
 Than you've got
[Bridge 2]
   F#m            F#m/E
A: What if he's a devil?

   D7           C#7
B: What if he's not?

   F#m            F#m/E
B: He could be an angel

        D7        C#7
A: That heaven forgot

     F#m              F#m/E
B: I think you may be jealous

   D7         C#7
A: Jealous of what?

        Bm7
B: That Violet and Daisy

         C#7
B: Might give him a shot
[Chorus 3]
    D13
The devil you know (He's not a devil)

                    F#m
Beats the devil you don't

   F#m      E/F#  F#m  F#m   E/F#  F#m
(I won't belive it, belive it I won't)

     D13
That promised land (Is at hand)

                     F#m
Could turn out to be dry

   F#m    E/F#  F#m  F#m  E/F#  F#m
(You should give it a try) So dry

D
Once you're gone

           D             E
You might ask yourselves why (Why)

F#m               F#m       E
Maybe you will or maybe you won't

        D13
But the devil you know

     F#m/C#
(No! No! He's not a devil!)

        D13
But the devil you know

     F#m/C#
(No! No! He's not a devil!)

        D13
But the devil you know

     F#m/C#
(No! No! He's not a devil!)

D13             C#7
A-a-a-a-a-a-a-l-right!
[Bridge 3]
             F#m       F#m/E
Now we could argue all night

           D7             C#7
Because we care about you two

F#m            F#m/E
Maybe you will go

   D7        C#7
Or maybe you won't

      Dmaj7
But I hope you will remember...

          Bm7
That that mean old, money-grubbin'

A/C#
Gin-guzzlin', name-callin'

D13
Devil you know

C#7
  Might be better than

     Bm7
That smooth talkin', fine-lookin'

A/C#
Dream-spinnin', promise makin'

D13        C#7
Devi-i-i-i-l
N.C. You don't [Chorus 4]
F#m    F#m/E
(No, no, no Don't call him a devil)

D7          C#7
  Beats the devil you don't

F#m    F#m/E
(No, no, no Don't call him a devil)

D7          C#7
  Beats the devil you don't

F#m    F#m/E
(No, no, no Don't call him a devil)

D7          C#7
  Beats the devil you

F#m
Don't!