Chords for Colby Acuff Shares The Story Behind "If I Were The Devil"
Tempo:
99.6 bpm
Chords used:
E
B
C#m
Em
A
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
If I Were the Devil [E] is definitely the song for me.
Like that is the one that obviously has taken us
to the heights and places that we wanted to go.
I wrote it also during COVID,
the same time when I See You Again came out.
But I remember I was home, I had a day off in the summer,
which was very rare for me at this time.
And I'm sitting on the [Em] couch and I'm super bored,
obviously, because I've done everything
that I can do in my house,
150,000 times in like two months.
Turn cable on, it's the news.
And it's [B] during COVID, so it's like terrible.
It's terrible.
I'm depressed [C#] immediately watching it.
So I like flipped the channel.
The next one is just as bad.
The next one is just as bad.
[Em] And I started thinking of, [E] there's a Paul Harvey,
they used to call him Fireside Chats from the 60s.
And Paul Harvey would get on and he would like read [B] these,
like half poem, half story, kind of [E] spoken verse thing.
And one of them was called If I Were the Devil.
♪ [C#m] The devil walks among us friends, [E] I know this is true.
[B] ♪
♪ And I don't [B] know if he's red, and [A] I don't know if [E] he's blue.
♪
♪ But [C#m] one thing that I know we [E] need to take a look around.
[B] ♪
♪ If I [B] were the devil, this world would be my [C#m] playground.
♪
I grabbed my [E] guitar.
I wrote If I Were the Devil in 25 minutes.
And I remember as soon as I got done with it,
I thought I'm never releasing this song, never.
[B] And then about, I don't [E] know, six months later,
I hosted a songwriters round in my hometown.
It was [B] the first songwriters round ever
in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.
And I remember it [Em] sold really well.
And then I remember thinking,
oh, should [E] I play the devil song?
Should I do it?
And I played it last, last song of the night
and people lost their minds.
And the guy [B] next to me,
who is [Em] part of the writers round looks at me, he goes,
you have to [C#m] release that song.
So then I named a whole record after it and put it out.
And I can honestly say that song,
not only did it change my life,
but [C#m] I know that it's [E] helped a lot of other people,
you know, work through some things.
It's [A#] done more than just help [B] my career.
And that's really [E] all I can ask as a songwriter.
[C#m] ♪ If I were the devil, [E] this world was mine to see.
♪
♪ Well, I'd witness [B] all the atrocities.
[C#m]
♪
♪ So I'd run back home, [E] the story to tell.
♪
♪ [B] I'd tell all my demon friends, that
Like that is the one that obviously has taken us
to the heights and places that we wanted to go.
I wrote it also during COVID,
the same time when I See You Again came out.
But I remember I was home, I had a day off in the summer,
which was very rare for me at this time.
And I'm sitting on the [Em] couch and I'm super bored,
obviously, because I've done everything
that I can do in my house,
150,000 times in like two months.
Turn cable on, it's the news.
And it's [B] during COVID, so it's like terrible.
It's terrible.
I'm depressed [C#] immediately watching it.
So I like flipped the channel.
The next one is just as bad.
The next one is just as bad.
[Em] And I started thinking of, [E] there's a Paul Harvey,
they used to call him Fireside Chats from the 60s.
And Paul Harvey would get on and he would like read [B] these,
like half poem, half story, kind of [E] spoken verse thing.
And one of them was called If I Were the Devil.
♪ [C#m] The devil walks among us friends, [E] I know this is true.
[B] ♪
♪ And I don't [B] know if he's red, and [A] I don't know if [E] he's blue.
♪
♪ But [C#m] one thing that I know we [E] need to take a look around.
[B] ♪
♪ If I [B] were the devil, this world would be my [C#m] playground.
♪
I grabbed my [E] guitar.
I wrote If I Were the Devil in 25 minutes.
And I remember as soon as I got done with it,
I thought I'm never releasing this song, never.
[B] And then about, I don't [E] know, six months later,
I hosted a songwriters round in my hometown.
It was [B] the first songwriters round ever
in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.
And I remember it [Em] sold really well.
And then I remember thinking,
oh, should [E] I play the devil song?
Should I do it?
And I played it last, last song of the night
and people lost their minds.
And the guy [B] next to me,
who is [Em] part of the writers round looks at me, he goes,
you have to [C#m] release that song.
So then I named a whole record after it and put it out.
And I can honestly say that song,
not only did it change my life,
but [C#m] I know that it's [E] helped a lot of other people,
you know, work through some things.
It's [A#] done more than just help [B] my career.
And that's really [E] all I can ask as a songwriter.
[C#m] ♪ If I were the devil, [E] this world was mine to see.
♪
♪ Well, I'd witness [B] all the atrocities.
[C#m]
♪
♪ So I'd run back home, [E] the story to tell.
♪
♪ [B] I'd tell all my demon friends, that
Key:
E
B
C#m
Em
A
E
B
C#m
If I Were the Devil [E] is definitely the song for me.
Like that is the one that obviously has taken us
to the heights and places that we wanted to go.
I wrote it also during COVID,
the same time when I See You Again came out.
But I remember I was home, I had a day off in the summer,
which was very rare for me at this time.
And I'm sitting on the [Em] couch and I'm super bored,
obviously, because I've done everything
that I can do in my house,
150,000 times in like two months.
Turn cable on, it's the news.
And it's [B] during COVID, so it's like terrible.
It's terrible.
I'm depressed [C#] immediately watching it.
So I like flipped the channel.
The next one is just as bad.
The next one is just as bad.
[Em] And I started thinking of, [E] there's a Paul Harvey,
they used to call him Fireside Chats from the 60s.
And Paul Harvey would get on and he would like read [B] these,
like half poem, half story, kind of [E] spoken verse thing.
And one of them was called If I Were the Devil.
♪ _ [C#m] The devil walks among us friends, [E] I know this is true.
[B] ♪
♪ And I don't [B] know if he's red, and [A] I don't know if [E] he's blue.
♪
♪ But [C#m] one thing that I know we [E] need to take a look around.
_ [B] ♪
♪ If I [B] were the devil, this world would be my [C#m] playground.
♪
I grabbed my [E] guitar.
I wrote If I Were the Devil in 25 minutes.
And I remember as soon as I got done with it,
I thought I'm never releasing this song, never.
[B] And then about, I don't [E] know, six months later,
I hosted a songwriters round in my hometown.
It was [B] the first songwriters round ever
in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.
And I remember it [Em] sold really well.
And then I remember thinking,
oh, should [E] I play the devil song?
Should I do it?
And I played it last, last song of the night
and people lost their minds.
And the guy [B] next to me,
who is [Em] part of the writers round looks at me, he goes,
you have to [C#m] release that song.
So then I named a whole record after it and put it out.
And I can honestly say that song,
not only did it change my life,
but [C#m] I know that it's [E] helped a lot of other people,
you know, work through some things.
It's [A#] done more than just help [B] my career.
And that's really [E] all I can ask as a songwriter.
[C#m] ♪ If I were the devil, [E] this world was mine to see.
♪
♪ Well, I'd witness [B] all the atrocities.
[C#m] _ _
♪
♪ So I'd run back home, [E] the story to tell.
♪
♪ [B] I'd tell all my demon friends, that
Like that is the one that obviously has taken us
to the heights and places that we wanted to go.
I wrote it also during COVID,
the same time when I See You Again came out.
But I remember I was home, I had a day off in the summer,
which was very rare for me at this time.
And I'm sitting on the [Em] couch and I'm super bored,
obviously, because I've done everything
that I can do in my house,
150,000 times in like two months.
Turn cable on, it's the news.
And it's [B] during COVID, so it's like terrible.
It's terrible.
I'm depressed [C#] immediately watching it.
So I like flipped the channel.
The next one is just as bad.
The next one is just as bad.
[Em] And I started thinking of, [E] there's a Paul Harvey,
they used to call him Fireside Chats from the 60s.
And Paul Harvey would get on and he would like read [B] these,
like half poem, half story, kind of [E] spoken verse thing.
And one of them was called If I Were the Devil.
♪ _ [C#m] The devil walks among us friends, [E] I know this is true.
[B] ♪
♪ And I don't [B] know if he's red, and [A] I don't know if [E] he's blue.
♪
♪ But [C#m] one thing that I know we [E] need to take a look around.
_ [B] ♪
♪ If I [B] were the devil, this world would be my [C#m] playground.
♪
I grabbed my [E] guitar.
I wrote If I Were the Devil in 25 minutes.
And I remember as soon as I got done with it,
I thought I'm never releasing this song, never.
[B] And then about, I don't [E] know, six months later,
I hosted a songwriters round in my hometown.
It was [B] the first songwriters round ever
in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.
And I remember it [Em] sold really well.
And then I remember thinking,
oh, should [E] I play the devil song?
Should I do it?
And I played it last, last song of the night
and people lost their minds.
And the guy [B] next to me,
who is [Em] part of the writers round looks at me, he goes,
you have to [C#m] release that song.
So then I named a whole record after it and put it out.
And I can honestly say that song,
not only did it change my life,
but [C#m] I know that it's [E] helped a lot of other people,
you know, work through some things.
It's [A#] done more than just help [B] my career.
And that's really [E] all I can ask as a songwriter.
[C#m] ♪ If I were the devil, [E] this world was mine to see.
♪
♪ Well, I'd witness [B] all the atrocities.
[C#m] _ _
♪
♪ So I'd run back home, [E] the story to tell.
♪
♪ [B] I'd tell all my demon friends, that