Chords for DEVIL WENT DOWN TO GEORGIA---LYNN ANDERSON

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_ When the devil went down to Georgia he was looking for a soul steal.
He was way behind and he [N] was in a bind and he was looking to make a deal.
When he come across this young boy sitting on a fiddle playing it hot,
[A] the devil jumped up on him and said,
Boy, let me tell you [Am] what, [D] I guess you didn't know it, but I'm a fiddle player too.
And if you care to take a dare, well I'll make a bet with you.
Well now you play pretty good fiddle, [E] boy, but just give the devil his due.
I bet a fiddle of gold against your soul, because I think I'm better than [Am] you.
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Now the boy said, My name's Johnny, and it might be a sin,
but I'll take your bet and you're gonna regret it, because I'm the best it's [A] ever [Db] been.
[Dm] Johnny, you're rousing up your [C] opponent, play it.
[Gm] Cast hell, broken sink, Georgia, [Dm] and the devil deals the cards.
And if you win, you get that [Gm] shiny fiddle and make gold.
[A] And if you lose, the devil gets your soul.
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Well the devil opened up his case and he said, I'll start [G] the show.
And fire flew from his fingertips as he roused up that [Eb] bow.
And he drug that bow across the strings and it [Bb] made an evil hiss.
And a band of demons [Am] joined in and it sounded something like this.
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[G] _ _ _ When the devil [Dm] finished, Johnny said, Well that's pretty good, old son,
but just sit [N] down there in that easy chair and let me show you how it's done.
And he [D] played.
Fire went up, _ _ _ _ _ [C] and the house was bright as the sun.
_ _ _ [D] Even the bread man was picking out dough.
_ _ [C] _ Crackling, thump, bang, no child no.
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Well the devil bowed his head because he knew that he'd been beat.
[E] And he laid that gold fiddle on the [Bb] ground at Johnny's feet.
[E] And he said, Devil, [Bb] just come on back if you ever [E] want to try again.
I done told you once, you son of a gun, I'm the best there's ever been.
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_ [C] Just when the house was bright as the sun. _ _
_ [D] Even the bread man was picking out dough. _
_ [C] Crackling, thump, bang, no child no. _ _
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