Chords for Jerry Reed - The Devil Went Down to Georgia

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_ _ _ Well, the devil went down to Georgia.
[N] He was looking for a soul to steal.
He was in a bind
because he's way behind and he was willing to make a deal.
Well, he come across this young man
playing a guitar, picking it hot.
And the devil jumps up on the hick with something and said,
Hey boy, let me tell [Am] you what.
_ [D] Yes, you didn't know it, but I'm a guitar player too.
If [N] you'd
care to take a dare, then I'll make a little bet for you.
Now you play pretty good guitar, boy,
but give the devil the deal.
I'll bet a guitar goes against your soul, because I think I'm better
than you.
[D] But the boy said, My name's Johnny.
This might be a sin, [F] but I'm going to take your bet
and you're going to [G] regret it, because I'm the best that's ever been.
[Dm] Johnny, number up your fingers,
[C] play that guitar hot.
[Gm] All hell's broke loose in Georgia [Dm] and the devil did the cart.
And if you
win, you'll get [Gm] this shiny guitar made of gold.
[A] But if you lose, the devil gets your soul.
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[D] _ Well, the devil, he just opens up his case and said, Well, I'll start this thing.
And the fire
flew from his fingertips [G] as he started tuning them strings.
He put that pick down on them strings
and made an evil sound.
And him and them demons all got together, started putting this [Gm] weird music [Dm] down.
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_ _ well, he finished.
Johnny said, Well, that's pretty good pickin', [Bb] son.
But pull up a chair and stand [D] right there.
I'm going to show you how it's done.
He played, Bow on the mountain, run boys, run. _
_ _ [C] The devil's in the house of the rising sun. _
_ _ [D] Chicken in the great pan, pickin' out dung. _
_ _ [C] Grandmothers don't bite, no child no. _
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[E] Well, _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Dm] _ _
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_ [D] I'm afraid the [N] devil just bowed his head, because he knew that he'd been beat.
He laid that golden guitar on the ground right there at Johnny's feet.
Johnny said, Hey, devil, just come on back if you ever want to try it again.
Because I'm told he wasn't, son.
But I'm the best that's ever been.
[D] He played, Bow on the mountain, run boys, run. _ _
_ [C] The devil's in the house of the rising sun. _ _
_ [D] Chicken in the great pan, pickin' out dung. _ _
_ [C] Grandmothers don't bite, no child no. _ _
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