Chords for The Devil Makes Three - "Help Yourself"

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[A] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ Even the devil was an angel [A] before he tried to rush the [Dm] throne.
Lord, they threw [G] him down in hell [A] there all [Dm] alone,
and now he built a castle [A] out of the sinner's bones.
[Dm] You'd be [A] angry too [Dm] if you could never go home.
Well, [A] now, I ain't no preacher, [Dm] no preacher man's [A] son.
I done some bad [D] things, but I like to have my fun.
[A] A thousand ways to heaven, [Dm] a thousand ways to hell.
Well, I [G] say the good [A] Lord helps those that help [Dm] [A] themselves.
[Dm] Help yourselves now.
Old man Nicodemus [A] could not make his heart believe.
[Dm] He could see that Jesus [G] had some tricks [A] up his sleeve.
Said, [D] now, [Dm] old man Jesus, I [A] can't do things your way,
but I can see [Dm] you work [A] for somebody big, so [Dm] I'm backing your claim.
Old man [A] Nicodemus, his pockets, they were deep.
[D] But on the day the Romans decided [G] to put [A] Jesus to sleep,
[Dm] Jesus could not care for money [A] now or any such thing.
Old [D] [Am] Nicodemus paid to have Jesus [Dm] just buried like a king.
Well, [A] now, I ain't no preacher, [Dm] no preacher man's son.
[A] I done some bad things, [Dm] but I like to have my fun.
[A] A thousand ways to heaven, [Dm] a thousand ways to hell.
Well, I [G] say the [A] good Lord helps those that [D] help [Dm] [A] themselves.
[Dm] Help yourselves now.
Our Father, art [A] in heaven, hallowed be thy [Dm] name.
So Noah built a boat [G] on the [A] driest of days, and [Dm] everybody in the neighborhood
[A] said old Noah was insane.
I [D] guess when the [A] waters receded, [Dm] now the truth was plain.
Well, [A] now, I ain't no preacher, [Dm] no preacher man's son.
[A] I done some bad [Dm] things, but I like to have my fun.
[A] There's a thousand ways to heaven, [Dm] a thousand ways to hell.
Well, [G] I say the good [A] Lord helps those that _ help [D] themselves.
[A] Help [Dm] yourselves now.
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_ Moses was a great [C#m] man, part of the waters of the Red Sea.
[Dm] Down the road to Egypt, he [G] made sure the [A] slaves were free.
[Dm] Well, he could speak to God, [A] so they say, yes, indeed.
[D] Well, the noise [A] of his voice [Dm] would have made our fore ears bleed.
Moses had an [A] army, I tell you, all his own.
[Dm] They stood in circles [G] outside his [A] very home.
But [Dm] when the pharaohs got to killing, they [A] left old Moses alone.
[Dm] But the Romans [A] drove their nails [Dm] through old Jesus' bones.
[A] Well, now, I ain't no preacher, [Dm] no preacher man's son.
[A] I done some bad [Dm] things, but I like to have my fun.
[A] Why, they got Jesus now, not Moses.
[Dm] _ Who can tell?
But [G] they do say the [A] good Lord helps those that _ [D] help themselves.
[A] _ [Dm] Help yourselves now.
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