Chords for Tony Joe White - They Caught the Devil and Put Him in Jail in Eudora Arkansas

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_ _ [D] _ [Em] I [E] was walking down 838 Road [A] and the night was coming on fast.
I [G] had gone to [A] buy some cornmeal for [E] our supper. _
_ _ _ _ [Em] By the time [A] I got [Em] to Miss [E] Johnson's house, [D] [A] I knew there was something [E] wrong.
[B] By [G] the way she looked, [A] she had a look on [E] her face. _
I _ _ said, [A] Miss Johnson, could you [E] tell me, _ [Em] what are you seeking [E] her for?
She [C] said, Lord, they caught the devil [D] and they got him in jail.
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And he's got a beard that looks like leather and a long and rocky tail.
And when he touches it against the sailboats, sparks would fly. _ _ _ _
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_ [D] _ [E] _ _ did not know of [B] what she [Bm] spoke, but [G] I [Am] believed every [A] word she said.
_ [G] And I burned the [A] soles of her feet on the way [E] back home.
_ _ _ _ _ [A] Well, the next day a crowd [Em] had gathered _ [D] [A] out in front of the U-boat [Em] hotel house.
[G] But there was not [A] a trace to be seen [E] of the devil.
_ _ _ _ Now the [A] tailor had been [E] a poor man, but now [A] his pockets were stuffed with [E] money.
And he [C] was sitting outside [D] in a brand new [E] Continental League car
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with thinner skirts on it. _ _ _ _
[D] _ [E] _ _ He would not say where he got the money.
_ Was he [A] a part of the devil's bargain?
_ [C] And did he set him free that [D] night in Eudora, [E] Arkansas?
_ _ _ [Em] Now who's to say? _
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