Johnny Cash

Johnny Cash - The Devil Came Back To Georgia guitar chord

Johnny Cash - The Devil Came Back To Georgia

*Most credit to theLeper for some of the chord progression...

Dm C Dm C Bb A G F E Dm Bb C Dm

Dm

It's been 10 long years since the Devil laid

His fiddle at Johnny's feet

And it burned inside his mind

The way he suffered that defeat

It the darkest pits of Hell

The Devil hatched an evil plan

To tempt the fiddle player

For he's just a mortal man

Bb C Dm

The sin of pride, the Devil cried,

Is what will do you in

I thought we had this settled

Bb C Dm

I'm the best there's ever been.

Dm

Johnny didn't you ever know

C

That time keeps marchin’ on

Gm

The coldest hour is the one

Dm

That comes just before the dawn

The Devil's back in Georgia

Gm

Will you stand up to the test

A

Or will you let the Devil be the best.

Dm C Dm C Bb A G F E Dm Bb C Dm

Dm

Sure thing, I haven't played much

Since the baby came in June

But give me half a minute

I'll get this fiddle back in tune

The Devil grabbed the golden fiddle

Out of Johnny's hand and said

I'm the fiddle player underground

Bb C Dm

And I walk upon the land.

Dm F E Dm Dm F E Dm Bb A G F E Dm Bb C Dm

Dm

Y'all just better be turning back

If you want this boy to win

Cause practice is the only cure

For the predicament he's in

Now, Devil, it would be a sin

For you to get my vote

So just go on back to Hell

And to the woodshed I will go.

Dm C Dm C

Dm

Johnny are you practicing

C

Or will your hands grow cold

Gm

The Devil walks the land

Dm

And plays a fiddle made of gold

Gm

Can you hear the baby cryin’, will he ever know

A

That the Devil wants his daddy's very soul.

Dm C Dm C E Dm E Dm E Dm B Bb C E

E

Before we play I wanna thank you

For lettin’ God’s own word ring through

He said you can't be trusted

Yeah so what you gonna do

Well you get your fiddle Devil

If you think that you could win

Cause I beat you once you old dog

Bb C E

And I'll whoop your butt again.

E

John Brown screamed the Devils red

Dm

My little baby loves shortening bread

E

The Devil’s screams that he can win

Dm

But Johnny is the best there's ever been.

E Dm E Dm E Dm B E Dm E Dm E Dm

E Dm C B, E Dm C B, E Dm C B, E Dm C B

E Dm C B A G A B C Dm E.

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