GIVE THE DEVIL HIS DUE
(capo 2)
© Bob Wright
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I was following behind her and she
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stopped beside a pool
In a sun swept little clearing where
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the air was turning cool
She turned around to face me and
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she said this place’ll do
Looked me dead straight in the eyes
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and said I was a fool

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I didn’t mean to hit her it just
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happened with a crack
She didn’t flinch or move an inch
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just straightened up her back
a harder look I’ve never seen and
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I knew that was that
I watched her as she walked away and
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something in me snapped

(chorus)
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They say the devil’s
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gonna get his due
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I admit I never thought
A
that it was true
But truth seems like it’s just a
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sucker’s game

Bm
When the flames of hate are blazing
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in your brain




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The dogs they start to barkin’ like a
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Lloyd Loar mandolin
When the wind comes off the mountains and the
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leaves begin to spin
And October wears a coat of frost
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that’s thick and cold as sin
And I don’t believe its love that
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brought me back to her again


(chorus)
D
They say the devil’s
Em
gonna get his due
G D
I admit I never thought
A
that it was true
But truth seems like it’s just a
Em
sucker’s game
Bm
When the flames of hate are blazing
Em
in your brain


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I saw her daddy in the door and I
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shot him once or twice
I coulda shot him more but he had
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always been real nice
She was standing there behind him
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there was lightning in her eyes
And I said I think its time for you to
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beg me for your life

But she just held her ground there
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and in a whisper soft
She told me I was damaged and she
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told me I was lost
She said let us pray together and she
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handed me a cross
But as I kneeled in front of her I
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heard a gun go off

(chorus)
D
They say the devil’s
Em
gonna get his due
G D
I admit I never thought
A
that it was true
But truth seems like it’s just a
Em
sucker’s game
Bm
When the flames of hate are blazing
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in your brain
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she knelt beside her father
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and she stroked his graying hair
my eyes were glazing over
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it was hard to swallow air
And as my life was oozing out a
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voice said, “Follow me
You thought that she belonged to you…
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But you belong to me”


(chorus)
D
They say the devil’s
Em
gonna get his due
G D
I admit I never thought
A
that it was true
But truth seems like it’s just a
Em
sucker’s game
Bm
When the flames of hate are blazing
Em
in your brain