[Intro]

   
   
   

[Verse]

           
Now I was just

                
 a girl of two
          
Now I was just

         
 a girl of two
            
With a golden 

             
heart and a bu

          
tton shoe

[Chorus]

          
The devil had 

            
a hold of me
          
The devil had 

              
a hold of me
           
I turned my he

             
ad and I could

 
 see
         
The devil had 

             
a hold of me

[Verse]

            
There was some

            
thing wrong wi

              
th the butcher

        
's boy
            
Was something 

            
wrong with the

         
 butcher's boy
            
He trembled in

            
 his hand and 

     
voice

[Chorus]

          
The devil had 

            
a hold of me
          
The devil had 

               
a hold of me
          
The others kne

           
w to let him b


e
            
But the devil 

            
had a hold of 

   
me

[Verse]

            
Now the tailpi

             
pe spit and th

             
e engine roare

   
d
            
The tailpipe s

          
pit and the en

     
gine roared
          
I's waving out

              
 the Plymouth 

    
door
            
And the devil 

          
had a hold of 

    
me
          
The devil had 

             
a hold of me
            
The old folks 

          
saw the last t

      
hey'd see
          
The devil had 

          
a hold of me

[Bridge]

   
   
   
 

[Chorus]

            
I dreamed last

            
 night that my

              
 time was done
            
I dreamed last

            
 night that my

        
 time was done
            
And my soul fl

            
ew up to the h

        
oly son
            
But the devil 

           
had a hold of 

   
me
            
The devil had 

             
a hold of me
           
I snapped back

           
 down when he 

       
pulled my lead
          
The devil had 

         
a hold of me

[Bridge]

   
   
   
  

[Outro]
            
There're those

            
 who'll laugh 

            
and not believ

   
e
            
There're those

             
 who'll laugh 

         
and not believ

e
             
Until you feel

             
 that touch up

             
on your sleeve
          
The devil had 

           
a hold of me
           
The devil had 

              
a hold of me
           
I turned my he

             
ad and I could

 
 see
         
The devil had 

            
a hold of me
         
I turned my he

           
ad and I could

 
 see
           
The devil had 

                
a hold of me