The Devil Went Down To Georgia - The Charlie Daniels Band

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The Devil Went Down to Georgia
by the Charlie Daniels Band


[Intro] (Violin Solo)
        
         
  

[Verse 1]

The Devil went

 down to Georg

ia
he was looking for a soul to steal
He was in a bind cause he was way behind
he was willin' to make a deal
When he came across this young man
sawin' on a fiddle and playin' it hot
And the Devil jumped upon a hickory stump
              
and said boy l

              
et me tell you

       
 what


I guess you di

dn't know it
but I'm a fiddle player too
And if you'd care to take a dare
I'll make a bet with you
Now you play a pretty good fiddle boy
but give the devil his due
I bet a fiddle of gold against your soul
              
cause I think 

              
I'm better tha

       
n you 
The boy said my name's Johnny
and it might be a sin
But I'll take your bet, you're gonna regret
cause I'm the best that's ever been

[Bridge]

Johnny, you ro

sin up your bo

w
    
and play your 

fiddle hard
      
Cause hell’s b

roke loose in 

Georgia
        
and the Devil 

deals it hard
            
And if you win

              
 you get this 

      
shiny fiddle m

ade of gold
             
But if you los

              
e the Devil ge

           
ts your soul

[Violin Solo]
        
        

[Verse 2]

The Devil open

ed up his case
and he said I'll start this show
And fire flew from his fingertips
as he rosined up his bow
And he pulled the bow across his strings
and it made an evil hiss
Then a band of demons joined in
              
and it sounded

              
 something lik

         
e this 

[Devil Solo]
     
            
e|------------
B|------------
G|------------
D|------------
A|-5----------
E|-----1---3--

              
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-----|--------
-----|--------
-----|--------
-----|-----5--
-4---|-5------

             
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---------|----
---------|----
---------|----
---------|----
-5---4---|-3--

              
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-1---3---4---|

 
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-5---1---3---1

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[Verse 3]

When the Devil

 finished John

ny said
well, you're pretty good ol' son
But sit down in that chair right there
and let me show you how it's done

[Chorus]

Fire on the mo

untain, run bo

ys run
    
The Devil's in

 the house of 

the risin' sun

Chicken in the

 bread pan pic

kin' out dough

Granny does yo

ur dog bite no

, child, no

[Solo]
              
          

[Verse 4]

The Devil bowe

d his head
because he knew that he'd been beat
and he laid that golden fiddle
on the ground at Johnny's feet
Johnny said Devil just come on back
if you ever wanna try again
I done told you once, you son of a bitch
I'm the best that's ever been, and he played

[Chorus]

Fire on the mo

untain, run bo

ys run
    
The Devil's in

 the house of 

the risin' sun
    
The chicken in

 the bread pan

 are pickin' o

ut dough

Granny will yo

ur dog bite no

, child, no

[Outro Solo]
        
       
        
        

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