Chords for Bessie Smith - Devil's Gonna Git You 1928 Blues

_ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ [G] _ _
[Cm] _ _ It's [D] _ _ [G] _
[Cm] a _ long, [D] long lane [G] that has [Cm] no turning.
_ _ [C] _ _ [G] _
[Cm] There's a fire _ [D] that [Dm] always keeps [Cm] on burning.
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _
[D] Mr.
[G] _ [Cm] Devil's down below, _
[G] his fork in [Cm] his [Eb] hand. _
[D] And [G] that's where you are going to go.
[Bb] Do you _ [Ab] understand?
_ [Bb] _ _
[Eb] Devil's gonna get you. _ _ _
[Ab] Devil's gonna get you.
_ Oh, [Eb] the Devil's [C] gonna get you.
[A] Man, [Gb] just as sure as [Gm] you bump.
[C] _ _ [Cm] _ _ [Bb] _ _
[Eb] Devil's gonna get you. _ _ _
[Ab] Devil's gonna get you. _ _
[Eb] Oh, the Devil's [C] gonna get [G] you.
The [C] way you [Eb] carry [Ab] on.
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _
[G] You go away, stay for a week, [C] _ on your doggone screen. _ _
[G] _ Come back [F] home, get in my bed, [Bb] and turn your back on me.
[Eb] Oh, the Devil's gonna get you. _ _
I mean, [Ab] the Devil's gonna [C] get you. _
[Gm] Man, the [C] Devil's gonna get [G] you.
Sure [Bb]
as you [Eb] bump.
[F] _ _ _ [C] _ _
[Eb] Dirty two-timer, _ _ _ _
[Ab] dirty [C] two-timer, _ _ [Eb] dirty [C] two-timer.
[F] You [C] ain't [Eb] coming [C] clean.
_ [F] _ _ [Bb] _
[Eb] Oh, the Devil's gonna get you.
_ I [Ab] mean, the Devil's gonna get [C] you. _ _
[Gm] Oh, the Devil's [C] gonna get [A] you.
You [Ab] know what [Eb] I mean.
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[G] I don't want no two-time stuff [C] from my regular man.
[E] _ _
[F] Don't want nothing _ that's been [Bb] used.
_ [E] _ Cause it's [Bb] secondhand.
[Eb] The Devil's gonna get you.
[Bbm] _ _ [Bb]
Oh, the Devil's [C] gonna get you.
_ [Ab] _
[Eb] Man, the Devil's [C] gonna get [G] you.
Sure [C] as you fall [Eb] on the dime. _ _ _ _ _