Chords for Charlie Daniels Band - The Devil Went Down To Georgia (Live at Farm Aid 1985)
Tempo:
137.4 bpm
Chords used:
C
Dm
D
Am
A
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Bb]
[Eb]
[Dm]
[C] [Dm]
[C] [Bb] [A] [D]
[C] [D]
Devil went down to Georgia, he was looking for soul steel.
He was in a bind, cause he was way [Ab] behind, he was willing to make a deal.
When he came across this young man's on a fiddle and playing it hot, and the devil jumped
him on the hickory stump, saying, boy let me tell you [Am] what, [D] you probably didn't even
know, but I'm a fiddle player too.
And if you care to take a dare, I'll make a bet with you.
You play pretty good [Ab] fiddle, boy, but let's give the devil his due.
I bet a fiddle of gold against your soul, cause I'm better [Am] than you.
[D] Boy said, my name's Johnny, and it might be a sin, but I'm gonna take your bet, and
you're gonna regret it, cause I'm the best he's ever [Db] been.
[Dm] Johnny roused up his [C] bow and played the fiddle hard, [Gm] cause hell's broke loose in Georgia
[Dm] and the devil deals hard.
If you win, you get this [Gm] shiny fiddle and play the gold, [A] but if you lose, the devil
gets his [G] [B] soul.
[E] [Dm] [C]
[Dm] [C] [Bb] [A] [G]
[A] [Dm] [Am] [D] Devil opened up his case and he said, I'll start this show, and fire blew through his
fingertips, he roused up his [N] bow, and then he pulled his bow across the strings and it
made a evil hiss.
Then a band of demons joined in and it sounded something [Am] like this.
[Dm]
[C]
[Dm] [G] [Dm]
[G] [Ab]
[Dm] [G] [Dm]
[Am]
[E] [Gm] [A] [C]
[D] [Cm]
[D]
When the devil finished, Johnny said, you know, you're pretty good, [G] old son, but if
you'll flop down there in that easy [Ab] chair, I'm gonna show you how this is [D] done.
Fly on the mountain and run, boys, run.
[C] Devil's in the house of the rising sun.
[D] Chicken in the bread pan and they got dough.
[C] Baby, this dog ain't make no child of old.
[Am] [Dm]
[Am] [Dm]
[Am] [Dm]
[C] [A]
[C] [D]
Devil bowed his head cause he [N] knew that he'd been beat.
He laid that golden fiddle on the ground at Johnny's feet.
Johnny said, devil, just come on back if you ever want to try again.
I done told you once, you son of a bitch, I'm the bestest ever man.
[D] Come here.
Fly on the mountain and run, boys, run.
[C] Devil's in the house of the rising sun.
[D] Chicken in the bread pan and they got dough.
[C] Baby, this dog ain't make no child of old.
[Am] [Dm]
[C] [Dm]
[C] [Dm]
[C] [D] [Em] [D] [C]
[Bb] [Am] [Bb] [D] [C]
[D] [B] [D]
[Abm] Thank you for coming.
It's a good
[Eb]
[Dm]
[C] [Dm]
[C] [Bb] [A] [D]
[C] [D]
Devil went down to Georgia, he was looking for soul steel.
He was in a bind, cause he was way [Ab] behind, he was willing to make a deal.
When he came across this young man's on a fiddle and playing it hot, and the devil jumped
him on the hickory stump, saying, boy let me tell you [Am] what, [D] you probably didn't even
know, but I'm a fiddle player too.
And if you care to take a dare, I'll make a bet with you.
You play pretty good [Ab] fiddle, boy, but let's give the devil his due.
I bet a fiddle of gold against your soul, cause I'm better [Am] than you.
[D] Boy said, my name's Johnny, and it might be a sin, but I'm gonna take your bet, and
you're gonna regret it, cause I'm the best he's ever [Db] been.
[Dm] Johnny roused up his [C] bow and played the fiddle hard, [Gm] cause hell's broke loose in Georgia
[Dm] and the devil deals hard.
If you win, you get this [Gm] shiny fiddle and play the gold, [A] but if you lose, the devil
gets his [G] [B] soul.
[E] [Dm] [C]
[Dm] [C] [Bb] [A] [G]
[A] [Dm] [Am] [D] Devil opened up his case and he said, I'll start this show, and fire blew through his
fingertips, he roused up his [N] bow, and then he pulled his bow across the strings and it
made a evil hiss.
Then a band of demons joined in and it sounded something [Am] like this.
[Dm]
[C]
[Dm] [G] [Dm]
[G] [Ab]
[Dm] [G] [Dm]
[Am]
[E] [Gm] [A] [C]
[D] [Cm]
[D]
When the devil finished, Johnny said, you know, you're pretty good, [G] old son, but if
you'll flop down there in that easy [Ab] chair, I'm gonna show you how this is [D] done.
Fly on the mountain and run, boys, run.
[C] Devil's in the house of the rising sun.
[D] Chicken in the bread pan and they got dough.
[C] Baby, this dog ain't make no child of old.
[Am] [Dm]
[Am] [Dm]
[Am] [Dm]
[C] [A]
[C] [D]
Devil bowed his head cause he [N] knew that he'd been beat.
He laid that golden fiddle on the ground at Johnny's feet.
Johnny said, devil, just come on back if you ever want to try again.
I done told you once, you son of a bitch, I'm the bestest ever man.
[D] Come here.
Fly on the mountain and run, boys, run.
[C] Devil's in the house of the rising sun.
[D] Chicken in the bread pan and they got dough.
[C] Baby, this dog ain't make no child of old.
[Am] [Dm]
[C] [Dm]
[C] [Dm]
[C] [D] [Em] [D] [C]
[Bb] [Am] [Bb] [D] [C]
[D] [B] [D]
[Abm] Thank you for coming.
It's a good
Key:
C
Dm
D
Am
A
C
Dm
D
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
[C] _ [Bb] _ [A] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Devil went down to Georgia, he was looking for soul steel.
He was in a bind, cause he was way [Ab] behind, he was willing to make a deal.
When he came across this young man's on a fiddle and playing it hot, and the devil jumped
him on the hickory stump, saying, boy let me tell you [Am] what, [D] you probably didn't even
know, but I'm a fiddle player too.
And if you care to take a dare, I'll make a bet with you.
You play pretty good [Ab] fiddle, boy, but let's give the devil his due.
I bet a fiddle of gold against your soul, cause I'm better [Am] than you.
[D] Boy said, my name's Johnny, and it might be a sin, but I'm gonna take your bet, and
you're gonna regret it, cause I'm the best he's ever [Db] been.
[Dm] Johnny roused up his [C] bow and played the fiddle hard, [Gm] cause hell's broke loose in Georgia
[Dm] and the devil deals hard.
If you win, you get this [Gm] shiny fiddle and play the gold, [A] but if you lose, the devil
gets his [G] [B] soul.
[E] _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ [C] _ [Bb] _ [A] _ [G] _
[A] _ [Dm] _ [Am] _ [D] Devil opened up his case and he said, I'll start this show, and fire blew through his
fingertips, he roused up his [N] bow, and then he pulled his bow across the strings and it
made a evil hiss.
Then a band of demons joined in and it sounded something [Am] like this.
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [Ab] _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
[E] _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ [C] _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ When the devil finished, Johnny said, you know, you're pretty good, [G] old son, but if
you'll flop down there in that easy [Ab] chair, I'm gonna show you how this is [D] done.
Fly on the mountain and run, boys, run.
_ _ _ [C] Devil's in the house of the rising sun.
_ _ [D] Chicken in the bread pan and they got dough.
_ _ _ [C] Baby, this dog ain't make no child of old.
[Am] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Devil bowed his head cause he [N] knew that he'd been beat.
He laid that golden fiddle on the ground at Johnny's feet.
Johnny said, devil, just come on back if you ever want to try again.
I done told you once, you son of a bitch, I'm the bestest ever man.
[D] Come here.
Fly on the mountain and run, boys, run.
_ _ _ [C] Devil's in the house of the rising sun.
_ _ _ [D] Chicken in the bread pan and they got dough.
_ _ _ [C] Baby, this dog ain't make no child of old.
_ [Am] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ [C] _ [D] _ [Em] _ _ [D] _ _ [C] _
[Bb] _ [Am] _ _ _ [Bb] _ [D] _ _ [C] _
_ [D] _ _ _ [B] _ [D] _ _ _
_ [Abm] Thank you for coming.
_ _ It's a good
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
[C] _ [Bb] _ [A] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Devil went down to Georgia, he was looking for soul steel.
He was in a bind, cause he was way [Ab] behind, he was willing to make a deal.
When he came across this young man's on a fiddle and playing it hot, and the devil jumped
him on the hickory stump, saying, boy let me tell you [Am] what, [D] you probably didn't even
know, but I'm a fiddle player too.
And if you care to take a dare, I'll make a bet with you.
You play pretty good [Ab] fiddle, boy, but let's give the devil his due.
I bet a fiddle of gold against your soul, cause I'm better [Am] than you.
[D] Boy said, my name's Johnny, and it might be a sin, but I'm gonna take your bet, and
you're gonna regret it, cause I'm the best he's ever [Db] been.
[Dm] Johnny roused up his [C] bow and played the fiddle hard, [Gm] cause hell's broke loose in Georgia
[Dm] and the devil deals hard.
If you win, you get this [Gm] shiny fiddle and play the gold, [A] but if you lose, the devil
gets his [G] [B] soul.
[E] _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ [C] _ [Bb] _ [A] _ [G] _
[A] _ [Dm] _ [Am] _ [D] Devil opened up his case and he said, I'll start this show, and fire blew through his
fingertips, he roused up his [N] bow, and then he pulled his bow across the strings and it
made a evil hiss.
Then a band of demons joined in and it sounded something [Am] like this.
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [Ab] _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
[E] _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ [C] _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ When the devil finished, Johnny said, you know, you're pretty good, [G] old son, but if
you'll flop down there in that easy [Ab] chair, I'm gonna show you how this is [D] done.
Fly on the mountain and run, boys, run.
_ _ _ [C] Devil's in the house of the rising sun.
_ _ [D] Chicken in the bread pan and they got dough.
_ _ _ [C] Baby, this dog ain't make no child of old.
[Am] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Devil bowed his head cause he [N] knew that he'd been beat.
He laid that golden fiddle on the ground at Johnny's feet.
Johnny said, devil, just come on back if you ever want to try again.
I done told you once, you son of a bitch, I'm the bestest ever man.
[D] Come here.
Fly on the mountain and run, boys, run.
_ _ _ [C] Devil's in the house of the rising sun.
_ _ _ [D] Chicken in the bread pan and they got dough.
_ _ _ [C] Baby, this dog ain't make no child of old.
_ [Am] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ [C] _ [D] _ [Em] _ _ [D] _ _ [C] _
[Bb] _ [Am] _ _ _ [Bb] _ [D] _ _ [C] _
_ [D] _ _ _ [B] _ [D] _ _ _
_ [Abm] Thank you for coming.
_ _ It's a good