Chords for Merci Raines - "The Devil is a Gentleman" (audio only)
Tempo:
97.95 bpm
Chords used:
F#
G
E
Em
C
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[E] [Em] [F#]
[E] [Em] [F#]
[E] He don't always come [G] at midnight, [F#]
[E] burning red and talking [G] sin
[F#]
[E] But he knows how [G] to play it just [F#] right,
[E] if you're gonna let [G] him [F#] in
[Em] Sweet down brings you roses, [F#]
[E] he's always got the words [G] to [F#] say
[Em] Just enough so you [G] don't [F#] notice,
[E] doing nothing but [G] his praise
[F#] [C]
[D] Sometimes the [A] worst of em have the [Bm] best [C] disguises
[D] He'll go as [A] far as it takes to [Bm] stay in [E] hiding
Oh, don't you know, don't [G] you know about the devil, [F#] he's a gentle [E] man
[G] Oh, don't you know, don't you know about the devil, [F#] he's a gentle [E] man
[G] Oh, don't you know, don't you know about the devil, [F#] he's a gentle [Em] man
Oh, don't you know, don't [G] you know about the devil, [F#] he's a gentle [Em] man
[G] [F#] [Em]
[B] Oh, don't [G] you know about the devil
[F#] [E] Think you know just where [G] to find [F#] him,
[E] high atop his [G] fiery [F#] throne
[E] But it's the places you [G] ain't looking [F#m] that [E] he likes to make [G] his home
[F#]
[Em] Might be the sharpest dressed on Sunday, [F#]
[E] sing the [Em] loudest in the choir
[F#]
[E] By the time [G] he gets to Monday, [F#]
[E] he's got his hands [G] back in the [F#] fire
[C] [D] Sometimes the [A] worst of em have the [Bm] best [C] disguises
[D] He'll go as [A] far as it takes to [Em] stay in hiding
[E] Oh, don't you know, don't [G] you know about the devil, [F#] he's a gentle [E] man
Oh, don't you know, don't [G] you know about the devil, [F#] he's a gentle [Em] man
Oh, don't you know, don't you [G] know about the devil, [F#] he's a gentle [Em] man
Oh, don't you know, don't [G] you know about the devil, [F#] [Em] he's a gentle man
Oh, [G] [F#] don't [Em] [G] you know about the devil
[F#] Oh,
[Em] [G] [F#] [Em]
[E] don't you [G] know about the devil, [F#m] he's a gentle [Em] man
[G] Oh, [F#]
[Em] [G] don't you know about the devil
[F#]
[Em] Oh, don't [E] you know about the devil
Oh, don't you [G] know about the devil, [F#] he's a gentle
[E] [Em] [F#]
[E] He don't always come [G] at midnight, [F#]
[E] burning red and talking [G] sin
[F#]
[E] But he knows how [G] to play it just [F#] right,
[E] if you're gonna let [G] him [F#] in
[Em] Sweet down brings you roses, [F#]
[E] he's always got the words [G] to [F#] say
[Em] Just enough so you [G] don't [F#] notice,
[E] doing nothing but [G] his praise
[F#] [C]
[D] Sometimes the [A] worst of em have the [Bm] best [C] disguises
[D] He'll go as [A] far as it takes to [Bm] stay in [E] hiding
Oh, don't you know, don't [G] you know about the devil, [F#] he's a gentle [E] man
[G] Oh, don't you know, don't you know about the devil, [F#] he's a gentle [E] man
[G] Oh, don't you know, don't you know about the devil, [F#] he's a gentle [Em] man
Oh, don't you know, don't [G] you know about the devil, [F#] he's a gentle [Em] man
[G] [F#] [Em]
[B] Oh, don't [G] you know about the devil
[F#] [E] Think you know just where [G] to find [F#] him,
[E] high atop his [G] fiery [F#] throne
[E] But it's the places you [G] ain't looking [F#m] that [E] he likes to make [G] his home
[F#]
[Em] Might be the sharpest dressed on Sunday, [F#]
[E] sing the [Em] loudest in the choir
[F#]
[E] By the time [G] he gets to Monday, [F#]
[E] he's got his hands [G] back in the [F#] fire
[C] [D] Sometimes the [A] worst of em have the [Bm] best [C] disguises
[D] He'll go as [A] far as it takes to [Em] stay in hiding
[E] Oh, don't you know, don't [G] you know about the devil, [F#] he's a gentle [E] man
Oh, don't you know, don't [G] you know about the devil, [F#] he's a gentle [Em] man
Oh, don't you know, don't you [G] know about the devil, [F#] he's a gentle [Em] man
Oh, don't you know, don't [G] you know about the devil, [F#] [Em] he's a gentle man
Oh, [G] [F#] don't [Em] [G] you know about the devil
[F#] Oh,
[Em] [G] [F#] [Em]
[E] don't you [G] know about the devil, [F#m] he's a gentle [Em] man
[G] Oh, [F#]
[Em] [G] don't you know about the devil
[F#]
[Em] Oh, don't [E] you know about the devil
Oh, don't you [G] know about the devil, [F#] he's a gentle
Key:
F#
G
E
Em
C
F#
G
E
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [F#] _ _
[E] _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _
[E] He don't always come [G] at midnight, [F#] _ _
[E] _ burning red and talking [G] sin
_ [F#] _ _
[E] But he knows how [G] to play it just [F#] right, _
[E] if you're gonna let [G] him _ [F#] in
[Em] Sweet down brings you roses, [F#] _ _
[E] he's always got the words [G] to [F#] say _
[Em] Just enough so you [G] don't [F#] notice, _
[E] doing nothing but [G] his praise
[F#] _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ Sometimes the [A] worst of em have the [Bm] best _ _ [C] disguises
_ _ _ [D] _ He'll go as [A] far as it takes to [Bm] stay in [E] hiding
Oh, don't you know, don't [G] you know about the devil, [F#] he's a gentle [E] man
[G] Oh, don't you know, don't you know about the devil, [F#] he's a gentle [E] man
[G] Oh, don't you know, don't you know about the devil, [F#] he's a gentle [Em] man
Oh, don't you know, don't [G] you know about the devil, [F#] he's a gentle [Em] man
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [F#] _ [Em] _
_ _ [B] Oh, don't [G] you know about the devil
[F#] [E] Think _ you know just where [G] to find [F#] him, _
[E] high atop his [G] fiery [F#] throne
[E] But it's the places you [G] ain't looking [F#m] that [E] _ he likes to make [G] his home
[F#] _ _
[Em] Might be the sharpest dressed on Sunday, [F#] _ _
[E] sing the [Em] loudest in the choir
[F#] _ _
[E] By the time [G] he gets to Monday, [F#] _ _
[E] he's got his hands [G] back in the [F#] fire _
[C] _ _ _ _ [D] _ Sometimes the [A] worst of em have the [Bm] best _ _ [C] disguises
_ _ _ [D] _ He'll go as [A] far as it takes to [Em] stay in hiding _
[E] Oh, don't you know, don't [G] you know about the devil, [F#] he's a gentle [E] man
Oh, don't you know, don't [G] you know about the devil, [F#] he's a gentle [Em] man
Oh, don't you know, don't you [G] know about the devil, [F#] he's a gentle [Em] man
Oh, don't you know, don't [G] you know about the devil, [F#] [Em] he's a gentle man
Oh, _ _ [G] _ _ [F#] don't [Em] _ _ [G] you know about the devil
[F#] Oh, _
[Em] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [F#] _ [Em] _
_ _ [E] don't you [G] know about the devil, [F#m] he's a gentle [Em] man
[G] Oh, _ _ [F#] _ _
[Em] _ _ [G] don't you know about the devil
[F#] _ _
[Em] Oh, don't [E] you know about the devil
Oh, don't you [G] know about the devil, [F#] he's a gentle
[E] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [F#] _ _
[E] _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _
[E] He don't always come [G] at midnight, [F#] _ _
[E] _ burning red and talking [G] sin
_ [F#] _ _
[E] But he knows how [G] to play it just [F#] right, _
[E] if you're gonna let [G] him _ [F#] in
[Em] Sweet down brings you roses, [F#] _ _
[E] he's always got the words [G] to [F#] say _
[Em] Just enough so you [G] don't [F#] notice, _
[E] doing nothing but [G] his praise
[F#] _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ Sometimes the [A] worst of em have the [Bm] best _ _ [C] disguises
_ _ _ [D] _ He'll go as [A] far as it takes to [Bm] stay in [E] hiding
Oh, don't you know, don't [G] you know about the devil, [F#] he's a gentle [E] man
[G] Oh, don't you know, don't you know about the devil, [F#] he's a gentle [E] man
[G] Oh, don't you know, don't you know about the devil, [F#] he's a gentle [Em] man
Oh, don't you know, don't [G] you know about the devil, [F#] he's a gentle [Em] man
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [F#] _ [Em] _
_ _ [B] Oh, don't [G] you know about the devil
[F#] [E] Think _ you know just where [G] to find [F#] him, _
[E] high atop his [G] fiery [F#] throne
[E] But it's the places you [G] ain't looking [F#m] that [E] _ he likes to make [G] his home
[F#] _ _
[Em] Might be the sharpest dressed on Sunday, [F#] _ _
[E] sing the [Em] loudest in the choir
[F#] _ _
[E] By the time [G] he gets to Monday, [F#] _ _
[E] he's got his hands [G] back in the [F#] fire _
[C] _ _ _ _ [D] _ Sometimes the [A] worst of em have the [Bm] best _ _ [C] disguises
_ _ _ [D] _ He'll go as [A] far as it takes to [Em] stay in hiding _
[E] Oh, don't you know, don't [G] you know about the devil, [F#] he's a gentle [E] man
Oh, don't you know, don't [G] you know about the devil, [F#] he's a gentle [Em] man
Oh, don't you know, don't you [G] know about the devil, [F#] he's a gentle [Em] man
Oh, don't you know, don't [G] you know about the devil, [F#] [Em] he's a gentle man
Oh, _ _ [G] _ _ [F#] don't [Em] _ _ [G] you know about the devil
[F#] Oh, _
[Em] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [F#] _ [Em] _
_ _ [E] don't you [G] know about the devil, [F#m] he's a gentle [Em] man
[G] Oh, _ _ [F#] _ _
[Em] _ _ [G] don't you know about the devil
[F#] _ _
[Em] Oh, don't [E] you know about the devil
Oh, don't you [G] know about the devil, [F#] he's a gentle