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Uncredited on Cowboy Lyrics. Jason Boland and The Stragglers The Devil Pays in Gold VERSE
AmGus checked his pocket-watch it was a qDuarter past nine AmHe caught a train to Baton Rouge and bought a Gcopy of the tEimes. AmPulled out a faded picture of a wDoman with coal black hair She had gFone out east and he prEayed he’d find her Amthere.
AmShe met a gambler who said he Dhailed from New Orleans AmGus knew he fancied her but she Gwanted him too itE seemed AmHe followed the trail of broken stories till he Dheard that she left town, She was Fpacked and gone by the Etime he turned Amaround
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AmHe talked to the man a while that had Dtore the ticket stubs AmIf he finds that son of a b***h he was gonna Gspill that Cajun Eblood AmThere would not be a mojo man who would Dsave him from that day He had Fcrossed the line and Ethere’d be hell to Ampay
AmWell the 10 o’clock from San Antone it Ddeparted right on time AmHe lit up a cigarette as the Gtracks began to Ewhine AmThe Texas heat had felt like hell withDout his woman there The FSpanish maiden Ewith the coal black Amhair
FILL C G Am C G E CHORUS:
You’re gonna lAmive and die bFy the blade and you’ll rCeap what you sow G Cause lAmife the things that hFappens on our wCay to growing oGld If the tAmruth was known to wFoman she could stCeal her lover’s sGoul AmShe knows that the deEvil pays in gAmold.
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AmThey pulled into the station and he Dpacked his cap and ball AmHe went to check the hotels if he Gneeded to check them Eall AmHe knew all he needed to do was to Dfind a game of card And he could Fdrop the ace of Espades on the queen of Amhearts
AmHe found the downstairs card room where the Dhigh rollers stayed AmOne chair stood empty from the Glast table left to Eplay AmHe pulled a stool up to the bar but he Dcould not see a thing Till a Floud mouth Yankee Ebet his lady’s Amring
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AmPulled a pistol on the desk clerk cause he Dwould not take a bribe Amand then he shouted GGive me their number and you Emight walk out alive AmThe next thing from the clerk’s lips was the Dnumber forty-four And he Fpointed upstairs and Ehe ran on out the Amdoor
AmHe found the room and was Dready to go inside AmHe put a boot to the door and it Gflung open Ewide AmThe gambler he reached for his gun but he Dwould not get a shot Gus Fhad his aim and he Elet that hammer Amdrop
FILL C G Am C G E CHORUS:
You’re gonna lAmive and die bFy the blade and you’ll rCeap what you sow G Cause lAmife the things that hFappens on our wCay to growing oGld If the tAmruth was known to wFoman she could stCeal her lover’s sGoul AmShe knows that the deEvil pays in gAmold.
C G Am C G Am C G Am Am E Am E strum once
AmThe gambler lay before him he was Dsprawled across that chair AmBut where was his maiden Gwith the coal black Ehair AmHe didn’t know she stood behind him, she had Dgone for wine and bread He Fhit the floor when her Ebullet struck his Amhead.
FILL C G Am C G E CHORUS:
You’re gonna lAmive and die bFy the blade and you’ll rCeap what you sow G Cause lAmife the things that hFappens on our wCay to growing oGld If the tAmruth was known to wFoman she could stCeal her lover’s sGoul AmShe knows that the deEvil pays in gAmold.