Tuning: G C E A

If The Devil Danced (In Empty Pockets) Written by Kim Williams & Ken Spooner. c1989 Cross Keys Pub. & Texas Wedge Music. Performed by Joe Diffie. C7: 032310 A7: x02020 G/D: 320033 C#dim: 002323 D7: xx0212 A/C#: 043330 B7/D#: 021202 G/B: x20003 Em: 022000 B7: 021202 G#dim: xx0101 G6: 3x0000 Verse 1:

Dia^C7blo motors had a hell of a sale, downtown yesterday^G, Word^C7 got around, no money down, take ^A7years and years to pay^D. When I^C7 got there the lot was bare, but the salesman said hold on^G. For a ^C7little cash,^C#dim I gotta t^G/Dwo-tone^B7/D# Nash ^E ^A7out be^D7hind the barn.^G

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^GIf the Devil danced in empty pockets, ^A7he'd have a ball in mine. With a ^Dnine foot grand, a ten piece band and a ^G6twelve girl ^G#dimchorus line^Am. ^DI'd raise^G some loot in a three piece suit, give 'em ^Aone dance for a dime, If ^G/Bthe ^CDevil Da^A/C#nced in emp^G/Dty ^B/D#pocke^E7ts, ^Ahe'd have a bal^D7l in mine.^G

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Well ^C7he said friend it ain't the end let's see what I can do^G. If you ^C7own a home, I've got a loan, ^A7tailor made for you^D. Then ^C7above the racket a voice in my jacket said, "I'll tote the note^G." The ^C7devil made me ^C#dimdo it, talked ^G/Dme ^B7/D#in ^Eto it, and ^A7that was al^D7l she wrot^Ge.

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^EmThey say debt is a bottomless pit where the ^B7devil likes to play^Em. I'd sell my soul to get out of this hole, but ther^A7e'd be hell to pa^Dy.

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Joe Diffie - Devil danced in empty pockets