The Charlie Daniels Band - The devil went down to georgia

^DmThe Devil went down to Georgia he was looking for a soul to steal He was in a bind cause he was way behind he was willin' to make a deal When he came across this young man sawin' on a fiddle and playin' it hot And the Devil jumped apon a hickory stump and said boy let me tell you what^{Bb C Dm}

^DmI bet you didn't know it but I'm a fiddle player too And if you'd care to take a dare I'll make a bet with you Now you play a pretty good fiddle boy but give the devil his due I bet a fiddle of gold against your soul cause I think I'm better than you^{Bb C Dm} The boy said my name's Johnny and it might be a sin But I'll take your bet your gonna regret cause I'm the best that's ever been

^DmJohnny your rosin up your bow and ^Cplay your fiddle hard Cause ^Gmhell’s broke loose in Georgia and the D^Dmevil deals it hard And if you win you get this shiny ^Gmfiddle made of gold But ^Aif you lose the Devil gets your soul

^DmThe Devil opened up his case and he said I'll start this show And fire flew from his fingertips as he rosined up his bow And he pulled the bow across his strings and it made an evil hiss Then a band of demons joined in and it sounded something like this ^{A C Dm}

^DmWhen the Devil finished Johnny said well you're pretty good ol' sun But sit down in that chair right there and let me show you how its done

^DFire on the mountain run boys run ^CThe devil's in the house of the risin' sun ^DChicken in the bread pan pickin' out dough ^CGranny does your dog bite no, child, no

^DmThe Devil bowed his head because he 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 'Cause I told you once you son of a bitch I'm the best that's ever been

^DFire on the mountain run boys run ^CThe devil's in the house of the risin' sun ^DChicken in the bread pan pickin' out dough ^CGranny does your dog bite no, child, no