The Devil Makes Three - Help yourself

Even the d^Dmevil was an angel 'fore he tr^A7ied to rush the throne Lord, they t^Dmhrew him in hell there ^G5all a^A7lone ^DmNow he builds a castle out^A7 of the sinner's bones ^DmYou'd be angry ^A7too, if you could n^Dmever ^A7go h^Dmome

Well now, ^A7I ain't no preacher no pr^Dmeacher man's son ^A7 I done some bad things but I l^Dmike to have my fun A th^A7ousand ways to heaven, a th^Dmousand ways to hell Well I say, ^G5 the good lord h^A7elps those that help thems^Dmelves ^A7

So help yours^Dmelves now ^{A7 Dm A7 Dm Dm}Old man Nicodemus could not h^A7ear his heart bleed ^Dm He saw that Jesus had some tr^G5icks up his sl^A7eeve He said &^Dmquot;Oh man Jesus I c^A7an't do things your way But I ^Dmsee you work for s^A7omebody big, so I'm b^Dmackin' y^A7our p^Dmlay."

^Dm Old man Nicodemus, his p^A7ockets they were deep And on the d^Dmay that they decided to ^G5put Jesus to sl^A7eep Jesus c^Dmould not care for money now or a^A7ny such thing Old Nicod^Dmemus paid to have J^A7esus just b^Dmuried l^A7ike a k^Dming.

Well now, ^A7I ain't no preacher no pr^Dmeacher man's son ^A7 I done some bad things but I l^Dmike to have my fun A th^A7ousand ways to heaven, a th^Dmousand ways to hell Well I say, ^G5 the good lord h^A7elps those that help thems^Dmelves ^A7

So help yours^Dmelves now ^{A7 Dm A7 Dm} Our f^Dmather art in heaven h^A7allowed be thy name Told N^Dmoah build a boat, on the dr^G5iest of d^A7ays And everyb^Dmody in the neighborhood thought old N^A7oah was insane I guess when the w^Dmaters rec^A7eded now the t^Dmruth ^A7was p^Dmlain

Well now, ^A7I ain't no preacher no pr^Dmeacher man's son ^A7 I done some bad things but I l^Dmike to have my fun A th^A7ousand ways to heaven, a th^Dmousand ways to hell Well I say, ^G5 the good lord h^A7elps those that help thems^Dmelves ^A7

So help yours^Dmelves now ^{A7 Dm A7 Dm} M^Dmoses was a great man, parted the w^A7aters of the red sea D^Dmown the road to Egypt he made s^G5ure the slaves were f^A7ree Well ^Dmhe could speak to god, so they ^A7say, yes indeed Well the n^Dmoise of his vo^A7ice woulda made our p^Dmoor e^A7ars b^Dmleed

^DmMoses he had an army I t^A7ell ya all his own ^Dm They stood in circles outs^G5ide his very h^A7ome And when the Ph^Dmaraohs got to killin' they left ^A7ol' Moses alone But the R^Dmomans drove those n^A7ails through ^DmJes^A7us' b^Dmones

Well now, ^A7I ain't no preacher no pr^Dmeacher man's son ^A7 I done some bad things but I l^Dmike to have my fun A th^A7ousand ways to heaven, a th^Dmousand ways to hell Well I say, ^G5 the good lord h^A7elps those that help thems^Dmelves ^A7

So help yours^Dmelves now ^{A7 Dm A7 Dm}