To Beat The Devil Tab

****************** TO BEAT THE DEVIL ******************

written and performed by Kris Kristofferson.


Verse 1:(spoken)
                                                        
	It was winter time in Nashville,down on music city row
                                                                    
	And i was lookin' for a place to get myself out of the cold
                                                            
	To warm the frozen feelin' that was eatin' at my soul
                                          
	And keep the chilly wind off my guitar


Verse 2:(spoken)
                                                
	My thirsty wanted whisky,my hungry needed beans
                                                  
	But it'd been of month of paydays since i've heard that eagle scream
                                                                  
	So with my stomach full of empty and my pockets full of dreams
                                             
	I left my pride and stepped inside a bar


Bridge:(spoken)
                                               
	Actually i guess you'd could call it a Tavern...
                                                              
	Cigarette smoke to the ceiling and stardust on the floor
                           
	Friendly shadows


Verse 3:(spoken)
                                                         
	I saw that there was just one old man sittin' at the bar
                                                                   
	And in the mirror i could see him checkin' me and my guitar
                                                                    
	He turned,and said "Come up here boy,and show us what you are"
                                             
	I said "I'm dry"-and he brought me a beer


Verse 1-bis:(spoken)
                                                            
	He nodded at my guitar and said "It's a tough life,ain't it"
                                                                               
	I just looked at him,and he said "You ain't makin' any money,are you?"
                                                                                            
	I said "You've been readin' my mail".He just smiled and said "Let me see your guitar"
                                     
	I've got something you want to hear.Then he laid it on me


Verse sang 1:
                                                
	If you waste your time of talkin' to the people who don't listen
                                                     
	To the things that you are sayin',who do you think's gonna hear
                                                 
	And if you should die explaining how the things that they complain about
                                                                  
	Are things they could be changin' who do you think's gonna care
                                                                 
	There were other lonely singers in a world turned deaf and blind
                                                    
	Who were crucified for what they tried to show
                                                                      
	And their voice's have been scattered by this world and winds of times
                                                     
	Cause the truth remains that no one wants to know


Verse 4:(spoken)
                                                              
	Well,the old man was a stranger,but i'd heard his song before
	                                                                  
	Back when failure had me locked out on the wrong side of the door
                                                             
	When no one stood behind me but my shadow on the floor
                                              
	And lonesome was more than a state of mind


Verse 2-bis:(spoken)
                                                                       
	You see,the devil haunts a hungry man,and if you don't wanna join him
                            
	You got to beat him
                                                                       
	I ain't sayin' i beat the devil but i drank his beer for nothing
                          
	Then i stole his song


Verse sang 2:
                                                 
	And you still can hear me singin' to the people who don't listen
                                               
	To the things that i am sayin',prayin' someones gonna hear
                                               
	And i guess i'll die explainig how the things that they complain about
                                                                
	Are things they could be changin',hopin' someones gonna care
                                                         
	I was born a lonely singer,and i'm bound to die the same
                                               
	But i've got to feed the hunger in my soul
                                                      
	And if i never have a nickle i won't ever die ashamed
                                                    
	Cause i don't believe that no one wants to know

Thanks to Jan Ekeland for the lyrics.
Perret Charles-Amir : perret@diva.univ-mlv.fr