The Devil Made Me Do It The First Time - Billy Joe Shaver Chords
Chords: A, D, E
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Genre: country, blues, rock
From the album Salt of the Earth (1987).
This song is almost exactly the same as his song “Black Rose,”
which appeared on his first album Old Five and Dimers Like Me (1973).
The production is different, and a couple of the lyrics are different.
[Intro]
A
[Verse 1]
A D
Way down in Louisiana
A E
Amongst the tall grown sugar cane
A D
Lived a simple man and a Dominique hen
E A
and a rose of a different name
[Verse 2]
A D
Yeah the first time I felt lightning
A E
I was standing in the drizzling rain
A D
With a trembling hand and a bottle of gin
E A
and a rose of a different name
[Chorus]
A D
Yeah the devil made me do it the first time
A E
The second time I've done it on my own
A D
Lord put a handle on this simple headed man
E A
Help me leave that black rose alone
[Instrumental]
A D
A E
A D
E A
[Verse 3]
A D
When the devil made that woman
D E
Hey Lord he threw the pattern away
A D
'Cause she was built for speed with the tools you need
E A
To make a new fool every day
[Verse 4]
A D
Hey now way down deep and dirty
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