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Date: Thu, 28 Dec 1995 14:56:23 -0600
From: Ken Keefover
Subject: Way Too Much Time On My Hands, Again…
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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: 3×0000
Verse 1:
C7 G
Diablo motors had a hell of a sale, downtown yesterday,
C7 A7 D
Word got around, no money down, take years and years to pay.
C7 G
When I got there the lot was bare, but the salesman said hold on.
C7 C#dim G/D B7/D# E A7 D7 G
For a little cash, I gotta two-tone Nash out behind the barn.
Chorus
G A7
If the Devil danced in empty pockets, he’d have a ball in mine.
D G6 G#dim Am
With a nine foot grand, a ten piece band and a twelve girl chorus line.
D G A
I’d raise some loot in a three piece suit, give ’em one dance for a dime,
G/B C A/C# G/D B/D# E7 A D7 G
If the Devil Danced in empty pockets, he’d have a ball in mine.
Verse 2:
C7 G
Well he said friend it ain’t the end let’s see what I can do.
C7 A7 D
If you own a home, I’ve got a loan, tailor made for you.
C7 G
Then above the racket a voice in my jacket said, «I’ll tote the note.»
C7 C#dim G/D B7/D# E A7 D7 G
The devil made me do it, talked me in to it, and that was all she wrote.
Chorus
Bridge
Em B7 Em
They say debt is a bottomless pit where the devil likes to play.
A7 D
I’d sell my soul to get out of this hole, but there’d be hell to pay.
Chorus
