The Devil Went Down To Georgia - The Charlie Daniels Band [Intro] (Violin Solo) [Dm] [C] [Dm] [C] [Bb] [A] [G] [A] [Dm] [A] [C] [Dm] [C] [A] [Dm] Verse 1: [Dm] The 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 upon a hickory stump and said boy let me tell you what [A] [C] [Dm] Verse 2: [Dm] I guess 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 [A] [C] [Dm] The boy said my name's Johnny, and it might be a sin But I'll take your bet, you're gonna regret, cause I'm the best that's ever been |Chorus 1: |[Dm] Johnny, you rosin up your bow, and [C] play your fiddle hard |Cause [Gm] hell’s broke loose in Georgia, and the [Dm] Devil deals it hard |And [Dm] if you win you get this shiny [Gm] fiddle made of gold |But [A] if you lose the Devil gets your [A] so[G]ul [F] [E] Instrumental: [Dm] [C] [Dm] [C] [Bb] [A] [G] [A] [Dm] [A] [C] Verse 3: [Dm] The 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 inand it sounded something like this [A] [C] [Dm] [Devil Solo] [Dm] [C] [Dm] A|-5----------------|-----5-------------|-------------------|--------------------| E|-----1---3---4---|-5-------5---4---|-3---1---3---4---|-5---1---3---1---| x5 Instrumental: [Gm] [Gm] [Am] [Bb] [C] [C] [Dm] [C] [A] [Dm] Bridge: [Dm] When the Devil finished Johnny said, well, you're pretty good ol' son But sit down in that chair right there, and let me show you how it's done |[Chorus 2] |[D] Fire on the mountain, run boys run, The [C] Devil's in the house of the risin' sun |The [D] chicken in the bread pan are pickin' out dough, [C] Granny will your dog bite no, child, no Instrumental: [Dm] [C] [Dm] [C] [Dm] [C] [A] [A] [A] [A] [C] [Dm] Verse 4: [Dm] The Devil bowed his head, because he knew that he'd been beat and he laid that golden fiddle, on the ground at Johnny's feet Johnny said Devil just come on back, if you ever wanna try again I done told you once, you son of a bitch, I'm the best that's ever been, and he played [Chorus 2] [Outro Solo] [Dm] [C] [Dm] [C] [Dm] [C] [Dm] [Em] [Gm] [Dm] [C] [Bb] [A] [Dm] [C] [Bb] [A] [Dm] [C] [Bb] [A] [Dm] [C] [Bb] [A] [Gm] [F] [Dm] [Dm]