The Devil's Real Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Am][E][Am][E]
[Am][Dm][Am][E][Am]

[Verse 1]
The devil ain't a legend, [Am]the devil's
real
In the empty way he touched
me, where I hardly feel
In the empty [Dm]hole inside me,
the nothing that'll ride me
Down into [Am]my grave, it does [Dm]not heal
[Am]Nothing [E]is as something,
it'll suck you dry
As [Am]the whisper you can hardly
hear that tells [E]you why.

[Verse 2]
[E]
They told [Am]me "You ain't got no problems,
you're self-deceived"
These These seeming contradictions,
well they make believe
It was then [Dm]that I decided
my life was being guided
By [Am]a second-rate dependence
dependence on first-class thieves
thieves
They told [E]me I was breaking through,
I was breaking down
[Am]By the time I learned the difference
they had long [E]left town.
You know [Am]that they

[Verse 3]
ain't so malicious,
they ain't mean
They're just vaguely well-intentioned
with with no love I've seen
And it's the empti[Dm]ness that kills you,
cold comfort that'll fill you
With a sense [Am]of dread that maybe
things are worse than they seem
They [E]don't tell you nothing
you don't already know
They just [Am]keep holding out the promise
but they don't [E]let go
You know they don't let [Am]go.

[Interlude 1]
[Am][Dm]
[Am][Dm][Am]
[E][Am][E]
Well, it [Am]was hard luck and trouble,

[Verse 4]
[Am]
bad times too
I know I had 'em coming,
but I got through
It was advice [Dm]that you gave me
in a dream that saved me
You [Am]said "Get a new life contract that spells out your dues."
[E][Am][E]
[Am]
[Dm]
[Am][E]
[Am][E]
[Am]
[Dm][Am]
Took good [E]will to find it,
a clear conscience to sign it
Now [Am]I dream [E]about the good times and it
all comes [Am]true.

[Outro 1]
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[Am][E]
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