Dm
If I was the devil
    Am 
I'd hang out in Blue Eye, Missouri
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Where the water and the mountain collide
    Dm    
I'd scare all the little children
     Am 
And rumble around beneath the beds
G   
Tell them all kind of stories
           A
You can't help but get them stuck in their heads
          Dm
Then I'd take out some of your livestock
         Am
You can blame it on the beast of the night
     G 
But you know it was me
         A
Same as you know wrong and right

              Dm
If I was the devil
           Am
I'd go and find your preacher man
G                 A
Crusty and white hair
    Dm
I'd tell him that hell is on the way
 Am
Scare him right out of his skin
G                         A
See the brimstone in his eyes
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Then a band of fat white deacons would take him far away
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That would be just fine with me
              Dm
If I was the devil

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              Dm
If I was the devil
     Am
I'd gather up all your dreams
     G                                   A
And drop them to the bottom of a black lagoon
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I'd steal away all your patience and steal away all your pride
  G                                        A
Leave you with nothing but uncontrollable fear
     Dm 
And then I'd reveal my masterpiece
      Am
As I dance around with the night
G                   
Down in Blue Eye, Missouri
           A                        Dm
Where the water and the mountain collide

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