The Devil I Know chords by Jimmy Buffett

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Intro:
G+G G+G A augmentedA G+G


Verse 1:
G+G
Three in the morning came without a warning
C majorC               G+G
Wound up with some old buccaneers
     C majorC              G+G
Tellin' lies about the time I won the Nobel Prize
D MajorD            G+G
Guess who bought all the beers

G+G
Well, you'd think I'd have tamed my old dragons by now
C majorC                G+G
I've always tried to be a good scout
   C majorC            G+G
But every now and then they come swoopin' in
     D MajorD           G+G
Saying, "Bubba, it's time to go out"

Chorus:
     C majorC          G+G
Now it's fun to wake up in a strange chateau
    D MajorD            G+G
After racing 'round Paris in a Deux Chevaux
  C majorC           G+G        E minorEm
My wingman's crashing but I'm not flying solo
    C majorC         G+G       D MajorD
'Cause he traded places with the devil I know

FF    G+G   FF    G+G
Devil I know, devil I know


Verse 2:
G+G
Well, life can be confusing but things need excusin'
  C majorC              G+G
To separate the turns from the twists
   C majorC            G+G
If I had a Richter scale for spouting forked tales
   D MajorD             G+G
We'd all be high on that shit list

G+G
Well, the hitch to living hard is when you drop your guard
     C majorC           G+G
And wind up in a headline or a cell
   C majorC           G+G
Then compromise, or worse, apologize
 D MajorD                G+G
Welcome to the world of sinkin' spells

Chorus:
C majorC             G+G
Messing with my mind was fun at the time
D MajorD            G+G
Tossing to and fro in a tricky undertow
C majorC            G+G        E minorEm
Deviants and derelicts, lurking high and low
C majorC            D MajorD    G+G
Ridin' shotgun with the devil I know

FF    G+G   FF    G+G
Devil I know, devil I know
G+G
Let's go ridin', devil


Solo:
C majorC  C majorC  C majorC  G+G C majorC
C  C majorC  C majorC  G+G C majorC


Bridge:
C majorC      D MajorD         G+G
There were times, there were places
  D MajorD        G+G
We played near and far
     B minorBm     E minorEm           G+G
From the old Anchor Inn to the Suez Canal bar
     B minorBm      E MajorE
From the Kraken to Manhattan

B minorBm          E MajorE
Le Select to Old Saigon
A augmentedA
Mojitos in Havana
C majorC       D MajorD
Timbuktu 'til dawn


Verse 3:
G+G
Three in the mornin', feral cats are yawnin'
C majorC            G+G
Full moon sinking in the bay
   C majorC          G+G
Spoonbills in flight, oh, what a sight
   D MajorD         G+G
As I sip on my café au lait

G+G
Well, the birds got me thinkin' 'bout going day drinkin'
  C majorC           G+G
A augmentedA hall pass to be the old me
    C majorC             G+G
Don't need hops and barley to throw a little party
   D MajorD         G+G
Señorita, una mas iced tea


Chorus:
      C majorC           G+G
Hell, it's fun to go fishing on a new slack tide
D MajorD            G+G
Wake up living life on the flip side
   C majorC                G+G          E minorEm
Them dragons ain't gone, but they're fading like an old tattoo
     C majorC       G+G       D MajorD    G+G
Lots of mystery in the history of the devils I knew

FF    G+G   FF    G+G
Devils I knew, devils I knew