Slim And The Devil chords by Willie Watson

• Key: Ab
• Capo on 3rd
• Difficulty: Beginner 👶

Intro:

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Verse 1:
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Slim Greer went to heaven
    C
St. Peter said
C
“You been a good right boy Slim
C
But now you’re dead”
        G
“Been a travelin’ rascal
C

In your day
C
You can roam once more
                 G
Then you come to stay”


Verse 2:
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“Put these wings on your shoulders
    C
And save your feet”
C
Slim spoke up and said
C
“Thank you Pete”
     G
Then Peter said “go
   C
To hell and see
C
All that they’re doin’
C
Tell it back to me”
        G
“But be sure to remember
               C
How everything goes”
C
Slim said
                     G
“I’ll see you on the late watch boy”


Verse 3:
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So he got to covortin’
C
Swell as you choose
C
Like Lindy in the spirit
C
Of the St. Louis blues
   G
He flew and he flew
         C
‘Till at last he hit
C
G  hangar with a sign
                 G
Readin’ “This is it”
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So he parked his wings
       C
And he strolled around
C
Gettin’ used to his feet
              G
Back on solid ground


Verse 4:
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Then he come to a mansion
    C
And walked right in
C
Up looked the Devil
       G
With a sickly grin
G
“No I didn’t think to look for you
C
Mr. Greer
C
Tell me how could it be
                 G
That you come by here”
G
He said “I just dropped by
      C
For a little spell”
C
“Make yourself at home
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Here’s the keys to hell”


Verse 5:
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Said the Devil to Slim
       C
“Let’s go downtown”
C
He took the Devil's hand
C
And he showed him around
           G
Showed him bawdy houses
    C
And cabarets
C
Made him think of New Orleans
C
And Memphis days
           G
Showed him folks all fightin’
           C
‘Round the roulette wheel
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Like Rampart street
C
In the south of Beale
        G
Then he took him ‘round the corner
      C
Where Slim did see
C
G  preacher with a woman
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Sittin’ on each knee
           G
Showed him whiskey stills
      C
Goin’ everywhere
C
With a passel of Devils
C
Stretched dead drunk there
        G
Then he took him to a furnace
          C
That some devils was firin’
C
Hot as hell
C
Slim’s a-mean perspirin’
      G
White devils with pitchforks
      C
Threw black devils on
C
Slim thought he’d better
            G
Get movin’ along


Verse 6:
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Said Slim “this makes
   C
Me think of home”
C
Vicksburg, Little Rock,
C
Jackson, and Rome”
         G
Then the Devil gave Slim
    C
The big “Ha-ha”
C
Turned into a cracker
C
With a sheriff’s star
      G
So he ran for his wings
    C
Lit out from the ground
C
Hauled it back to Peter
                   G
He was heaven bound


Verse 7:
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Said Peter to Slim
         C
“Man you got back quick
C
Tell me how’s the Devil,
C
What’s his latest trick ”
    G
“Oh no” said Slim
   C
“I can’t really tell
C
That place was Dixie
                G
That I took for Hell”


Outro-Harmonica Solo:
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