🎸 Intro: C7 Bm Bm 🎸 Verse: Bm It was on a wedding night C7 How they danced by the firelight C7 And the bride was well arrayed Bm By her fifteen chambermaids Bm As her father raised a toast C7 To the health of all the host C7 We descended from the apse Bm To bear witness to the whole collapse
🎸 Chorus: B Bm And it's ohhhh no! B Bm We're jumped up and ready to go B Bm Where Do you think that the money comes from? C7 Do you think it just naturally grows? B Bm And it's ohhhh no! B Bm We lurk at the end of the row B Bm Listening for whistling, a bang from the drum C7 B And it seems that we've caught you in tow B Bm Between the devil and the devil you know 🎸 Verse: Bm In the back of the bazaar C7 By the tramps and the muscle cars C7 We have gathered two by two Bm Just to figure out what to do Bm Pretty Saro's a sotted mess C7 Gone and spoiled her party dress C7 All her suitors so entranced Bm Who will join her in the ambulance? 🎸 Chorus: B Bm And it's ohhhhh no! B Bm I'm sure that you'd just love to know B Bm But what will you Do when the rumpus is done C7 And it's time that we all were gone home? B Bm And it's ohhhhh no! B Bm Kick up your heels in a row B Bm A song that is sung where my people come from C7 B And it's best when it's not sung alone B Bm Between the devil and the devil you know 🎸 Interlude: (Use verse chords) - 2x 🎸 Chorus: B Bm And it's ohhhhh no! B Bm Dash him in one final blow B Bm Stick to the rackets, the heavy's a hack C7 B And he's singing pianissimo B Bm For the devil and the devil you know 🎸 Verse: Bm When the casks have all run dry C7 And we've laid our knuckles by C7 Standing legless on the pews Bm Shouting curses to our union dues Bm Out beyond the city walls C7 In the grotesque mountain halls C7 There's a darkness coming on Bm So it's best I think we rambled on 🎸 Chorus: B Bm And it's ohhhhh no! B Bm On to the next bloody show B Bm You won't feel so loose with a noose 'round your neck C7 When those cold winter winds start to blow B Bm And it's ohhhhh no! B B B Bm One more before we go B Bm How can we ever get used to this dreck? C7 B 'Cause I'm sick and I want to Go home B Bm To the devil and the devil we know B Bm To the devil and the devil we know B Bm To the devil and the devil we know 🎸 Outro: (Use Verse Chords) - 4x B C7 Bm