Run devil run, the angels having fun
making winners out of sinners better leave before it's done.
  BWhen (x2444x@1)he gets through, he'll be coming after you,
 A (x02220@1)                           A-G- A (x02220@1)             Elisten (022100@1)what I'm saying to you ru-un.  Run devil run.

 EBy (022100@1)a swamp in Alabama in the cold in the damp.
 ESittin (022100@1)reading by the light of a kerosene lamp.
 ALives (x02220@1)a holly roller with a mission on her mind.
 EGot (022100@1)to spread the word to anybody she can find.
 BYou (x2444x@1)can hear her screaming any time in night or day.
  EThis (022100@1)is what she says to keep the demons away.

 ERun (022100@1)devil run, the angels having fun,
 Emaking (022100@1)winners out of sinners better leave before it's done.
  BWhen (x2444x@1)he gets through, he'll be coming after you, 
 A (x02220@1)                           A-G- A (x02220@1)             Elisten (022100@1)what I'm saying to you ru-un.  Run devil run.

Her brother and her sister said that she brought them down.
Steppin on the bus that was heading to town.
There they started drinking, they got into a fight.
The sheriff introduced them to the jailhouse for a night.
When the holy roller came to town to pay the bail,
this is what she sang as she was leaving the jail.

Run devil run, the angels...

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Well, by the middle of the summer they were back in the shack.
Picking cotton for a livin keep 'em on the right track.
Visiting the nieghbours trying to spread the good news.
Singing gospel music with a hint of the blues.
All of them determined to deliver the goods,
now you hear the music coming out on the woods.

Run devil run, the angels...
 E (022100@1)           A-G- A (x02220@1)          EYou'ld (022100@1)better ru-un.  Run devil run.
 E (022100@1)           A-G- A (x02220@1)          EYou'ld (022100@1)better ru-un.  Run devil run.