C (x32010@1) C7I (x32310@1)took myself down to the Tally Ho Tavern F (133211@1) CTo (x32010@1)buy me a bottle of beer F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) AmAnd (x02210@1)I sat myself down by a tender young maiden D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) G7With (320001@1)eyes as dark as her hair C (x32010@1) C7And (x32310@1)as I was searching from bottle to bottle F (133211@1) CFor (x32010@1)something un-foolish to say F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) AmThe (x02210@1)silver tongued devil he slipped from the shadows G (320003@1) G7 (320001@1) CAnd (x32010@1)smiling he stole her away Chorus: F (133211@1) C (x32010@1)I said hey, little girl, don't you know he's the devil F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) He's everything that I ain't F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) AmD G (320003@1) Hiding intentions of evil, under the smile of a saint F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) All he's good for is getting in trouble F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) And shifting his share of the blame F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) Some people swear he's my double D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) And some even say we're the same F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) But the silver-tongued devil's got nothing to lose F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) I'll only live 'till I die F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) Am (x02210@1) We take our own chances, we'll pay our own dues [pause} G (320003@1) G7 (320001@1) C (x32010@1) FC The silver tongued devil and I C (x32010@1) C7Like (x32310@1)all the young maidens who'd laid down beside him F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) She knew in her heart that he'd lied F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) Am (x02210@1) But nothing that I could have said could have saved her D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) G7 (320001@1)No matter how hard that I tried C (x32010@1) C7 (x32310@1) 'Cause she'll offer charms to the darkness and danger F (133211@1) C (x32010@1)Of something that she's never known F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) Am (x02210@1)And open her arms to the smile of a stranger G (320003@1) G7 (320001@1) CWho'll (x32010@1)love her and leave her alone Chorus: F (133211@1) C (x32010@1)And you know, he's the devil (rest of chorus as above)