• Song:

    Why Should The Devil Have All The Good Music

  • Artist:

    Larry Norman

  • Album:

    Copper Wires

Why Should The Devil Have All The Good Music?

N/C        E (022100@1)                    
I want the people to know that he saved my soul
      E (022100@1)But I still like to listen to the radio
         EThey (022100@1)say rock-n-roll is wrong, we'll give you one more chance
          E (022100@1)         
I say, "I feel so good I've gotta get up and dance."
F#7 (242352@1)                                    AI (x02220@1)know what's right, I know what's wrong, I don't confuse it
E (022100@1)                               EAll (022100@1)I'm really trying to say is, "Why should the devil have all the good music?"
F# (244322@1)                  AAnd (x02220@1)I feel good every day, 
        B (x2444x@1)                      A (x02220@1)             Ebecause (022100@1)Jesus is the rock and he rolled my blues away

E (022100@1)           
They say to cut my hair, they're driving me insane
  EI (022100@1)grew it out long to make room for my brain
    E (022100@1)                   EBut (022100@1)sometimes people don't understand 
         EWhat's (022100@1)a good boy doing in a rock-n-roll band
F#7 (242352@1)                             AThere's (x02220@1)nothing wrong with playing blues licks
     E (022100@1)                                         EWell (022100@1)if you've got a reason tell me to my face, "Why should the devil have all the good music?"
F# (244322@1)                              AThere's (x02220@1)nothing wrong with what I play, 
B (x2444x@1)                         A (x02220@1)           EJesus (022100@1)is the rock and he rolled my blues away

Solo: F#| (244322@1)/ | A7| (x02020@1)/ | F#| (244322@1)/ | A7| (x02020@1)/ |

F# (244322@1)                       AI (x02220@1)ain't knocking the hymns, just give me a song that has a beat
F# (244322@1)                                           AI (x02220@1)ain't knocking the hymns, just give me a song that moves my feet
BI (x2444x@1)don't like none of those funeral marches, I ain't dead yet!

Solo Section 2: E (4 bars build one note at a time to E7)

| A| (x02220@1)A7| (x02020@1)E7| (020130@1)B7| (x21202@1)A7| (x02020@1)E7| (020130@1)/ |

EJesus (022100@1)told the truth, and Jesus showed the way
        EThere's (022100@1)one more thing I'd like to say
     E (022100@1)                              EThey (022100@1)nailed him to the cross and they laid him in the ground
         E (022100@1)                                             
But they should have known you can't keep a good man down
F# (244322@1)                 AI (x02220@1)feel good every day I don't want to lose it
E (022100@1)                                EAll (022100@1)I wanna, all I wanna know is, "Why should the devil have all the good music?"
F# (244322@1)                        AI've (x02220@1)been filled I feel okay
B (x2444x@1)                      AJesus (x02220@1)is the rock and he rolled my blues
B7 (x21202@1)                     A7Jesus (x02020@1)is the rock and he rolled my blues
B7 (x21202@1)                     A7Jesus (x02020@1)is the rock and he rolled my blues away

Ending bit: E
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