Race With The Devil:Gene Vincent.
Top of the charts in 1956.

#1.
E
Well, I've had an evil life, so they say,
                              E7
but I'll out run the devil on Judgement Day, I said..
A
Move, hot-rod, move man!
E
Move, hot-rod, move man!
B             A                       E         B
Move hot-rod, move me on down the the line, oh, yeah!

#2.
      E
Well, me and the devil, at a stop light,
                          E7
He started rollin', I was out of sight, I said..
A
Move, hot-rod, move man!
E
Move, hot-rod, move man!
B             A                       E         B
Move hot-rod, move me on down the the line, oh, yeah!

#3.
      E
Well, goin' pretty fast, looked behind,
                                E7
A-here come the the devil doin' ninety-nine, I said..
A
Move, hot-rod, move man!
E
Move, hot-rod, move man!
B             A                       E         B     
Move hot-rod, move me on down the the line, oh, yeah! 
(Let's drag now!)

(INTERLUDE:)

#4.
E
Well, thought I was smart, the race was won,
                              E7
A-here come the devil doin' a-hundred and one.
A
Move, hot-rod, move man!
E
Move, hot-rod, move man!
B             A                       E    B
Move hot-rod, move me on down the the line. 
(Let's drag again!)

(INTERLUDE:)

#5.
F
Well, goin' pretty fast, looked behind,
                                F7
A-here come the the devil doin' ninety-nine, I said..
Bb
Move, hot-rod, move man!
F
Move, hot-rod, move man!
C             Bb                      F         C     
Move hot-rod, move me on down the the line, oh, yeah! 

#6.
F
Well, I've led an evil life, so they say,
                                F7
but I'll hide from the devil on Judgement Day, I said,
Bb
Move, hot-rod, move man!
F
Move, hot-rod, move man!
C             Bb                      F    C F
Move hot-rod, move me on down the the line.


A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.
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