The Devils Prayer

E5 Asus2 I felt him before I saw him E5 G As I slowly lifted my chin E5 Asus2 Stench, something worse than death Em9 Em Heat pulsing from his blistered skin. E5 Asus2 He smiled with eerie confidence. E5 G Showing teeth, sharp, caked with grime. E5 Asus2 Took a fat ledger from his coat and said, Em9 Em I’ve come to collect what is mine. E5 Asus2 Let’s talk about that gal in Reno. E5 G Or the only you left in Baton Rouge. E5 Asus2 You broke a few hearts, didn’t you boy? So, it’s my job to now to break you E5 Asus2 He hissed and spoke, he shook his coat E5 G So the brimstone would fall away. E5 Asus2 He said, let’s not forget all that whiskey Em9 Em No damn way I’m forgetting al that mescaline … B11 E5 Roaches crawled around his boots, B11 E5 the ground beneath us shook. Dm As he read down my list of crimes, Asus2 G E5 the sky went dark, and it felt like the end of times G E5 Cold, as the end of times E5 Asus2 How about your boy, the one you never raised? E5 G Today he’s sitting in a county cell. E5 Asus2 Or the widow your made back in Omaha Em9 Em I’ll let you share her private hell E5 Asus2 You got me dead to rights, Old Scratch E5 G I won’t fight you, and I won’t crawl. E5 Asus2 But give me one small moment so I, Em9 Em Can say a little pray for your soul … E5 Asus2 His jaw clenched, his face twitched E5 G Yet he never said a word. E5 Asus2 Stuffed that old ledger in his coat, Em9 Em and broke a grin as he turned. E5 Asus2 The sky turned gray as he slaked away, E5 G Boot print tracks, cinders glowing red E5 Asus2 He tossed that worn old ledger aside Em9 Em Thank you son, was all he said