The Silver Tongued Devil And I

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