Dealing With the Devil Song Lyrics and Chords by Merle Haggard
Dealing With the Devil
Recorded by Merle Haggard
Written by Eddy Raven and Sanger D. Shafer
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Don't ask me where she came from
All I
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know is that she
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gave me back my
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pride
She reached out her hand to save a
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man
Who slid about as
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far as he could
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slide
She
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probably came from heaven
Who else could have sent her but the
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Lord
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I'm not
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dancing with those demons
I'm not
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dealing with the devil any
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more
Go to
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sleep my weary
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lady
Heaven
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knows you've done your
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chore
You were
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sent here just to
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save me
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I'm not
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dancing with those demons
I'm not
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dealing with the devil any
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I live for the whiskey
And the
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good time and the
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ladies of the
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night
Then the whiskey took control
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waltzing with the
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witches in my
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mind
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Imaginary bottles fill my empty pockets
Lying on the
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floor
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I'm not
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dancing with those demons
I'm not
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dealing with the devil any
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Repeat #3 x2
FAQ
Who sang the the song Dealing With the Devil?
- The song Dealing With the Devil was sang by Merle Haggard.
Who is Merle Haggard?
- Merle Ronald Haggard (April 6, 1937 - April 6, 2016) was an American country singer, songwriter, guitarist, and fiddler.
Haggard was born in Oildale, California, during the Great Depression. His childhood was troubled after the death of his father, and he was incarcerated several times in his youth. After being released from San Quentin State Prison in 1960, he managed to turn his life around and launch a successful country music career. He gained popularity with his songs about the working class that occasionally contained themes contrary to anti-Vietnam War sentiment of some popular music of the time. Between the 1960s and the 1980s, he had 38 number-one hits on the US country charts, several of which also made the Billboard all-genre singles chart. Haggard continued to release successful albums into the 2000s.
He received many honors and awards for his music, including a Kennedy Center Honor (2010), a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award (2006), a BMI Icon Award (2006), and induction into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame (1977), Country Music Hall of Fame (1994) and Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame (1997). He died on April 6, 2016—his 79th birthday—at his ranch in Shasta County, California, having recently suffered from double pneumonia.
