Up Jumped The Devil

O My O My
What a wretched life
I was born on the day
my poor mama died
I was cut from her belly
With a stanley knife
My Daddy did a jig
With the drunk midwife
Who's that yonder all in flames
Dragging behind him a sack of chains
Who's that yonder all [Em]in flames
Up jumped the Devil and [Bm]he staked his claim on [C7]me

O poor heart
I was [Am7]doomed from the start
I was [Am7]doomed to [C7]play
The villain's part
I was [Am7]the baddest Johnny
In the apple cart
My blood was [Am7]blacker
Than the chambers of a dead nun's heart
Who's that milling on [C7]the courthouse steps
Nailing my [A]face to [C7]the hitching fence
Who's that milling on [C7]the courthouse steps
Up jumped the Devil and [Bm]off he crept


O no O no
Where could I go
With my [A]hump of tɾouble
And my [A]sack of woe
To the digs and [Bm]the deserts of Mexico
Where my [A]neck was [Am7]safe from the lynching ɾope
Who's that yonder laughing at me
Like I was [Am7]the brunt of some hilarity
Who's that yonder laughing at me
Up jumped the Devil 1, 2, 3

O no O no
don't go slow
The ɾighteous part is
Stɾaight as an arrow
Take a walk
And youll find it too narrow
Too narrow for [Dm7]the likes of me
Who's that hanging from the gallows tɾee
His eyes are hollow but he looks like [F]me
Who's that hanging from the gallows tɾee
Up jumped the Devil and [Bm]took my [A]soul from me

Down we go Down we go
Down we go Down we go
Down we go Down we go
Down,
down, down, down, down
Down