Ashley McBryde – The Devil I Know Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Ashley McBryde – The Devil I Know Chords on Piano & Ukulele

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[Intro]
C  C  C  C

[Verse]
   C
A little outside of
 Elizabethtown

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There’s a little bar
where I’d sit down
             F
And trade a couple country
                    C
songs for Kentucky Bourbon
   C
A little ol’ gal in the
 middle of the night

Learning how to love and
learning how to fight
     F
And learning how to like
              C
my brand of hurting

[Pre-Chorus]
 G
Hell there's hell
everywhere I go
          F
I’m just sticking
                 C  C
with the devil I know
[Chorus]
 F
Momma says get my ass to church

Daddy says get my ass to work
 C
Doctor says I gotta give
 up on these smokes

 F
Everybody’s got something to say

About how I gotta
change my ways

    Am
But I got something
     G         F
 to say of my own

 F
Hell there's hell
everywhere I go
          F
I’m just sticking
                   C
with the devil I know

[Verse]
C
I love somebody
everybody loves

And he’s in love with
my messed up
 F
Most folks can’t see my
                      C
 soul through the smoke

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           C
And we’re suitcase marks
 on a hardwood floor

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Flipping the bird,
slamming the door
             F
And feeling out and turning
                      C
 'round and coming home

[Pre-Chorus]
     G
And hell there's hell
everywhere I go
        F
So I’m sticking with
              C
 the devil I know

[Chorus]
 F
Momma says get my ass to church

Daddy says get my ass to work
 C
Doctor says I gotta

give up on these smokes

 F
Everybody’s got
 something to say

About how I gotta
change my ways
    Am
But I got something
     G         F
to say of my own

[Break]
There's higher roads
 that I rode

And better choices
than I chose
I’m just sticking with
             C  C  C  C
the devil I know

[Instrument]
         F
Hey-hey hey hey hey
     C
Hey heeey hey hey
     F
Woah oh oh oh oh

[Chorus]
 F
Momma says get my ass to church

Daddy says get my ass to work
 C
Doctor says I gotta give
 up on these smokes
 F
Everybody’s got
something to say

About how I gotta
change my ways

    Am
But I got something
     G         F
to say of my own

[Outro]
              F                F
Hell there's hell everywhere I go
                      F
I’m just sticking with
the devil I know

How to play The Devil I Know: key, chords and progression

These are The Devil I Know chords by Ashley McBryde on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

The Devil I Know by Ashley McBryde is centred on C major (no sharps or flats). The song uses 4 chords: C, F, G and Am.

The progression the song keeps returning to is G – F – C – F (V – IV – I – IV in C major). In solfa, that is soh – fah – doh – fah. Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 5th fret and play the shapes G, C, D, Em (100% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 75% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.

Chord diagrams

C chord on guitar (x32010)
CC E G
F chord on guitar (133211)
FF A C
G chord on guitar (320003)
GG B D
Am chord on guitar (x02210)
AmA C E

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The Devil I Know chords: questions

What key is The Devil I Know in?

The Devil I Know by Ashley McBryde is centred on C major (no sharps or flats).

What chords are in The Devil I Know?

The Devil I Know uses 4 chords: C, F, G, Am.

What is the chord progression of The Devil I Know?

The main progression is G – F – C – F (V – IV – I – IV).

Is The Devil I Know easy to play on guitar?

Yes, with a capo: put a capo on the 5th fret and play the shapes G, C, D, Em (100% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 75% without a capo).

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