Dm 
If I was the devil 
    Am  
I'd hang out in Blue Eye, Missouri 
G                                 A 
Where the water and the mountain collide 
    Dm     
I'd scare all the little children 
     Am  
And rumble around beneath the beds 
G    
Tell them all kind of stories 
           A 
You can't help but get them stuck in their heads 
          Dm 
Then I'd take out some of your livestock 
         Am 
You can blame it on the beast of the night 
     G  
But you know it was me 
         A 
Same as you know wrong and right 
 
              Dm 
If I was the devil 
           Am 
I'd go and find your preacher man 
G                 A 
Crusty and white hair 
    Dm 
I'd tell him that hell is on the way 
 Am 
Scare him right out of his skin 
G                         A 
See the brimstone in his eyes 
        Dm                             Am 
Then a band of fat white deacons would take him far away 
G                            A 
That would be just fine with me 
              Dm 
If I was the devil 
 
Dm  Am  G  A  Dm  Am  G  A 
 
              Dm 
If I was the devil 
     Am 
I'd gather up all your dreams 
     G                                   A 
And drop them to the bottom of a black lagoon 
     Dm                               Am 
I'd steal away all your patience and steal away all your pride 
  G                                        A 
Leave you with nothing but uncontrollable fear 
     Dm  
And then I'd reveal my masterpiece 
      Am 
As I dance around with the night 
G                    
Down in Blue Eye, Missouri 
           A                        Dm 
Where the water and the mountain collide 
 
Dm  Am  G  A  Dm