The Devil Went Down To Scunthorpe Lyrics

The Devil Went Down To Scunthorpe lyrics

The devil went down to Scunthorpe
Looking for a soul to steal
In a bind
and way behind
He was willin' to make a deal
When he came across this
young man
Pickin' on a guitar, playing it hot
And the devil jumped on a
hickory stump
And said I'll tell ya what

I guess you didn't know it,
I'm a guitar player too
And if you care to take a dare
I'll make a bet
with you
Now you play a real good guitar boy
But give the devil his
due
I'll bet a guitar of gold to get your soul
'Cause I think I'm better
than you

The boy said my name's Johnny, it might be a sin
I'll take
your bet, you're gonna regret
I'm the best that's ever been

Johnny
resin up your pick and play your guitar hard
'Cause hell is here in
Scunthorpe
And the devil deals the cards
Now if you win you'll get this
shinny guitar made of gold
But if you loose the devil gets your
soul

The devil opened up his case and said I'll start this gig
And
fire flew from his finger tips as he resined up his pick
He strummed the
pick across the strings
It made an evil hiss
Then a band of demons joined
in
And it sounded something like this

When the devil
finished
Johnny said you're pretty good ol' son
But sit down in that
chair right there
Let me show you how it's done

Fire on the mountain
run boys run
Devil's in the house of the risin' sun
Chicken in the bread
pan pickin' out dough
Ready says you don't fight, no child, no
Let's
go

The devil bowed his head
Because he knew that he'd been beat
He
laid that golden guitar on the ground at Johnny's feet
Johnny said Devil come
on back 
If you ever want to try again
I told you once you son of a
bitch
I'm the best I've ever been

Fire on the mountain run boys
run
Devil's in the house of the risin' sun
Chicken in the bread pan
pickin' out dough
Ready says you don't fight, no child, no
Let's go