Run devil run, the angels having fun making winners out of sinners better leave before it's done.

Wh^Ben he gets through, he'll be coming after you, A A-G- A E listen what I'm saying to you ru-un. Run devil run.

B^Ey a swamp in Alabama in the cold in the damp. S^Eittin reading by the light of a kerosene lamp. L^Aives a holly roller with a mission on her mind. G^Eot to spread the word to anybody she can find. Y^Bou can hear her screaming any time in night or day. Th^Eis is what she says to keep the demons away.

R^Eun devil run, the angels having fun, m^Eaking winners out of sinners better leave before it's done. Wh^Ben he gets through, he'll be coming after you, A A-G- A E listen what I'm saying to you ru-un. Run devil run.

Her brother and her sister said that she brought them down. Steppin on the bus that was heading to town. There they started drinking, they got into a fight. The sheriff introduced them to the jailhouse for a night. When the holy roller came to town to pay the bail, this is what she sang as she was leaving the jail. Run devil run, the angels... Inter:[A E A B] x2 Well, by the middle of the summer they were back in the shack. Picking cotton for a livin keep 'em on the right track. Visiting the nieghbours trying to spread the good news. Singing gospel music with a hint of the blues. All of them determined to deliver the goods, now you hear the music coming out on the woods. Run devil run, the angels... E A-G- A E You'ld better ru-un. Run devil run. E A-G- A E You'ld better ru-un. Run devil run.