Devil You Know

 
G                        C 
Deal with the devil you know 
         Em              D 
Take it slow, he might show up 
           C                  G 
You might lose him when you grow up 
            Em             D 
You might blow up, you might pop 
N C  
None of that's a good reason to stop 
 

 
             C 
I can still hear it 
                            D 
"You're so ambitious," she spit at me like a curse 
               Em 
What made it worse is that she was right 
                  F 
I looked in the mirror that night and saw what she saw 
  C 
A dreamer clenching her jaw 
         D                                          Em 
Soon to be a dying violet between the noise and silence 
                          F 
Accusing every co-pilot willing to step up to the plate 
             C                                  D 
Of throwing me off my game, headed for a crash landing 
                                     Em 
With little to no undrstanding of what I was taking on 
                F 
The goal posts always move, no one's honst with you 
        C 
And the point you're trying to prove is lost 
      D  
Your life is recovery or shooting the moon 
         Em                                      F 
You're hovering over the room, people muttering, talking 'bout you 
                                 C                   D 
And you're still not doing what you know you could do 
 

 
               Em                F 
I still want it, what's my problem? 
 

 
G                        C 
Deal with the devil you know 
         Em              D 
Take it slow, he might show up 
           C                  G 
You might lose him when you grow up 
            Em             D 
You might blow up, you might pop 
N C  
None of that's a good reason to stop 
 

 
                    C 
Always been hot for teacher 
                        D 
Keep getting older and they do too 
               Em 
A little information right out of my grasp 
                     F 
Better answers to the questions I'm afraid to ask 
              C 
Kissing on a curve (Open-mouth education) 
             D 
Building my nerve (Testing my patience) 
                 Em 
Did I make the most of what I'm made of? 
      F 
Did I face what I'm afraid of? 
              C 
Am I a little close to the truth? 
                            D 
Keeps getting harder, I do too 
                     Em 
I wanna be a livewire 
                              F 
Don't wanna steal, don't wanna get tired 
                  C 
Don't wanna be a slot machine 
                    D 
Don't wanna miss the mark 
               Em       F 
I wanna be the weak spot 

Between the eyes of a shark 
 

 
G                        C 
Deal with the devil you know 
         Em              D 
Take it slow, he might show up 
           C                  G 
You might lose him when you grow up 
            Em             D 
You might blow up, you might pop 
         Em            G          D  C  D  Em  D 
None of that's a good reason to stop 
 

 
    G                C 
You can't chase the ghost 
      Em               D 
You find him more than most 
         G                  C 
I don't care how old your soul is 
           Em            D 
It's just focus and preparation 
           C                  Em 
It takes failure, it takes patience 
     G             C       D    C  D  Em  D  
To deal with the devil you know 
 

 
G                        C 
Deal with the devil you know 
         Em              D 
Take it slow, he might show up 
           C                  G 
You might lose him when you grow up 
            Em             D 
You might blow up, you might pop 
         Em            G          D  C  D  Em  D 
None of that's a good reason to stop 
 

Outro 
          Em  G 
It's not over 
            D 
You're not done 
             G 
You're not nothing 
G           C     D      C 
And you're not the only one