Biography:
Jason Boland & The Stragglers is a Country Music quintet formed in 1998 in Stillwater, Oklahoma, home of Red Dirt music. Their music is iconic of the Red Dirt sound such as Cross Canadian Ragweed, Stoney Larue, Bob Childers and others.
The Stragglers are Harrah, Oklahoma native Jason Boland (lead, guitar), Roger Ray (pedal steel, lead/rhythm guitar), Brad Rice (drums/backing vocals), and Grant Tracy (bass). Additional record contributions goes to Noah Jeffries on banjo, mandolin, and guitar.
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Other songs:
- Alright
- Backslider Blues
- Cant Figure How
- Change In The Weather
- Comal County Blue
- Dark And Dirty Mile
- Dinosaur
- Down Here On Earth
- Drinkin Song
- Fences
- Gallo De Cielo
- Grandfathers Theme
- Hard Times Are Relative
- Heart As Big As Texas
- Hope You Make It
- I Dont Deserve You
- If I Ever Get Back To Oklahoma
- If You Wanna Hear A Love Song
- Lucky I Guess
- Ludlow
- Mary
- Mary Ellens Greenhouse
- No One Left To Blame
- Obsessed
- Odd In Denver
- Outlaw Band
- Proud Souls
- Purple Rain Rocketman Medley
- Rich Young Dumb Nymphomaniac
- Roadside Prayer
- Sangria Wine
- See You When I See You
- Seven Spanish Angels
- Shot Full Of Holes
- Somewhere Down In Texas
- Song For You
- Tennessee Whiskey
- The Devil Pays In Gold
- They Took It Away
- Truckstop Diaries
- When Im Stoned
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Jason Boland and The Stragglers
The Devil Pays in Gold
VERSE
Am D
Gus checked his pocket-watch it was a quarter past nine
Am G E
He caught a train to Baton Rouge and bought a copy of the times.
Am D
Pulled out a faded picture of a woman with coal black hair
F E Am
She had gone out east and he prayed he’d find her there.
Am D
She met a gambler who said he hailed from New Orleans
Am G E
Gus knew he fancied her but she wanted him too it seemed
Am D
He followed the trail of broken stories till he heard that she left town,
F E Am
She was packed and gone by the time he turned around
FILL:
C G Am C G E
Am D
He talked to the man a while that had tore the ticket stubs
Am G E
If he finds that son of a b***h he was gonna spill that Cajun blood
Am D
There would not be a mojo man who would save him from that day
F E Am
He had crossed the line and there’d be hell to pay
Am D
Well the 10 o’clock from San Antone it departed right on time
Am G E
He lit up a cigarette as the tracks began to whine
Am D
The Texas heat had felt like hell without his woman there
F E Am
The Spanish maiden with the coal black hair
FILL C G Am C G E
CHORUS:
Am F C G
You’re gonna live and die by the blade and you’ll reap what you sow
Am F C G
Cause life the things that happens on our way to growing old
Am F C G
If the truth was known to woman she could steal her lover’s soul
Am E Am
She knows that the devil pays in gold.
FILL C G Am C G E
Am D
They pulled into the station and he packed his cap and ball
Am G E
He went to check the hotels if he needed to check them all
Am D
He knew all he needed to do was to find a game of card
F E Am
And he could drop the ace of spades on the queen of hearts
Am D
He found the downstairs card room where the high rollers stayed
Am G E
One chair stood empty from the last table left to play
Am D
He pulled a stool up to the bar but he could not see a thing
F E Am
Till a loud mouth Yankee bet his lady’s ring
FILL C G Am C G E
Am D
Pulled a pistol on the desk clerk cause he would not take a bribe
Am G E
and then he shouted Give me their number and you might walk out alive
Am D
The next thing from the clerk’s lips was the number forty-four
F E Am
And he pointed upstairs and he ran on out the door
Am D
He found the room and was ready to go inside
Am G E
He put a boot to the door and it flung open wide
Am D
The gambler he reached for his gun but he would not get a shot
F E Am
Gus had his aim and he let that hammer drop
FILL C G Am C G E
CHORUS:
Am F C G
You’re gonna live and die by the blade and you’ll reap what you sow
Am F C G
Cause life the things that happens on our way to growing old
Am F C G
If the truth was known to woman she could steal her lover’s soul
Am E Am
She knows that the devil pays in gold.
C G Am C G Am C G Am Am E Am E strum once
Am D
The gambler lay before him he was sprawled across that chair
Am G E
But where was his maiden with the coal black hair
Am D
He didn’t know she stood behind him, she had gone for wine and bread
F E Am
He hit the floor when her bullet struck his head.
FILL C G Am C G E
CHORUS:
Am F C G
You’re gonna live and die by the blade and you’ll reap what you sow
Am F C G
Cause life the things that happens on our way to growing old
Am F C G
If the truth was known to woman she could steal her lover’s soul
Am E Am
She knows that the devil pays in gold.
Jason Boland and The Stragglers
The Devil Pays in Gold
VERSE
Am D
Gus checked his pocket-watch it was a quarter past nine
Am G E
He caught a train to Baton Rouge and bought a copy of the times.
Am D
Pulled out a faded picture of a woman with coal black hair
F E Am
She had gone out east and he prayed he’d find her there.
Am D
She met a gambler who said he hailed from New Orleans
Am G E
Gus knew he fancied her but she wanted him too it seemed
Am D
He followed the trail of broken stories till he heard that she left town,
F E Am
She was packed and gone by the time he turned around
FILL:
C G Am C G E
Am D
He talked to the man a while that had tore the ticket stubs
Am G E
If he finds that son of a b***h he was gonna spill that Cajun blood
Am D
There would not be a mojo man who would save him from that day
F E Am
He had crossed the line and there’d be hell to pay
Am D
Well the 10 o’clock from San Antone it departed right on time
Am G E
He lit up a cigarette as the tracks began to whine
Am D
The Texas heat had felt like hell without his woman there
F E Am
The Spanish maiden with the coal black hair
FILL C G Am C G E
CHORUS:
Am F C G
You’re gonna live and die by the blade and you’ll reap what you sow
Am F C G
Cause life the things that happens on our way to growing old
Am F C G
If the truth was known to woman she could steal her lover’s soul
Am E Am
She knows that the devil pays in gold.
FILL C G Am C G E
Am D
They pulled into the station and he packed his cap and ball
Am G E
He went to check the hotels if he needed to check them all
Am D
He knew all he needed to do was to find a game of card
F E Am
And he could drop the ace of spades on the queen of hearts
Am D
He found the downstairs card room where the high rollers stayed
Am G E
One chair stood empty from the last table left to play
Am D
He pulled a stool up to the bar but he could not see a thing
F E Am
Till a loud mouth Yankee bet his lady’s ring
FILL C G Am C G E
Am D
Pulled a pistol on the desk clerk cause he would not take a bribe
Am G E
and then he shouted Give me their number and you might walk out alive
Am D
The next thing from the clerk’s lips was the number forty-four
F E Am
And he pointed upstairs and he ran on out the door
Am D
He found the room and was ready to go inside
Am G E
He put a boot to the door and it flung open wide
Am D
The gambler he reached for his gun but he would not get a shot
F E Am
Gus had his aim and he let that hammer drop
FILL C G Am C G E
CHORUS:
Am F C G
You’re gonna live and die by the blade and you’ll reap what you sow
Am F C G
Cause life the things that happens on our way to growing old
Am F C G
If the truth was known to woman she could steal her lover’s soul
Am E Am
She knows that the devil pays in gold.
C G Am C G Am C G Am Am E Am E strum once
Am D
The gambler lay before him he was sprawled across that chair
Am G E
But where was his maiden with the coal black hair
Am D
He didn’t know she stood behind him, she had gone for wine and bread
F E Am
He hit the floor when her bullet struck his head.
FILL C G Am C G E
CHORUS:
Am F C G
You’re gonna live and die by the blade and you’ll reap what you sow
Am F C G
Cause life the things that happens on our way to growing old
Am F C G
If the truth was known to woman she could steal her lover’s soul
Am E Am
She knows that the devil pays in gold.
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