Biography:
Kristoffer Kristofferson (born June 22, 1936) is an American singer-songwriter and actor. Among his songwriting credits are the songs "Me and Bobby McGee", "For the Good Times", "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down", and "Help Me Make It Through the Night", all of which were hits for other artists. Kristofferson composed his own songs and collaborated with Nashville songwriters such as Shel Silverstein.
In 1985, Kristofferson joined fellow country artists Waylon Jennings
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Other songs:
- For The Good Times
- Good Christian Soldier
- Help Me Make It Through The Night
- Anthem 84
- Bad Love Story
- Best Of All Possible Worlds
- Between Heaven And Here
- Billy Dee
- Blame It On The Stones
- Blessing In Disguise
- Border
- Border Lord
- Born To Die Alone
- Born To Love Me
- Bread For The Body
- Breakdown
- Breakdown A Long Way From Home
- Broken Freedom Song
- Burden Of Freedom
- Caseys Last Ride
- Castaway
- Chase The Feeling
- Closer To The Bone
- Come Sundown
- Darbys Castle
- Dont Let The Bastards Get You Down
- Duvaliers Dream
- Easy Come On
- Eddie The Eunuch
- El Coyote
- El Gavilan The Hawk
- Enough For You
- Fallen Angel
- Fallen Woman
- Feeling Mortal
- From Here To Forever
- From The Bottle
- From The Bottle To The Bottom
- Gettin By High And Strange
- Give It Time To Be Tender
- Good For Nothing Blues
- Good Love
- Hello In There
- Help Me
- Help Me Make It
- Here Comes That Rainbow
- Holy Creation
- Holy Woman
- How Do You Feel About Foolin Around
- I Believe That I Believe
- I Can Be Had
- I Wont Back Down
- Id Rather Be Sorry
- If You Dont Like Hank Williams
- Ill Take Any Chance I Can With You
- In The News
- Jesse Younger
- Jesus Was A Capricorn
- Jody And The Kid
- Johnny Lobo
- Josie
- Junkie And Juicehead Minus Me
- Junkie Juicehead Minus Me
- Just Suppose
- Just The Other Side Of Nowhere
- Killer Barracuda
- Kiss The World Goodbye
- Last Time
- Law Is For Protection
- Little Girl Lost
- Loving Her Was Easier
- Magdalene
- Mal Sacate
- Mama Stewart
- Me And Bobby Mcgee
- Moment Of Forever
- My Heart Was The Last One To Know
- New Mister Me
- No Ones Gonna Miss Me
- Nobody Loves Anybody Anymore
- Nobody Wins
- Okie From Muskogee
- One Day At A Time
- Out Of Mind Out Of Sight
- Pilgrims Progress
- Please Dont Tell Me How The Story Ends
- Prove It To You One More Time Again
- Rain
- Ramblin Jack
- Same Old Song
- Sams Song
- Shadows Of Her Mind
- Shake Hands With The Devil
- Silver Tongued Devil And I
- Sister Sinead
- Smokey Put The Sweat On Me
- Somebody Nobody Knows
- Spooky Ladys Revenge
- Stagger Mountain Tragedy
- Stairway To The Bottom
- Starlight And Stone
- Stranger
- Sugar Man
- Sunday Morning Coming Down
- Tennessee Blues
- The Bigger The Fool
- The Bigger The Fool The Harder The Fall
- The Burden Of Freedom
- The Captive
- The Fighter
- The Golden Idol
- The Junkie And The Juicehead Minus Me
- The Ladys Not For Sale
- The Last Thing To Go
- The Law Is For Protection Of The People
- The One You Chose
- The Pilgrim
- The Promise
- The Prophet
- The Race
- The Sabre And The Rose
- The Stranger I Love
- The Taker
- They Killed Him
- This Old Road
- To Beat The Devil
- When I Loved Her
- When She Was Wrong
- Where She Stops Nobody Knows
- Whiskey Whiskey
- Whos To Bless Whos To Blame
- Why Me Lord
- Wild American
- You Dont Tell Me What To Do
- You Show Me Yours
- Youre Gonna Love Yourself
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****************** TO BEAT THE DEVIL ******************
written and performed by Kris Kristofferson.
Verse 1:(spoken)
G C/G G
It was winter time in Nashville,down on music city row
D C/G
And i was lookin' for a place to get myself out of the cold
G Em C/G
To warm the frozen feelin' that was eatin' at my soul
D
And keep the chilly wind off my guitar
Verse 2:(spoken)
G C/G G
My thirsty wanted whisky,my hungry needed beans
D
But it'd been of month of paydays since i've heard that eagle scream
C/G G Em C/G
So with my stomach full of empty and my pockets full of dreams
D
I left my pride and stepped inside a bar
Bridge:(spoken)
Em C/G
Actually i guess you'd could call it a Tavern...
D
Cigarette smoke to the ceiling and sawdust on the floor
G
Friendly shadows
Verse 3:(spoken)
G C/G G
I saw that there was just one old man sittin' at the bar
D C/G
And in the mirror i could see him checkin' me and my guitar
G Em C/G
He turned,and said "Come up here boy,and show us what you are"
D
I said "I'm dry"-and he brought me a beer
Verse 1-bis:(spoken)
G C/G G
He nodded at my guitar and said "It's a tough life,ain't it"
D C/G
I just looked at him,and he said "You ain't makin' any money,are you?"
G Em C/G
I said "You've been readin' my mail".He just smiled and said "Let me see your guitar"
C/G G
I've got something you want to hear.Then he laid it on me
Verse sang 1:
G C/G
If you waste your time of talkin' to the people who don't listen
G D
To the things that you are sayin',who do you think's gonna hear
G C/G
And if you should die explaining how the things that they complain about
G D G
Are things they could be changin' who do you think's gonna care
D C/G G
There were other lonely singers in a world turned deaf and blind
D
Who were crucified for what they tried to show
G C/G G
And their voice's have been scattered by the swirling winds of time
D G
Cause the truth remains that no one wants to know
Verse 4:(spoken)
G C/G G
Well,the old man was a stranger,but i'd heard his song before
D C/G
Back when failure had me locked out on the wrong side of the door
G Em C/G
When no one stood behind me but my shadow on the floor
D
And lonesome was more than a state of mind
Verse 2-bis:(spoken)
G C/G G
You see,the devil haunts a hungry man,and if you don't wanna join him
D C/G
You got to beat him
G Em C/G
I ain't sayin' i beat the devil but i drank his beer for nothing
G
Then i stole his song
Verse sang 2:
G C/G
And you still can hear me singin' to the people who don't listen
G D
To the things that i am sayin',prayin' someones gonna hear
G C/G
And i guess i'll die explainig how the things that they complain about
G D G
Are things they could be changin',hopin' someones gonna care
D C/G G
I was born a lonely singer,and i'm bound to die the same
D
But i've got to feed the hunger in my soul
G C/G G
And if i never have a nickle i won't ever die ashamed
D G
Cause i don't believe that no one wants to know
Thanks to Jan Ekeland for the lyrics.
Perret Charles-Amir : [email protected]
#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #
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****************** TO BEAT THE DEVIL ******************
written and performed by Kris Kristofferson.
Verse 1:(spoken)
G C/G G
It was winter time in Nashville,down on music city row
D C/G
And i was lookin' for a place to get myself out of the cold
G Em C/G
To warm the frozen feelin' that was eatin' at my soul
D
And keep the chilly wind off my guitar
Verse 2:(spoken)
G C/G G
My thirsty wanted whisky,my hungry needed beans
D
But it'd been of month of paydays since i've heard that eagle scream
C/G G Em C/G
So with my stomach full of empty and my pockets full of dreams
D
I left my pride and stepped inside a bar
Bridge:(spoken)
Em C/G
Actually i guess you'd could call it a Tavern...
D
Cigarette smoke to the ceiling and sawdust on the floor
G
Friendly shadows
Verse 3:(spoken)
G C/G G
I saw that there was just one old man sittin' at the bar
D C/G
And in the mirror i could see him checkin' me and my guitar
G Em C/G
He turned,and said "Come up here boy,and show us what you are"
D
I said "I'm dry"-and he brought me a beer
Verse 1-bis:(spoken)
G C/G G
He nodded at my guitar and said "It's a tough life,ain't it"
D C/G
I just looked at him,and he said "You ain't makin' any money,are you?"
G Em C/G
I said "You've been readin' my mail".He just smiled and said "Let me see your guitar"
C/G G
I've got something you want to hear.Then he laid it on me
Verse sang 1:
G C/G
If you waste your time of talkin' to the people who don't listen
G D
To the things that you are sayin',who do you think's gonna hear
G C/G
And if you should die explaining how the things that they complain about
G D G
Are things they could be changin' who do you think's gonna care
D C/G G
There were other lonely singers in a world turned deaf and blind
D
Who were crucified for what they tried to show
G C/G G
And their voice's have been scattered by the swirling winds of time
D G
Cause the truth remains that no one wants to know
Verse 4:(spoken)
G C/G G
Well,the old man was a stranger,but i'd heard his song before
D C/G
Back when failure had me locked out on the wrong side of the door
G Em C/G
When no one stood behind me but my shadow on the floor
D
And lonesome was more than a state of mind
Verse 2-bis:(spoken)
G C/G G
You see,the devil haunts a hungry man,and if you don't wanna join him
D C/G
You got to beat him
G Em C/G
I ain't sayin' i beat the devil but i drank his beer for nothing
G
Then i stole his song
Verse sang 2:
G C/G
And you still can hear me singin' to the people who don't listen
G D
To the things that i am sayin',prayin' someones gonna hear
G C/G
And i guess i'll die explainig how the things that they complain about
G D G
Are things they could be changin',hopin' someones gonna care
D C/G G
I was born a lonely singer,and i'm bound to die the same
D
But i've got to feed the hunger in my soul
G C/G G
And if i never have a nickle i won't ever die ashamed
D G
Cause i don't believe that no one wants to know
Thanks to Jan Ekeland for the lyrics.
Perret Charles-Amir : [email protected]
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