From: Thad Williamson (thwilliamson@igc.apc.org) Ain't Gonna Go to Hell [words courtesy of EDLIS: from transcription appearing in The Telegraph #5] Chords: Thad Williamson G /D /C I can manipulate people as well as anybody G C/ Force 'em and burn 'em G C/ Twist 'em and turn 'em G /D /C I can make believe I'm in love with almost anybody G /C Haul 'em and control 'em G /C Squeeze 'em and tease 'em Am Bm C Bm/ All that satisfies the fleshly needs Am Bm C / I've been down that road I know what it needs G D C/ But I ain't gonna go to hell for anybody G D C/ I ain't gonna go to hell for anybody G D C/ I ain't gonna go to hell for anybody Am Bm C / G Not today, not tonight, not tomorrow No never No way! Verse repeats chords: I can persuade people as well as anybody I got the vision, but it could cause division I can twist the truth as well as anybody I know how to do it I been all the way through it But it don't suit my purposes and it ain't my goal To gain the whole world But give up my soul And I ain't gonna go to hell for anybody Not for father not for mother not for sister not for brother No way! Bridge: Em Bm/ C G/ Smoke arises forever, got a one-way ticket to burn Em Bm/ A place reserved for the Devil C G/ And for all of those that done evil C G D/ Places of darkness, a trace you can never return I can write and steal from people as well as anybody Know all the devices, paid a lot of prices I can influence people as well as anybody Go right up to 'em, I know how to do 'em Don't need to depend on tricks or on cards I see through man's delusions, I see through his facades And I ain't gonna go to hell for anybody I ain't gonna go to hell for anybody No, I ain't gonna go to hell for anybody Not today, not tonight, not tomorrow No never No way!