Verso 1:
D
While you're strolling down the fairway
G D
Showing no remorse
D
Glowing from the poisons
G G/F# Em A
They've sprayed on your golf course
D D7
While you're busy sinking birdies
Bm Gm
And keeping your scorecard
F C G D
The devil's been busy in your backyard
Verso 2:
D
Steaming down the highway
G D
With your trucks of toxic waste
D
Where you gonna hide it
G G/F# Em A
Maybe outer space?
D D7
You don't know what you're doing
G Gm
Or what you have to guard
F C G D
The devil's been busy in your backyard
A
Sometimes you think you're crazy
D
But you know you're only mad
Bm
Sometimes you're better off not knowing
A
How much you've been had
Verso 3:
D
You see your second cousin
G D
Wasted in a fight
D
You say he had it coming
G G/F# Em A
He couldn't do it right
D D7
You're in a western movie
G Gm
Playing the part
F C G D
The devil's been busy in your backyard
Solo:D G D G D Em A Bm A# F C G D
A
Sometimes they say you're wicked
D
But you know that can't be bad
Bm
Sometimes you're better off not knowing
A
It'll only make you sad
Verso 4:
D
They're coming down Picadilly
G D
Dripping at the dash
D
Wasting sticky willy
G G/F# Em A
Covering him with their cash
D D7
They just might not have noticed
G Gm
They've been beating him so hard
F C G D
And the devil's been busy in your back yard
F C G D
Devil's been busy in your back yard
F C G D
Devil's been busy in your back yard