Friend of the devil (video)

C - G - C - G (2x)

G C

1. I lit out from Reno, I was trailed by twenty hounds,

G C

didn’t get to sleep last night till the morning came around.

D

Set out runnin’, but I take my time,

Am

a friend of the devil is a friend of mine,

D Am C D

if I get home before daylight, I just might get some sleep tonight.

G C

2. Ran into the devil, babe, he loaned me twenty bills,

G C

I spent the night in Utah in a cave up in the hills.

+ CHORUS

G C

3. I ran down to the levee, but the devil caught me there,

G C

he took my twenty dollar bill and vanished in the air.

+ CHORUS

D

+ Got two reasons why I cry away each lonely night,

C

the first one’s named sweet Anne Marie, and she’s my hearts delight.

D

The second one is prison, babe, the sheriff’s on my trail,

Am C D

and if he catches up with me, I’ll spend my life in jail.

G C

4. Got a wife in Chino, babe, and one in Cerokee,

G C

the first one says, she’s got my child, but it don’t look like me.

D

Set out runnin’, but I take my time,

Am

a friend of the devil is a friend of mine,

D Am C D

if I get home before daylight, I just might get some sleep tonight.

+ instrumental = verse 4 & CHORUS

D

+ Got two reasons why I cry away each lonely night,

C

the first one’s named sweet Anne Marie, and she’s my hearts delight.

D

The second one is prison, babe, the sheriff’s on my trail,

Am C D

and if he catches up with me, I’ll spend my life in jail.

G C

5. Got a wife in Chino, babe, and one in Cerokee,

G C

the first one says, she’s got my child, but it don’t look like me.

D

Set out runnin’, but I take my time,

Am

a friend of the devil is a friend of mine,

D Am C D

if I get home before daylight, I just might get some sleep tonight.

(Grateful Dead)