Friend Of The Devil

Garcia/Hunter

 || G . | C . | G . ||

VERSE 1

[G]I lit out from Reno, I was [C]trailed by twenty [G]hounds

Didn’t get to sleep last night till the [C]morning  came a[G]round.

CHORUS

[D]Set out runnin’ but I take my time

A fr[Am]iend of the devil is a friend of mine

If [D]I get home before daylight, 

[Am]just might get some sleep — to[D]night [Dsus][D][D]

VERSE 2

[G]Ran into the devil, babe, he [C]loaned me twenty [G]bills

[G]I spent the night in Utah in a [C]cave up in the [G]hills.

CHORUS

[D]Set out runnin’ but I take my time

A [Am]friend of the devil is a friend of mine

If [D]I get home before daylight, 

[Am]just might get some sleep — to[D]night [Dsus4][D][D]

VERSE 3

[G]I ran down to the levee but the [C]devil caught me [G]there

[G]He took my twenty-dollar bill and [C]vanished in the [G]air.

CHORUS

[D]Set out runnin’ but I take my time

A [Am]friend of the devil is a friend of mine

If [D]I get home before daylight, 

[Am]just might get some sleep — to[D]night [Dsus][D][D]

BRIDGE

[D]Got two reasons why I cry away each lonely night,

The [C]first ones name sweet Anne Marie, and she’s my hearts delight

[D]Second one is prison, babe, the sheriffs on my trail,

And [Am]if he catches up with me, I’ll [C]spend my life

in [D]jail. [Dsus4][D][D]

VERSE 4

[G]Got a wife in Chino, babe, and [C]one in Chero[G]kee

[G]The first one says she’s got my child, but [C]it don’t look like [G]me.

CHORUS

[D]Set out runnin’ but I take my time

A fr[Am]iend of the devil is a friend of mine

If [D]I get home before daylight, 

[Am]just might get some sleep — to[D]night [Dsus4][D][D]

REPEAT VERSE 4

Got a wife in Chino, babe, and one in Cherokee

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

CHORUS

Set out runnin’ but I take my time, a friend of the devil is a friend of mine,

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