G                                       C                       G

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

                                                       C                     G 

Didn't get to sleep that 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

If I get home before daylight,

   Am                                      D

I just might get some sleep tonight.

   G                                       C                        G

I ran into the devil, babe, he loaned me twenty bills.

                                                    C            G 

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

D

Set out runnin' but I take my time,

     Am    

a friend of the devil is a friend of mine.

   D        

If I get home before daylight,

    Am                                     D

I just might get some sleep tonight.

    G                                          C                       G 

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

       G                                                  C                   G 

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

D           

Set out runnin' but I take my time,

     Am

a friend of the devil is a friend of mine.

   D

If I get home before daylight,

   Am                                     D

I just might get some sleep tonight.

D

Got two reasons why I cry away each lonely night.

         C

The first one's named Sweet Anne Marie and she's my heart's delight.

  D

Second one is prison, baby, the sheriff's on my trail,

      Am                                      C                   D

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

  G                                            C 

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

G                                                     C                       G

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

If I get home before daylight,

   Am                                     D

I just might get some sleep tonight.