G                                     C

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	     		                    D

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



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

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

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.



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

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

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.



D

Got two reasons why I cry away each lonely night,

C

The first ones named sweet Anne Marie, and she’s my hearts delight.

D

The second one is prison, babe, the sheriffs on my trail,

        Am			               C		              D

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



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.

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.