Capo 4


Verse 

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 


[Refrão]

D 
Set out running but I take my time  
Em 
A friend of the devil is a friend of mine 
D                                 Em                        G 
If I get home before daylight, I just might get some sleep tonight 


Verse 

G                              C 
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  


[Refrão]

D 
Set out running but I take my time  
Em 
A friend of the devil is a friend of mine 
D                                 Em                        G 
If I get home before daylight, I just might get some sleep tonight 


Verse 

G                                 C 
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 


[Refrão]

D 
Set out running but I take my time  
Em 
A friend of the devil is a friend of mine 
D                                 Em                        G 
If I get home before daylight, I just might get some sleep tonight 


Bridge 

D 
Got two reasons why I cry away each lonely night, 
Em 
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 
and if he catches up with me, I'll spend my life in jail 


Verse 

G                                C 
Got a wife in Chino, babe, and one in Cherokee 
G                                           C 
The first one says she's got my child, but it don't look like me 



[Refrão]

D 
Set out running but I take my time  
Em 
A friend of the devil is a friend of mine 
D                                 Em                        G 
If I get home before daylight, I just might get some sleep tonight (2x)