Intro: G C G C 
 
 
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 
 
Chorus: 
D 
I set out running 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 
 
 
 
Ran into the devil babe, he loaned me twenty bills 
Spent the night in Utah in a cave up in the hills 
 
Chorus 
 
Went down to the levee but the devil caught me there 
He took my twenty dollar bill and he vanished in the air 
 
Chorus 
 
D 
Got two reasons why I cry away each lonely night 
C 
The first ones named sweet Anne Marie, and she's my heart's delight 
D 
The second one is prison baby, the sheriffs on my trail 
Am 
And if he catches up with me I'll spend my life in jail 
 
 
Got a wife in Chino babe, and one in Cherokee 
First one says she's got my child, but it don't look like me 
 
Chorus 
 
Intro and fade