Verse 1
GI lit out from Reno
I was Ctrailed by twenty hounds
GDidn’t get to sleep that night
Till the Cmorning came around
Chorus
DSet out runnin’ but I take my time
A Amfriend of the Devil is a friend of mine
If DI get home before daylight
I Amjust might get some Csleep toDnight
Verse 2
GRan into the Devil, babe
He Cloaned me twenty bills
I Gspent the night in Utah
In a Ccave up in the hills
Chorus
DSet out runnin’ but I take my time
A Amfriend of the Devil is a friend of mine
If DI get home before daylight
I Amjust might get some Csleep toDnight
Verse 3
I Gran down to the levee
But the CDevil caught me there
He Gtook my twenty dollar bill
And he Cvanished in the air
Chorus
DSet out runnin’ but I take my time
A Amfriend of the Devil is a friend of mine
If DI get home before daylight
I Amjust might get some Csleep toDnight
Bridge
DGot two reasons why I cry away each lonely night
The Cfirst one’s named sweet Anne Marie and she’s my hearts delight
The Dsecond one is prison, babe, the sheriff’s on my trail
And Amif he catches up with me, I’ll Cspend my life in Djail
Verse 4
GGot a wife in Chino, babe
And Cone in Cherokee
The Gfirst one says she’s got my child
But Cit don’t look like me
Chorus
DSet out runnin’ but I take my time
A Amfriend of the Devil is a friend of mine
If DI get home before daylight
I Amjust might get some Csleep toDnight
Solo
GC GC D Am DAmCD
Bridge
DGot two reasons why I cry away each lonely night
The Cfirst one’s named sweet Anne Marie and she’s my hearts delight
The Dsecond one is prison, babe, the sheriff’s on my trail
And Amif he catches up with me, I’ll Cspend my life in Djail
Verse 4
GGot a wife in Chino, babe
And Cone in Cherokee
The Gfirst one says she’s got my child
But Cit don’t look like me
Chorus
DSet out runnin’ but I take my time
A Amfriend of the Devil is a friend of mine
If DI get home before daylight
I Amjust might get some Csleep toDnight
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