Loose approximation of the intro
| G | D/F# | Em7 | D | C | G/B | Am7 | D |
| x2 |
The intro pattern more or less continues through all the verses, but I’m not writing that all out
| G | C |
| I lit out from Reno, I was | trailed by twenty hounds |
| G | C |
| Didn’t get to sleep that night ‘till the | morning came around |
| D |
| Set out runnin’ but I take my time |
| Am7 | |
| A | friend of the devil is a friend of mine |
| D | Am7 | D |
| I get home before daylight, I | just might get some sleep to | night |
| G | C |
| Ran into the devil, babe, he | loaned me twenty bills |
| G | C |
| Spent the night in Utah in a | cave up in the hills |
| D |
| Set out runnin’ but I take my time |
| Am7 | |
| A | friend of the devil is a friend of mine |
| D | Am7 | D |
| I get home before daylight, I | just might get some sleep to | night |
| 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 |
| D |
| Set out runnin’ but I take my time |
| Am7 | |
| A | friend of the devil is a friend of mine |
| D | Am7 | D |
| I get home before daylight, I | just might get some sleep to | night |
| 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 | |
| The | second one is prison, babe, the sheriff’s on my trail |
| Am7 | C | D | |
| And | if he catches up with me, I’ll | spend my life in | jail |
| G | C |
| Got a wife in Chino, babe, and | one in Cherokee |
| G | C | |
| The | first one say she’s got my child, but | it don’t look like me |
| D |
| Set out runnin’ but I take my time |
| Am7 | |
| A | friend of the devil is a friend of mine |
| D | Am7 | D |
| I get home before daylight, I | just might get some sleep to | night |
Solo on verse chords
| 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 | |
| The | second one is prison, babe, the sheriff’s on my trail |
| Am7 | C | D | |
| And | if he catches up with me, I’ll | spend my life in | jail |
| G | C |
| Got a wife in Chino, babe, and | one in Cherokee |
| G | C | |
| The | first one say she’s got my child, but | it don’t look like me |
| D |
| Set out runnin’ but I take my time |
| Am7 | |
| A | friend of the devil is a friend of mine |
| D | Am7 | D |
| I get home before daylight, I | just might get some sleep to | night |