Friend Of The Devil

Words & Music:

Robert Hunter, Jerry Garcia & John Dawson (The Grateful Dead)

 

This is fully transcribed in the October 2003 issue of Guitar World.

 

G  G/F#  Em  G/D  C  C/B  Am7  G [vamp for intro] [1st vox note = B]

 

G     G/F#     Em    G/D   C          C/B    Am7   G

I lit out from Reno, I was trailed by twenty hounds.

Didn't get to sleep that night 'til the morning came around.

 

CHORUS:

  D                                     Am

I set out runnin' but I take my time; 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.

 

CHORUS:

 

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

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

 

CHORUS:

 

BRIDGE:

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, baby, the sheriff's 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.

 

CHORUS:

 

INTRUMENTAL VERSE & CHORUS:

 

BRIDGE REPRISE:

 

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.

 

CHORUS:

 




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