Friend Of The Devil

FRIEND OF THE DEVIL- Grateful Dead

 

I lit out from Reno I was trailed by twenty hounds

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

Set out runnin' but I take my time

a friend of the devil is a friend of mine

If I get home before day light

Am D riff 1 (as D -> G)

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

Ran down to the levee but the devil caught me there

took my twenty dollar bill and he vanished in the air ...CHORUS

riff 2 D

Got two reasons why I cry away each lonely night

The first one's named Sweet Anne Marie and she's my heart's delight

Second one is prison, baby, the shefiff's on my trail

Am C D riff 3 (D -> G)

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

G: x x x 0 0 3 strum= base note, \ (downstroke), / (upstroke)

G/F#: x x 4 0 0 3 \ /

G/E: x x 2 0 0 3 \ /

G/D: x x 0 0 0 3

riff 1: D -0-------0-\-/---\-/---0-4--- riff 2: D -0---------

A -----0-2---\-/-0-\-/-4------- A -------0---

E ---2-------\-/---\-/--------- E ---0-2-----

riff 3: D ---0-------0-\-/---\-/-0---0-4-

A -0-----0-2---\-/-0-\-/---4-----

E -----2-------\-/---\-/---------

(from American Beauty, 1970)

(sent by Harlan at harlant@hawaii.edu)