Friend of the Devil

Garcia/Hunter/Dawson
Played frequently by Dylan during the late 1990s
Tabbed by Eyolf Østrem


Chords (and intro):

G'   xx5430
G/f# xx4030
C/e  xx2010
G/d  xx000(0)
C    x32010
C/b  x20010 (at least this is how he plays it, with the index finger
            left on the second string)
Am   x02210

G'    G/f#     C/e  G/d    C          C/b    Am 
I lit out from Reno, I was trailed by twenty hounds
G'     G/f#   C/e        G/d         C           C/b   Am 
Didn't get to sleep last night 'till the morning came around.
D
 Set out runnin' but I take my time
  Am 
A friend of the devil is a friend of mine
   D 
If I get home before daylight,
  Am                  C       D 
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. 
Set out runnin' but I take my time, 
A friend of the devil is a friend of mine, 
If I get home before daylight, 
I just might get some sleep tonight.
I ran down to the levee but the devil caught me there 
He took my twenty dollar bill and vanished in the air. 
Set out runnin' but I take my time 
A friend of the devil is a friend of mine 
If I get home before daylight, 
I just might get some sleep tonight.
D 
Got two reasons why I cry away each lonely night,
    Am 
The first one's named Sweet Anne Marie, and she's my hearts delight.
D 
The second one is prison, babe, 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. 
Set out runnin' but I take my time, 
A friend of the devil is a friend of mine, 
If I get home before daylight, 
I just might get some sleep tonight.