FRIEND OF THE DEVIL- Grateful Dead
 
G G/F# G/E G/D C C/B C/A C/G
 
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,
 Am
A friend of the devil is a friend of mine.
 D Am D riff 1
If I get home before daylight, I just might get some sleep tonight.
 G C 
I ran into the devil, babe, he loaned me twenty bills.
 G C 
I spent the night in Utah in a cave up in the hills.
D  
Set out runnin' but I take my time,
 Am
A friend of the devil is a friend of mine.
 D Am D riff 1
If I get home before daylight, I just might get some sleep tonight.
 G  C
I ran down to the levee but the devil caught me there.
G C
Took my twenty dollar bill and he vanished in the air.
D 
Set out runnin' but I take my time,
 Am
A friend of the devil is a friend of mine.
 D Am D riff 2
If I get home before daylight, I just might get some sleep tonight.
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
Second one is prison bait, and the sheriff's on my trail.
 Am C D riff 3 
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
First one says she's got my child, but it don't look like me.
D 
Set out runnin' but I take my time,
 Am
A friend of the devil is a friend of mine.
 D Am D riff 1
If I get home before daylight, I just might get some sleep tonight.
Inst. Verse riff 2
 
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
Second one is prison bait, and the sheriff's on my trail.
 Am C D riff 3 
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
First one says she's got my child, but it don't look like me.
D 
Set out runnin' but I take my time,
 Am
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.
 
 
 
 
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--- 
 A -----0-2---\-/-0-\-/-4------- 
 E ---2-------\-/---\-/--------- 
 
 
riff 2: D -0---------
 A -------0---
 E ---0-2-----
 
 
riff 3: D ---0-------0-\-/---\-/-0---0-4-
 A -0-----0-2---\-/-0-\-/---4-----
 E -----2-------\-/---\-/---------