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Version 1 Version 2 Version 3[INTRO] G / C / G / C (four times) [VERSE-1] G C I lit out from Reno, I was trailed by twenty hounds G C Didn't get to sleep last night 'till the morning came around [CHORUS] D Set out runnin' but I take my time Am A friend of the devil is a friend of mine D Am C D If I get home before daylight, I just might get some sleep tonight [VERSE-2] G C 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 [CHORUS] D Set out runnin' but I take my time Am A friend of the devil is a friend of mine D Am C D If I get home before daylight, I just might get some sleep tonight [VERSE-3] 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 [CHORUS] D Set out runnin' but I take my time Am A friend of the devil is a friend of mine D Am C D If I get home before daylight, I just might get some sleep tonight [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 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 [VERSE-4] G C Got a wife in Chino, babe, and one in Cherokee G C The first one says she's got my child, but it don't look like me. [CHORUS] D Set out runnin' but I take my time Am A friend of the devil is a friend of mine D Am C D If I get home before daylight, I just might get some sleep tonight [INSTRUMENTAL] G C G C D Am D Am C D [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 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 [VERSE-4] G C Got a wife in Chino, babe, and one in Cherokee G C The first one says she's got my child, but it don't look like me. [CHORUS] D Set out runnin' but I take my time Am A friend of the devil is a friend of mine D Am C D If I get home before daylight, I just might get some sleep tonight