Intro    [G]   [G/F#]  [G/E]  [G/D]  [C]  [C/B]  [C/A]  [C/G] x4  (emphasize root notes)

v1:       [G]I [G/F#]lit out from [G/E]Reno [G/D]I was  [C]trailed by  [C/B]twenty  [C/A]hounds [C/G]

[G]Didn't [G/F#]get to [G/E]sleep that [G/D]night till the [C]morning [C/B]came a-[C/A]round [C/G]

c:         [D]Set out runnin' but I take my time           a [Am]friend of the devil is a friend of mine

[D]If I get home before day light                  I [Am]just might get some sleep to-[D]night riff 1 (as D ->G)

v2:       [G]Ran in- [G/F#]to the [G/E]devil, [G/D]babe, he [C]loaned me [C/B]twenty [C/A]bills [C/G]

I [G]spent the [G/F#]night in [G/E]Utah [G/D]in a [C]cave up [C/B]in the [C/A]hills  [C/G]

c:         [D]Set out runnin' but I take my time           a [Am]friend of the devil is a friend of mine

[D]If I get home before day light                  I [Am]just might get some sleep to-[D]night riff 1 (as D ->G)

v3:       [G]Ran down [G/F#]to the [G/E]levee [G/D]but the [C]devil [C/B]caught me [C/A]there [C/G]

[G]Took my [G/F#]twenty [G/E]dollar [G/D]bill and he [C]vanished [C/B]in the [C/A]air [C/G]

c:         [D]Set out runnin' but I take my time           a [Am]friend of the devil is a friend of mine

[D]If I get home before day light                  I [Am]just might get some sleep to-[D]night riff 1 (as D ->G)

b:         [D]Got two reasons why I cry away each lonely night

The [C/G]first one's named Sweet Anne Marie and she's my heart's delight

[D]Second one is prison, baby, the sheriff's on my trail

and [Am]if he catches up with me [C]I'll spend my life in [D]jail riff 3 (D -> G)

v4:       [G]Got a [G/F#]wife in [G/E]Chino, [G/D]babe, and [C]one in [C/B]Chero-[C/A]kee [C/G]

[G]First one [G/F#]says she's [G/E]got my [G/E]child, but [C]it don't [C/B]look like [C/A]me [C/G]

c:         [D]Set out runnin' but I take my time           a [Am]friend of the devil is a friend of mine

[D]If I get home before day light                  I [Am]just might get some sleep to-[D]night riff 1 (as D ->G)

Solo:   (like verse + chorus)

b:         [D]Got two reasons why I cry away each lonely night

The [C/G]first one's named Sweet Anne Marie and she's my heart's delight

[D]Second one is prison, baby, the sheriff's on my trail

and [Am]if he catches up with me [C]I'll spend my life in [D]jail riff 3 (D -> G)

v5:       [G]Got a [G/F#]wife in [G/E]Chino, [G/D]babe, and [C]one in [C/B]Chero-[C/A]kee [C/G]

[G]First one [G/F#]says she's [G/E]got my [G/E]child, but [C]it don't [C/B]look like [C/A]me [C/G]

c:         [D]Set out runnin' but I take my time           a [Am]friend of the devil is a friend of mine

            [D]If I get home before day light                  I [Am]just might get some sleep to-[D]night