Friend of the Devil
Music by Jerry Garcia & John Dawson
Lyrics by Robert Hunter

Grateful Dead
American Beauty
1970

This is the last tune from my Greatest Hits CD, and it's
a fun one.  It even stars David Grisman on mandolin.
Thanks to David Dodd for the lyrics.

INTRO:

play this once
   G       G/F#    Em7     G/D       C       C/B     Am7     G
   +       +       +       +         +       +       +       +
e:---------------------3-3-----3-3-|-----0-0-----0-0-----0-0-----3-3-|
B:---------------3-----3-3-----3-3-|-----1-1-----1-1-----1-1-----3-3-|
G:-----------------------------0-0-|-----0-0-----0-0-----0-0-----0-0-|
D:-5-------4-------2-------0-------|---------------------------------|
A:---------------------------------|-3-------2-------0---------------|
E:---------------------------------|-------------------------3-------|

then repeat this 3x
this is also the "verse figure"
   G       G/F#    Em7     G/D       C       C/B     Am7     G
   +       +       +       +         +       +       +       +
e:-----3-3-----3-3-----3-3-----3-3-|-----0-0-----0-0-----0-0-----3-3-|
B:-----3-3-----3-3-----3-3-----3-3-|-----1-1-----1-1-----1-1-----3-3-|
G:-----------------------------0-0-|-----0-0-----0-0-----0-0-----0-0-|
D:-5-------4-------2-------0-------|---------------------------------|
A:---------------------------------|-3-------2-------0---------------|
E:---------------------------------|-------------------------3-------|

play verse figure 2x

I lit out from Reno
I was trailed by twenty hounds
Didn't get to sleep that night
Till the morning came around

CHORUS
  D
I set out running but I take my time
  Am7
A friend of the Devil is a friend of mine
   D
If I get home before daylight
Am7                         D
Just might get some sleep tonight


I ran into the Devil babe
He loaned me twenty bills
I spent the night in Utah
In a cave up in the hills

CHORUS
I set out running 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 he vanished in the air

CHORUS
I set out running but I take my time
A friend of the Devil is a friend of mine
If I get home before daylight
Just might get some sleep tonight

BRIDGE
D
Got two reasons why I cry away each lonely night
C
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
    C                             Am7              D
And if he catches up with me I'll spend my life in jail


Got a wife in Chino baby
And one in Cherokee
First one says she got my child
But it don't look like me

CHORUS
I set out running 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

SOLO

Play verse and chorus chords

BRIDGE
Got two reasons why I cry away each lonely night
First one's named sweet Anne Marie and she's my heart's delight
Second one is prison baby the sheriff's on my trail
And if he catches up with me I'll spend my life in jail


Got a wife in Chino baby
And one in Cherokee
First one says she got my child
But it don't look like me

CHORUS
I set out running but I take my time
A friend of the Devil is a friend of mine
If I get home before daylight
  Am7                       D
I just might get some sleep tonight