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G G/F# G/E G/D C C/B C/A C/G
1. I lit out from Reno I was trailed by twenty hounds
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Didn't get to sleep that night till the morning came around
D
R: 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 day light
Am D
I just might get some sleep tonight
2. Ran into the devil, babe, he loaned me twenty bills
I spent the night in Utah in a cave up in the hills
R: Set out runnin'...
3. Ran down to the levee but the devil caught me there
took my twenty dollar bill and he vanished in the air
R: Set out runnin'...
D
*: Got two reasons why I cry away each lonely night
C/G
The first one's named Sweet Anne Marie and she's my heart's delight
D
Second one is prison, baby, the shefiff's on my trail
Am C D
and if he catches up with me I'll spend my life in jail
4. Got a wife in Chino, babe, and one in Cherokee
First one says she's got my child, but it don't look like me
R: Set out runnin'...