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Grateful Dead — Friend Of The Devil Chords

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From: Harlan L Thompson 

FRIEND OF THE DEVIL— Grateful Dead

G   G/F#  G/E  G/D  C  C/B  C/A  C/G
G      G/F#     G/E   G/D    C        C/B        C/A  C/G
I lit out from Reno I was trailed by twenty hounds
G       G/F#         G/E  G/D             C      C/B    C/A  C/G
Didn't get to sleep that 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
If I get home before day light
  Am                          D    riff 1 (as D —> G)
I just might get some sleep tonight

Ran into the devil, babe, he loaned me twenty bills
I spent the night in Utah in a cave up in the hills ...CHORUS

Ran down to the levee but the devil caught me there
took my twenty dollar bill and he vanished in the air ...CHORUS

BRIDGE:
riff 2  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   riff 3 (D —> G)
and if he catches up with me I'll spend my life in jail

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
...CHORUS

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——— riff 2: D —0—————————
        A —————0—2————/—0——/—4———————         A ———————0———
        E ———2————————/————/—————————         E ———0—2—————

riff 3: D ———0———————0——/————/—0———0—4—
        A —0—————0—2————/—0——/———4—————
        E —————2————————/————/—————————


(from American Beauty, 1970)
(sent by Harlan at harlant@hawaii.edu)