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  13 <h1 class="songtitle">Friend of the Devil</h1>
  14
  15 <p>Garcia/Hunter/Dawson<br />
  16   Played frequently by Dylan during the late 1990s<br />
  17   Tabbed by Eyolf &Oslash;strem</p>
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  19
  20 <p>Chords (and intro):</p>
  21 <pre class="chords">
  22 G'   xx5430
  23 G/f# xx4030
  24 C/e  xx2010
  25 G/d  xx000(0)
  26 C    x32010
  27 C/b  x20010 (at least this is how he plays it, with the index finger
  28             left on the second string)
  29 Am   x02210
  30 </pre>
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  34 <pre class="verse">
  35 G'    G/f#     C/e  G/d    C          C/b    Am
  36 I lit out from Reno, I was trailed by twenty hounds
  37 G'     G/f#   C/e        G/d         C           C/b   Am
  38 Didn't get to sleep last night 'till the morning came around.
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  41 <pre class="refrain">
  42 D
  43  Set out runnin' but I take my time
  44   Am
  45 A friend of the devil is a friend of mine
  46    D
  47 If I get home before daylight,
  48   Am                  C       D
  49 I just might get some sleep tonight.
  50 </pre>
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  52 <pre class="verse">
  53 Ran into the devil, babe, he loaned me twenty bills
  54 I spent the night in Utah in a cave up in the hills.
  55 </pre>
  56
  57 <pre class="refrain">
  58 Set out runnin' but I take my time,
  59 A friend of the devil is a friend of mine,
  60 If I get home before daylight,
  61 I just might get some sleep tonight.
  62 </pre>
  63
  64 <pre class="verse">
  65 I ran down to the levee but the devil caught me there
  66 He took my twenty dollar bill and vanished in the air.
  67 </pre>
  68
  69 <pre class="refrain">
  70 Set out runnin' but I take my time
  71 A friend of the devil is a friend of mine
  72 If I get home before daylight,
  73 I just might get some sleep tonight.
  74 </pre>
  75
  76 <pre class="verse">
  77 D
  78 Got two reasons why I cry away each lonely night,
  79     Am
  80 The first one's named Sweet Anne Marie, and she's my hearts delight.
  81 D
  82 The second one is prison, babe, the sheriff's on my trail,
  83     Am                             C                D
  84 And if he catches up with me, I'll spend my life in jail.
  85
  86 Got a wife in Chino, babe, and one in Cherokee
  87 The first one says she's got my child, but it don't look like me.
  88 </pre>
  89
  90 <pre class="refrain">
  91 Set out runnin' but I take my time,
  92 A friend of the devil is a friend of mine,
  93 If I get home before daylight,
  94 I just might get some sleep tonight.
  95 </pre>
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