Standard (EADGBE)
I lit out from Reno I was trailed by twenty hounds
Didn't get to sleep that night till the morning came around
Chorus
Set out runnin' but I take my time
a friend of the devil is a friend of mine
If I get home before day light
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
Got two reasons why I cry away each lonely night
The first one's named Sweet Anne Marie and she's my heart's delight
Second one is prison, baby, the shefiff's on my trail
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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