| 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 'til the | morning | came a | round |
| D | |
| Set out running but I take my time |
| Am | |
| Friend of the Devil is a friend of mine |
| D | |
| If I get home before daylight |
| Am | D | |
| I just might get some sleep to | night |
| Ran into the Devil, babe, he loaned me twenty bills. |
| Spent the night in Utah in a cave up in the hills |
| (chorus) |
| I ran down to the levee but the Devil caught me there |
| Took my twenty dollar bill and he vanished in the air |
| (chorus) |
| D | |
| Got two reasons why I cry away each lonely night |
| C | |
| First one's named sweet Ann Marie and she's my heart's delight |
| D | |
| Second one is prison baby, the Sheriff's on my trail |
| C | Am | |
| 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) |
| INSTRUMENTAL |
| D | |
| Got two reasons why I cry away each lonely night |
| C | |
| First one's named sweet Ann Marie and she's my heart's delight |
| D | |
| Second one is prison baby, the Sherriff's on my trail |
| C | Am | |
| 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) |