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Friend Of The Devil (crossed harp)

by The Grateful Dead · posted by WaltP

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How to read this tab — notation key
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Blow note
Draw note
b or '
Half-step bend
bb or ''
Two half-step bend
bbb or '''
Three half-step bend
(###)
Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
< or *
Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)

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Tab
FRIEND OF THE DEVIL
W: Robert Hunter,
M: Jerry Garcia & John Dawson
The Grateful Dead
Key: G, Tabbed on C harp

-7 -7  -7  -7  -7 -7  
I lit out from Re-no, 
-7 6    -6    -7   6  -6   6
I was trailed by twen-ty hounds
-7   -7  -7 -7   -7   -7   -7
Did-n't get to sleep last night 
-7     6   -6  -7   6   -6  6 
'till the morn-ing came a-round.

-4   -6  -6  -6  -6  6 -6   -6 -6-7
Set out run-nin' but I take my time
-7  -6    6  6  6    6  6 5   5 6  6  6 -6  
A friend of the dev-il is a friend of mine
-6 -6 -6 -6 6 6   -6  -6  -6-7 
If I get home be-fore day-light, 
-7 -6    6    6    5    6   -6 -6 -4  
I just might get some sleep to-night.


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


Set out runnin' but I take my time, 
a friend of the devil is a friend of mine,
If I get home before daylight, 
I just might get some sleep tonight.

I ran down to the levee 
but the devil caught me there
He took my twenty dollar bill 
and vanished in the air.

Set out runnin' but I take my time
A friend of the devil is a friend of mine
If I get home before daylight, 
I just might get some sleep tonight.

-8  -8   -8  -7   7  7 7-7
Got two rea-sons why I cry 
6 -8   -8    8  8    -8
a-way each lone-ly night,
6     7     7     7     7    -7  -7  -6     
The first one's named Sweet Anne Ma-rie, 
6     7   -7   -6   -6   6
and she's my hearts de-light.
-7   -8 -87 -7  7    7  -7 -6 
Sec-ond one is pris-on, ba-by, 
-6   -8    -8   8  8   -8
the sher-iff's on my trail,
5    7  7   7   7  -7  -7  -6
And if he catch-es up with me, 
6      6   -6   6   5  -4
I'll spend my life in jail.

-7 -7  -7  -7  7  -7   -6
Got a wife in Chi-no, babe, 
6    -6 -7  6  -6  6
and one in Cher-o-kee
-7     -7  -7   -7    -7 -7   -8
First one says she's got my child, 
-6  -6   6    -6   6    6
but it don't look like me.
-4   -6  -6  -6   -6 6  -6  -6  -7  
Set out run-nin' but I take my time,
-7  -6   6   6   6   6  6 5    6   5  6 -6
A friend of the dev-il is a friend of mine,
-6 -6 -6  -6  6   -6   -6  -6-7  
If I get home be-fore day-light, 
-7 -6    6    6    5    6   -6  -6-4  
I just might get some sleep to-night.

Got two reasons why I cry away each lonely night,
The first one's named Sweet Anne Marie, 
and she's my hearts delight.
The second one is prison, babe, 
the sheriff's on my trail,
And if he catches up with me, 
I'll spend my life in jail.

Got a wife in Chino, babe, and one in Cherokee
The first one says she's got my child, 
but it don't look like me.

Set out runnin' but I take my time,
A friend of the devil is a friend of mine,
If I get home before daylight, 
I just might get some sleep tonight.
Play on a harmonica— watch which holes to blow & draw, with sound

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