[1] I lit out from Reno, I was [4] trailed by twenty hounds
[1] Didn't get to sleep that night 'til the [4] morning came around

[5] Set out runnin' but I take my time
A [2m] friend of the devil is a friend of mine
If [5] I get home before daylight
[2m] Just might get some sleep to-[5]-night

Ran into the devil, Babe, he loaned me twenty bills
Spent the night in Utah in a cave up in the hills

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

[5] Got two reasons why I cry away each lonely night
The [4] first one's named sweet Anne Marie and she's my heart's delight
The [5] second one is prison, Babe, and the sheriff's on my trail
And [2m] if he catches up with me I'll [4] spend my life in [5] jail

Got a wife in Chino, Babe, and a one in Cherokee
First one says she got my child but it don't look like me