Does anyone have tab to Friend of the Devil? Specifically the intro and solo? I heard this song played at Winfield and absolutely loved it, but I can't find anything dealing with mandolin tab.
Does anyone have tab to Friend of the Devil? Specifically the intro and solo? I heard this song played at Winfield and absolutely loved it, but I can't find anything dealing with mandolin tab.
yeah, I read that before but I'm not very good at playing by ear yet. I can play simple tunes by ear, but not something like this. I was hoping that someone had either tab or standard musical notation for it.
This is a pretty simple tune.
The intro is G and C chords with a walk down.
So start 0523 and walk the D string down 0423, 0223, 0023. Then move it over to the C chord 5230, 4230, 2230, 0230. That's it for the intro and verses (just G and C).
(chords don't quite line up with actual position with this font)
VERSE:
G
I lit out from Reno,
# # # #C
I was trailed by twenty hounds
G
Didn't get to sleep that night
# # # # #C
'Till the morning came around.
CHORUS:
D
Set out runnin' but I take my time
#Am
A friend of the devil is a friend of mine
# D
If I get home before daylight,
#Am # # # # # # # # # ## # # # ## D
I just might get some sleep tonight.
BRIDGE:
D
Got two reasons why I cry
D
Away each lonely night,
# #C
The first one's named Sweet Anne Marie,
# #C # # # # # # # # # # # # #C #C#
And she's my hearts delight.
# #D
The second one is prison, baby,
# #D
The sheriff's on my trail,
# #Am
And if he catches up with me,
# # C # # # # # # # #D
I'll spend my life in jail.
When you talk about a solo, what version are you referring to? Make up your own, just noodle in the key of G.
It sounds better to me to throw a C between the Am and D on the last line of the chorus.
CHORUS:
D
Set out runnin' but I take my time
Am
A friend of the devil is a friend of mine
#D
If I get home before daylight,
Am # # # # # # # # # # # ## # # #C # ## D
I just might get some sleep tonight.
GVD
GVD
Thanks man, I'm not sure what all that means, but i'll give it a go!
Dylan
Not sure if anyone cares about this 9 years later, but I just transcribed the mandolin intro and solo from the Garcia/Grisman version of the song.
Friend of the Devil: Grisman Mandolin Intro and Solo
Thanks....that particular lead in to that particular version of that particular song literally stopped me in my tracks the first time I heard it. And caused me to pick up a mandolin. It still gives me a huge thrill every time I hear it.
Wow, thanks bendhoward, I've been working on this tune lately.
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Yes, very nice job indeed. Thanks for posting your work.
This thread jogged a memory...
I saw the Dead in '70 or so, and Jerry sang a verse that has since disappeared?
I'm sure it's out there, because if the Faithful Fed so much as sneezed on stage, it was captured on tape...
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Free downloads of my mandolin CDs:
"Mandolin Graffiti"
"Mangler Of Bluegrass"
"Overhead At Darrington"
"Electric Mandolin Graffiti"
Orcas Island Tonewoods
Free downloads of my mandolin CDs:
"Mandolin Graffiti"
"Mangler Of Bluegrass"
"Overhead At Darrington"
"Electric Mandolin Graffiti"
maybe ill turn it into a tab
ckmando . . . a tab version would be more than appreciated. Standard notation is above my pay grade, and I suspect a few others too. Thanks in advance.
Also want to say, tabs would be deeply appreciated.
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Do you have the tef file?
I have been playing this song for years on guitar and have played it slow like on the Dead Set LP as opposed to the faster bluegrass versions I have heard. A great tune indeed and this thread has been helpful in beginning to play it on mandolin.
You guys ever check out the Dead shows on archive.org to figure out which show it was?
https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead
happy hunting!
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Trying to track down a transcription of FOTD this morning and found this, but the link has gone cold. Anyone plan better than I did and still have this available? TIA.
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