Chord/Tab song: Cocaine Blues

Strum once

Play this lead when you go back to C at the beginning of each verse:



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[C]Early one mornin' while makin' the rounds
I took a shot of cocaine and I [G]shot my woman down
Went right home and I went to bed
C
I stuck that lovin' forty-four beneath my head

[C]Got up next mornin' and I grabbed my gun
I took a shot of cocaine and [G]away I run
Made a good run but I run too slow
C
They overtook me down in Juarez Mexico

[C]Layed in the hot joint takin' the pill
In walked a sheriff from [G]Jericho Hill

He said, "Willy Lee, your name is not Jack Brown,
C
You're the dirty hack that shot your woman down"

"[C]Yes, Oh Yes, My name is Willy Lee,
If you've got a warrant just [G]read it to me,

Shot her down because she made me slow,
C
I thought I was her daddy but she had five more"

[C]When I was arrested I was dressed in black
They put me on a train and they [G]took me back

Had no friend for to go my bail
C
They slapped my dried-up carcass in that county jail

[C]The next mornin' about a half past nine
I spyed a sheriff comin' [G]down the line

He kind of coughed as he cleared his throat
C
He said "Come on, you dirty hack to the district court...."

[C]Into the courtroom my trial began
Where I was held by [G]twelve honest men

Just before the jury started out
C
I saw that dirty judge commence to look about

[C]In about five minutes in walked a man
Holding the verdict in [G]his right hand

The verdict read "In the first degree...."
C
I hollered "Lordy, Lordy, have mercy on me!"

[C]The judge smiled as he picked up his pen
Ninety-nine years in the [G]Folsom State pen

Ninety-nine years underneath that ground
C
I can't forget the day I shot that bad bh down

[C]Come on you gotta listen unto me
G C N.C.
Lay off that whiskey and let that cocaine be.... Sooey!