Cocaine Blues Chords

COCAINE BLUES
As recorded by George Thorogood & The Destroyers
(From the 1978 Album MOVE IT ON OVER)
 
 
 
[Intro]
C
 
 
[Verse 1]
C
Early one morning while makin' the rounds
                               G
I took a shot of cocaine and I shot my baby down
G
I shot her down then I went to bed
             N.C.
I stuck that lovin' forty-four beneath my head
 
 
[Verse 2]
C
Woke up next morning and I grabbed that gun
                              G
I took a shot of cocaine and away I run
G
Made a good run but I run too slow
N.C.
The overtook me down in Juarez, Mexico
 
 
[Verse 3]
C
In the hot joint takin' the pills
                              G
There walked the sheriff from Jericho Hill
G
"Willy Lee your name is not Jack Brown
N.C.
You're the dirty hack that shot your woman down"
 
 
[Verse 4]
C
Yes, so my name's is Billy Lee
                                   G
If you've got a warrant you better read it to me
G
I shot her down 'cause she made me sore
N.C.
I thought I was her daddy but she had five more
 
 
[Verse 5]
C
When I was arrested I was dressed in black
                                     G
They threw me on a freight train and hauled me back
G
Had no friend who'd go my bail
N.C.
They stuck my dried-up carcass in the county jail
 
 
[Guitar Solo]
C   G   C  F  C   G   C
 
 
[Verse 6]
C
Early next morning 'round half past nine
                         G
I saw the sheriff comin' down the line
G
That sheriff yelled as he cleared his throat
N.C.
Said, "Come on, you dirty hackin' to the district court"
 
 
[Verse 7]
C
Into the courtroom, my trial began
                             G
Where I was judged by twelve honest men
G
Yes, as the jury started walkin' out
N.C.
I saw that little judge commence to look about
 
 
[Verse 8]
C
In about five minutes then walked a man
                       G
Holding the verdict in his right hand
G
The verdict read in the first degree
N.C.
Well I shouted "Lordy, Lordy, please have mercy on me"
 
 
[Verse 9]
C
The judge he smiled when he picked up his pen
                         G
Ninety-nine years in the San Quentin Penn
G
Ninety-nine years underneath that ground
N.C.
But I can't forget that day I shot my woman down
 
 
[Outro]
     F
Come all you hypes and listen unto me
                                          C F C
Say all that whiskey and let that cocaine be
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