Cocaine Blues Chords

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Early one morning while making the rounds
 
                               G7
I took a shot of cocaine and I shot my woman down
 
 
I went right home and I went to bed
 
  C
I stuck that loving 44 beneath my head
 
 
 
Got up next morning and I grabbed that gun
 
                           G7
Took a shot of cocaine and away I run
 
 
Made a good run but I run too slow
 
     C
They overtook me down in Juarez Mexico
 
 
 
Late in the hot joints taking the pills
 
                           G7
In walked the sheriff from Jericho Hill
 
 
He said Willy Lee your name is not Jack Brown
 
   C
You're the dirty hack that shot your woman down
 
 
 
Said yes oh yes my name is Willy Lee
 
                               G7
If you've got the warrant just a-read it to me
 
 
Shot her down because she made me slow
 
  C
I thought I was her daddy but she had five more
 
 
 
When I was arrested I was dressed in black
 
                                G7
They put me on a train and they took me back
 
 
Had no friend for to go my bail
 
     C
They slapped my dried up carcass in that country jail
 
 
 
Early next morning bout a half past nine
 
                           G7
I spied the sheriff coming down the line
 
 
Talked and he coughed as he cleared his throat
 
   C
He said come on you dirty heck into that district court
 
 
 
Into the courtroom my trial began
 
                              G7
Where I was handled by twelve honest men
 
 
Just before the jury started out
 
  C
I saw the little judge commence to look about
 
 
 
In about five minutes in walked the man
 
                           G7
Holding the verdict in his right hand
 
 
The verdict read in the first degree
 
  C
I hollered Lordy Lordy have a mercy on me
 
 
 
The judge he smiled as he picked up his pen
 
                G7
99 years in the Folsom pen
 
 
99 years underneath that ground
 
  C
I can't forget the day I shot that bad bitch down
 
 
                            F
Come on you've gotta listen unto me
 
G7                                        C
Lay off that whiskey and let that cocaine be
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