Cocaine Blues - Live At Folsom State Prison Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
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[Verse 1]
[C]Early one morning, while making the rounds
I took a shot of cocaine,
and I [G]shot my woman down
I went right home, and I went to bed
I [C]stuck that loving .44 beneath my head
Got up next morning, and I grabbed that gun
Took a shot of cocaine, and a[G]way I run
Made a good run, but I run too slow
They [C]overtook me down in Juarez, Mexico

[Verse 2]
[C]Laid in the hot joints, taking the pills
In walked the 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"
"Yes, oh yes, my name is Willy Lee
If you've got a warrant, just a- [G]read it to me
Shot her down because she made me slow
I [C]thought I was her daddy,
but she had five [C]more"

[Verse 3]
[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
They [C]slapped my dried up carcass
in that county jail
Early next morning, 'bout a half past nine
I spied a Sheriff coming [G]down the line
Hocked and he coughed
as he cleared his throat
He said, "Come [C]on you dirty hack

[Verse 4]
into that district court"
[C]Into the courtroom, my trial began
Where I was handled by [G]twelve honest men
Just before the jury started out
I [C]saw that little judge commence to look about
In about five minutes, in walked a man
Holding the verdict in [G]his right hand
The verdict read, "In the first degree..."
I [C]hollered, "Lordy, Lordy, have mercy on me"

[Verse 5]
[C]The judge, he smiled
as he picked up his pen
Ninety-nine years in the [G]Folsom Pen
Ninety-nine years underneath that ground
I [C]can't forget the day
I shot that bad bitch down
Come all, you've got to listen [Dm]unto me
[D]Lay off that whiskey, and [G]let that cocaine [C]be