Cocaine Blues Chords by Johnny Cash

[Start]

[Verse]
F Bb F Bb F Bb F
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Early one mornin' while makin' the rounds
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I ■  took a shot of cocaine and I shot my woman down
             C          F          
I went right home and I went to bed
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I stuck that lovin' zero point four four beneath my head ■ ■ 
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■ Got up next mornin' and I grabbed that gun
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Took a shot of cocaine and away I run
                      F7      F   
Made a good run but I run too slow
Bb                       F            
They overtook me down in Juarez Mexico
Bb F Bb F
■  ■ ■  ■
Bb          F          Bb         F    
Late in the hot joints takin' the pills
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In walked the sheriff from Jericho Hill
              F                              
He said Willy Lee your name is not Jack Brown
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You're the dirty hack that shot your woman down ■ 
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■  Said Yes oh yes my name is Willy Lee
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If you've got a warrant just aread it to me
         F                            
Shot her down because she made me slow
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I thought I was her daddy but she had five more


[Chorus]
F Bb         F              Bb         F    
■ When I was arrested I was dressed in black
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They put me on a train and they took me back
F                              
Had no friend for to go my bail
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They slapped my dried up carcass in that county jail


[Solo]
F Bb F Bb F Bb F Bb
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[Verse]
           F              Bb        F   
Early next mornin' bout a half past nine
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I ■  spied a sheriff coming down the line
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Hawked and he coughed as he cleared his throat
             Bb                                         F
He said Come on you dirty hack into that district court ■
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■  ■ Into the courtroom my trial began
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Where I was handled by twelve honest men
F                               
Just before the jury started out
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I saw that little judge commence to look about
F Bb F Bb
■ ■  ■ ■ 


[Chorus]
         F            Bb            F  
In about five minutes in walked the man
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Holding the verdict in his right hand
F                                   
The verdict read in the first degree
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I hollered Lawdy Lawdy have mercy on me
F7 Bb F Bb F
■  ■  ■ ■  ■
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The judge he smiled as he picked up his pen
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Ninetynine years in the Folsom pen
           F                           
Ninetynine years underneath that ground
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I can't forget the day I shot that bad bitch down
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Come all you gotta listen unto me
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Lay off that whiskey and let that cocaine be ■ ■  ■  


[End]