Cocaine Blues Chords by Johnny Cash

[Start]

[Verse]
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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
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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
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Made a good run but I run too slow
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They overtook me down in Juarez Mexico
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■  Late in the hot joints takin' the pills
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In walked the sheriff from Jericho Hill
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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
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Shot her down because she made me slow
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I thought I was her daddy but she had five more
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When I was arrested I was dressed in black
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They put me on a train and they took me back
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Had no friend for to go my bail
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They slapped my dried up carcass in that county jail


[Chorus]
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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
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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
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Just before the jury started out
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I saw that little judge commence to look about
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In about five minutes in walked the man
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Holding the verdict in his right hand
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The verdict read in the first degree
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I hollered Lawdy Lawdy have mercy on me 
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The judge he smiled as he picked up his pen
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Ninetynine years in the Folsom pen
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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]