Cocaine Blues

Cocaine Blues easy guitar chords by Johnny Cash

1968Country
Guitar
Tuning

E A D G B E

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Fret 3

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  • Intro 1

    Verse 1
    Early 
    one 
    morning 
    while 
    makin' 
    the 
    rounds 

    Took 
    shot 
    of 
    cocaine 

    and 
    shot 
    my 
    woman 
    down 

    Went 
    right 
    home 
    and 
    went 
    to 
    bed 

    stuck 
    that 
    lovin' 
    .44 
    be
    neath 
    my 
    head 


    Verse 2
    Got 
    up 
    next 
    mornin' 
    and 
    grabbed 
    that 
    gun 

    Took 
    shot 
    of 
    cocaine 
    and 
    a
    way 
    run 

    Made 
    good 
    run 
    but 
    ran 
    too 
    slow 

    They 
    overtook 
    me 
    down 
    in 
    Juarez, 
    Mexi
    co 


    Verse 3
    Late 
    in 
    the 
    hot 
    joints 
    takin' 
    the 
    pills 

    In 
    walked 
    the 
    sheriff 
    from 
    Jericho 
    Hill 

    He 
    said, 
    "Willy 
    Lee, 

    your 
    name 
    is 
    not 
    Jack 
    Brown" 

    "You're 
    the 
    dirty 
    heck 

    that 
    shot 
    your 
    woman 
    down" 


    Verse 4
    said, 
    "Yes, 
    Sir 
    my 
    name 
    is 
    Willy 
    Lee" 

    "If 
    you've 
    got 
    the 
    warrant 
    just 
    a- 
    read 
    it 
    to 
    me" 

    "Shot 
    her 
    down 
    because 
    she 
    made 
    me 
    sore" 

    "I 
    thought 
    was 
    her 
    daddy 

    but 
    she 
    had 
    five 
    more" 


    Verse 5
    When 
    was 
    arrested 
    was 
    dressed 
    in 
    black 

    They 
    put 
    me 
    on 
    train 
    and 
    it 
    took 
    me 
    back 

    had 
    no 
    friends 
    for 
    to 
    go 
    my 
    bail 

    They 
    slapped 
    my 
    dried 
    up 
    carcass 

    Solo 1
    in 
    that 
    county 
    jail 






    Verse 6
    Got 
    up 
    next 
    morning 
    about 
    half 
    past 
    nine 

    Spied 
    sheriff 
    coming 
    down 
    the 
    line 

    Hopped 
    and 
    he 
    coughed 

    as 
    he 
    cleared 
    his 
    throat 

    He 
    said, 
    come 
    on 
    you 
    dirty 
    hop 

    into 
    that 
    district 
    court 


    Verse 7
    Into 
    the 
    courtroom, 
    my 
    trial 
    began 

    Where 
    was 
    handled 
    by 
    twelve 
    honest 
    men 

    Just 
    before 
    that 
    jury 
    started 
    out 

    saw 
    that 
    little 
    judge 

    commence 
    to 
    look 
    a
    bout 


    Verse 8
    In 
    about 
    five 
    minutes, 
    in 
    walked 
    man 

    Holding 
    the 
    verdict 
    in 
    his 
    right 
    hand 

    The 
    verdict 
    read 
    in 
    the 
    first 
    degree 

    hollered, 
    lordy 
    lordy, 
    have 
    mercy 
    on 
    me 


    Verse 9
    The 
    judge 
    he 
    smiled 
    as 
    he 
    picked 
    up 
    his 
    pen 

    Ninety-nine 
    years 
    in 
    the 
    Folsom 
    pen 

    Ninety-nine 
    years 
    underneath 
    that 
    ground 

    can't 
    forget 
    the 
    day 

    shot 
    my 
    woman 
    down 


    Outro 1
    Come 
    on 
    you 
    hops 
    and 
    listen 
    unto 
    me 

    Lay 
    off 
    that 
    whiskey 
    and 
    let 
    that 
    cocaine 
    be 

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