Cocaine Blues original guitar chords by
Johnny Cash

1968Country7.2K views

Key: Bb major

Intro 1

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Verse 1
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Early one morning while makin' the rounds
Took a shot of cocaine
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and I shot my woman down
Went right home and I went to bed
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I stuck that lovin' .44 beneath my head
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Verse 2
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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
Made a good run but I ran too slow
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They overtook me down in Juarez, Mexico
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Verse 3
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Late in the hot joints takin' the pills
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In walked the sheriff from Jericho Hill
He said, "Willy Lee,
your name is not Jack Brown"
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"You're the dirty heck
that shot your woman down"
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Verse 4
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I said, "Yes, Sir my name is Willy Lee"
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"If you've got the warrant just a- read it to me"
"Shot her down because she made me sore"
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"I thought I was her daddy
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but she had five more"
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Verse 5

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When I was arrested I was dressed in black

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They put me on train and it took me back

I had no friends for to go my bail

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They slapped my dried up carcass

Solo 1
in that county jail
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Verse 6
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Got up next morning about a half past nine
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Spied a sheriff coming down the line
Hopped and he coughed
as he cleared his throat
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He said, come on  you dirty hop
into that district court
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Verse 7
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Into the courtroom, my trial began
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Where I was handled by twelve honest men
Just before that jury started out
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I saw that little judge
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commence to look about
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Verse 8
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In  about five minutes, in walked a man
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Holding the verdict in his right hand
The verdict read in the first degree
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I hollered, lordy lordy, have mercy on me
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Verse 9
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The judge he smiled as he picked up his pen
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Ninety-nine years in the Folsom pen
Ninety-nine years underneath that ground
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I can't forget the day
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I shot my woman down
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Outro 1

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Come on you hops and listen unto me

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Lay off that whiskey and let that cocaine be

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