Cocaine Blues - Live At Folsom State Prison chords by
Johnny Cash

1968Country1.9K views

Key: Db major•

Intro 1

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

Verse 2
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Laid in the hot joints, taking 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 hack
that shot your woman down"
"Yes, oh yes, my name is Willy Lee
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If you've got a warrant, just a- read it to me
Shot her down because she made me slow
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I thought I was her daddy,
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but she had five more"

Verse 3
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When I was arrested I was dressed in black
They put me on a train,
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and they took me back
Had no friend for to go my bail
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They slapped my dried up carcass
in that county jail
Early next morning, 'bout a half past nine
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I spied a Sheriff coming down the line
Hocked and he coughed
as he cleared his throat
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He said, "Come on  you dirty hack

Verse 4
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
Just before the jury started out
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I saw that little judge commence to look about
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"

Verse 5
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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
I shot that bad bitch down
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Come all, you've got to listen unto  me
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Lay off that whiskey, and let that cocaine be

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