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The New Cocaine Blues chords by
Merle Haggard
Merle Haggard
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Key: G major•
Verse 1
D
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C
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Early one mornin'
while makin' my rounds
G
G

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I took a shot of cocaine and I shot
my woman down
Went right home and I went to bed
C
C

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And stuck that lovin'
G
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D
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.44 beneath my head
Verse 2
C
C

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Got up next mornin' and I
grabbed up that gun
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Took a shot of cocaine and away I run
Made my run but I run too slow
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G
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They overtook me down in Juarez, Mexico
Verse 3
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Late in the hot joint, smokin' a deal
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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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C

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Said, "You're the dirty hack that shot
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your woman down"
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Verse 4
"Yes, oh yes, my name is Willy Lee
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If you've got a warrant just read it to me
I shot her down because she made me sore
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C

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I thought I was her daddy but
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G

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she had five more"
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Verse 5
When I was arrested I was
dressed in black
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They put me on a train and they took me back
I had no friend for to go my bail
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G
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They slapped my dried up
Interlude 1
[Incomprehensible] jail
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D
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C
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Verse 6
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Early next mornin' 'bout
a half past nine
I spot that big old sheriff
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comin' down the line
He hacked and he coughed
as he cleared his throat
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Said, "Come on,
G
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you dirty hack" into that district court
Verse 7
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Into the courtroom, my trial began
Where I was handled by
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twelve honest men
Just before the jury started out
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I saw that little judge com
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mence to look about
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Verse 8
In about five minutes in walked a man
Holding up the verdict in
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his right hand
"Guilty, guilty in the first degree"
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G
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I hollered, "Someone please come
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sing them blues to me"
Verse 9
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The judge he smiled as he
picked up his pen
And he said, "99 years in that
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San Quentin pen"
99 years underneath that ground
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I'd never forget the day I shot
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C
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that bad bitch down
Verse 10
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F#dim
F#dim
4

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Come on, get up and listen unto me
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G
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Lay off that whiskey and
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let that cocaine be
Outro 1
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