Cocaine Blues (Live 1978) Chords

Tempo:
148 bpm
Chords used:

G

C

A

F

Am

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Cocaine Blues (Live 1978) chords
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Early one morning [G] while making the [C]
rounds, I took a shot of [G] cocaine and I shot my baby down.
I shot her down then I went to bed.
Well I slung that .44
beneath my head.
[C] Well the next morning I grabbed that gun.
I took a shot of [G] cocaine and away I run.
Made a good run but I run too slow.
[C] They [G] overtook me down in Juarez, Mexico.
[C] Then in the high joints taking the pill.
Then walked the [G] sheriff from Cherico Hill.
Willie Lee your name is not Jack Brown.
You're the dirty hacker shot your woman down.
[C] Yes sir, yes my name is Willie Lee.
If you got a warrant [G] you better read it to me.
I shot her down cause he made me slow.
[A] Well I thought it was her daddy but she had five more.
[G] Early next morning right at half past [C]
nine, I saw the [G] sheriff coming down the line.
That sheriff yelled as he cleared his throat.
[A] Take them on you dirty hacking to that district court.
[C] When I was arrested I was dressed in black.
They put me on a [G] freight train and hauled me back.
I had no friends before they called my [A] bell.
They took my dad off carcass in that DC jail.
[C]
[Am] [G]
[C]
[A] [F]
[A] [C]
[G]
[C]
Into the [G] courtroom my trial began.
[C] Where I was [G] judged by a 12 honest man.
Just as the jurors started walking out.
I saw the little judge commence to look about.
[C] In about five minutes in walked a man.
Holding the [G] verdict in his right hand.
The verdict read in the first degree.
[A] Well I shouted Lordy, Lordy please have mercy on me.
[C] The judge he smiled when he picked up his pen.
99 [G] years in the Georgetown pen.
99 years underneath that ground.
I can't forget the day I shot that [Cm] bad bitch down.
[F] All you hotheads listen unto [G] me.
Stay off that whiskey and let that cocaine [C] be.
[F] [C]
[Bb] [N]
Key:  
G
2131
C
3211
A
1231
F
134211111
Am
2311
G
2131
C
3211
A
1231
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To learn George Thorogood & The Destroyers - (Live 1978) Cocaine Blues chords, your first step should be understanding these chords - C, G and C in sequence. A strategic approach would be to train at 74 BPM initially, and then accelerate to the song's tempo of 148. Set the capo considering your vocal range and favored chords, aligned with the key: C Major.

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_ Early one morning [G] while making the [C]
rounds, I took a shot of [G] cocaine and I shot my baby down.
I shot her down then I went to bed.
Well I slung that .44
beneath my head.
[C] Well the next morning I grabbed that gun.
I took a shot of [G] cocaine and away I run.
Made a good run but I run too slow.
[C] They [G] overtook me down in Juarez, Mexico.
_ [C] Then in the high joints taking the pill.
Then walked the [G] sheriff from Cherico Hill.
_ Willie Lee your name is not Jack Brown.
You're the dirty hacker shot your woman down.
[C] Yes sir, yes my name is Willie Lee.
If you got a warrant [G] you better read it to me.
_ I shot her down cause he made me slow.
[A] Well I thought it was her daddy but she had five more.
[G] _ Early next morning right at half past [C]
nine, I saw the [G] sheriff coming down the line.
That sheriff yelled as he cleared his throat.
[A] Take them on you dirty hacking to that district court.
[C] When I was arrested I was dressed in black.
They put me on a [G] freight train and hauled me back.
I had no friends before they called my [A] bell.
They took my dad off carcass in that DC jail.
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ [G] _ _ _
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_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Into the [G] courtroom my trial began.
[C] _ Where I was [G] judged by a 12 honest man.
Just as the jurors started walking out.
I saw the little judge commence to look about.
_ [C] In about five minutes in walked a man.
Holding the [G] verdict in his right hand.
The verdict read in the first degree.
[A] Well I shouted Lordy, Lordy please have mercy on me.
[C] The judge he smiled when he picked up his pen.
_ 99 [G] years in the Georgetown pen.
99 years underneath that ground.
I can't forget the day I shot that [Cm] bad bitch down.
[F] _ All you hotheads listen unto [G] me.
Stay off that whiskey and let that cocaine [C] be.
[F] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [N] _

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