Cocaine Blues (Live 1978) Chords
Tempo:
148 bpm
Chords used:
G
C
A
F
Am
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
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]
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:
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C
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F
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G
C
A
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ 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] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ 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] _