Cocaine Blues chords by George Thorogood & The Destroyers

• Difficulty: Beginner 👶

Key: C

🎸 Intro:

C




🎸 Verse 1:
C
Early one morning while makin' the rounds
                               G
I took a shot of cocaine and I shot my baby down
G
I shot her down then I went to bed
             N.C.
I stuck that lovin' forty-four beneath my head

🎸 Verse 2:
C
Woke up next morning and I grabbed that gun
                              G
I took a shot of cocaine and away I run
G
Made a good run but I run too slow
N.C.
The overtook me down in Juarez
Mexico


🎸 Verse 3:
C
In the hot joint takin' the pills
                              G
There walked the sheriff from Jericho Hill
G
"Willy Lee your name is not Jack Brown
N.C.
You're the dirty hack that shot your woman down"


🎸 Verse 4:
C
Yes, so my name's is Billy Lee
                                   G
If you've got a warrant you better read it to me
G
I shot her down 'cause she made me sore
N.C.
I thought I was her daddy but she had five more


🎸 Verse 5:
C
When I was arrested I was dressed in black
                                     G
They threw me on a freight train and hauled me back
G
Had no friend who'd go my bail
N.C.
They stuck my dried-up carcass in the county jail


Guitar 🎸 Solo:
C   G   C  F  C   G   C


🎸 Verse 6:
C
Early next morning 'round half past nine
                         G
I saw the sheriff comin' down the line
G
That sheriff yelled as he cleared his throat
N.C.
Said, "Come on, you dirty hackin' to the district court"


🎸 Verse 7:
C
Into the courtroom, my trial began
                             G
Where I was judged by twelve honest men
G
Yes, as the jury started walkin' out
N.C.
I saw that little judge commence to look about


🎸 Verse 8:
C
In about five minutes then walked a man
                       G
Holding the verdict in his right hand
G
The verdict read in the first degree
N.C.
Well I shouted "Lordy
Lordy, please have mercy on me"


🎸 Verse 9:
C
The judge he smiled when he picked up his pen
                         G
Ninety-nine years in the San Quentin Penn
G
Ninety-nine years underneath that ground
N.C.
But I can't forget that day I shot my woman down


🎸 Outro:
     F
Come all you hypes and listen unto me
                                          C F C
Say all that whiskey and let that cocaine be