Cocaine Blues chords by Hank Williams III

Chords with lyrics

Verse 1:

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Early one mornin' while makin' the rounds
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I took a shot of cocaine and I shot my woman down
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I went right home and I went to bed
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I stuck that lovin' .44 beneath my head

Verse 2:

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Got up next mornin' and I grabbed that gun
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Took a shot of cocaine and away I run
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Made a good run but I run too slow
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They overtook me down in Juarez, Mexico

Verse 3:

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Laid in the hot joints takin' the pills
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In walked the sheriff from Jericho Hill
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He said Willie Lee your name is not Jack Brown
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You're the dirty hack that shot your woman down

Verse 4:

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Said yes, oh yes my name is Willie Lee
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If you've got a warrant just read it to me
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Shot her down because she made me slow
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I thought I was her daddy but she had five more

Verse 5:

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When I was arrested I was dressed in black
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They put me on a train and they took me back
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Had no friend for to go my bail
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They slapped my dottered carcass in that county jail

Verse 6:

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Early next mornin' bout a half past nine
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I spied the sheriff coming down the line
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He kind of coughed as he cleared his throat
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He said, "Come on you dirty hack to the district court"

Verse 7:

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Into the courtroom my trial began
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Where I was held by twelve honest men
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Just before the jury started out
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I saw that dirty judge commence to look about

Verse 8:

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In about five minutes in walked a man
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Holding the verdict in his right hand
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The verdict read in the first degree
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I hollered, "Lawdy Lawdy, have mercy on me"

Verse 9:

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The judge he smiled as he picked up his pen
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99 years in the Folsom state pen
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99 years underneath that ground
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I can't forget the day I shot that bad bitch down

Refrain:

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Come on you've gotta listen unto me
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Lay off that whiskey and let that cocaine be