Transfusion Blues Chords

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E) 🎸 Intro: | A | 🎸 Verse 1: A Early one morning while making the rounds E Took a transfusion and I shot my woman down E Went right home and I went to bed A E A I stuck that loving 44 beneath my head 🎸 Verse 2: A Got up next morning and I grabbed that gun E Took a transfusion and away I run E Made a good run, but I run too slow A E They overtook me down in Juarez, Mexico

🎸 Verse 3: A Laid in the hot joint, taking the pill E In walked the sheriff from Jericho Hill E He said, "Willy Lee, your name is not Jack Brown A7 A E You're the dirty hack that shot your woman down" 🎸 Verse 4: A Said, "Yes, oh yes, my name is Willy Lee E If you've got a warrant, just read it to me" E Shot her down because she made me slow A E I thought I was her daddy, but she had five more 🎸 Verse 5: A When I was arrested, I was dressed in black E Put me on a train and they took me back Had no friends for to go my bail A E They slapped my dried-up carcass in that county jail 🎸 Verse 6: A Into the courtroom, my trial began E Where I was handled by twelve honest men E Just before the jury started out A A/C I saw that little judge commenced to look about 🎸 Verse 7: A In about five minutes, in walked the man E Holding the verdict in his right hand E Verdict read "in the first degree" A E I hollered, "Lordy, Lordy, have a mercy on me" 🎸 Verse 8: A The judge he smiled as he picked up his been E7 Ninety-nine years in the San Quentin pen E Ninety-nine years underneath that ground A A/D I can't forget the day I shot my woman down 🎸 Outro: A D Come all you gotta listen unto me B7 E A Lay off that liquor and let that transfusion be