Bad Lee Brown Cocaine Blues chords by Guthrie Woody

Chords with lyrics

Tune down one 1/2 step...

Intro:
               hold bend  hold
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eb||----5---5---5---5----5-----------------------------|
bb||----5---5---5---5----5--4b5-5r4p2----4b5 5r4p2-----|
GbGb||----6---6---6---6----6-----------4------------4----| etc.
DbDb||----7---7---7---7----7-----------------------------|
AbAb||----7-------7---7----7-----------------------------|
Eb MajorEb||--5-------5---5-----5------------------------------|

(Chord names reflect standard tuning)

Fast strumming...

A augmentedA
It was late last night I made my rounds;
 D MajorD               A augmentedA
I met my woman and I blowed her down.
    D MajorD           A augmentedA
I went on home and I went to bed.
 E MajorE              A augmentedA
I laid my pistol up under my head.

A augmentedA
Early next morning, by the rising sun,
 D MajorD            A augmentedA
I woke up and a started to run.
 D MajorD            A augmentedA
I made a run but I run too slow;
  E MajorE              A augmentedA
A majorA man overtook me down in Jericho.

A augmentedA
I was standing on the corner reading my daddy's will
D MajorD                    A augmentedA
'Long came a man they call him Bad Texas Bill.
  D MajorD                   A augmentedA
He said, "Uhh, Captain, is your name Lee Brown?
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I believe that you the rascal blowed yer woman down."

A augmentedA
I said, "Yes sir, Captain, my name is Lee.
      D MajorD               A augmentedA
And if you got any blues, boy sing 'em to me."
   D MajorD                A augmentedA
"Well I guess Lee, that you know the best
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You better come with me the judge will tell you the rest."

(play intro licks on break)

A augmentedA
When I was arrested, I was dressed in black.
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Put me on a train and they brung me back.
 D MajorD                  A augmentedA
Jury found me guilty in the first degree
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And they laid me down in the penitentiary.

(intro licks again)

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Yes the judge found me guilty an' the jury too.
  D MajorD                    A augmentedA
I cried "Lord in Heaven, have some mercy on me!"
   D MajorD              A augmentedA
I'll be here fer the rest of my life,
E MajorE            A augmentedA
All I done was kill my wife.