Cocaine Blues

Accordi Cocaine Blues

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EARLY ONE MORNIN' WHILE MAKIN' THE ROUNDS
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I TOOK A SHOT OF COCAINE AND SHOT MY WOMAN DOWN  

I WENT RIGHT HOME AND I WENT TO BED
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I STUCK THAT LOVIN' 44 BENEATH MY HEAD
 
GOT UP NEXT MORNIN'  AND I GRABBED THAT GUN
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TOOK A SHOT OF COCAINE AND AWAY I RUN  

MADE A GOOD RUN BUT I RUN TOO SLOW  
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THEY OVERTOOK ME DOWN IN JUAREZ MEXICO  

LAID IN THE HOT JOINT TAKIN' THE PILLS
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IN WALKED A SHERIFF FROM JERACO HILLS  

HE SAID WILLY LEE YOUR NAME IS NOT JACK BROWN  
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YOU'RE THE DIRTY HACK THAT SHOT YOUR WOMAN DOWN

OH YES OH YES MY NAME IS WILLIE LEE
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IF YOU'VE GOT A WARRANT JUST A READ IT TO ME  

I SHOT HER DOWN CAUSE SHE MADE ME SLOW  
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I THOUGHT I WAS HER DADDY BUT SHE HAD FIVE MORE  

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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  

I HAD NO FRIEND FOR TO GO MY BAIL  
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THEY SLAPPED A DIME OF CARCUS IN THE COUNTY JAIL  

EARLEY NEXT MORNING ABOUT A HALF PAST NINE
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I SPOTTED A SHERIFF WALKIN' DOWN THE LINE  

MY DADDY COUGHED AS HE CLEARED HIS THROAT  
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HE SAID COME ON YOU DIRTY HACK INTO THE DISTRICT COURT

INTO THE COURT ROOM MY TRIAL BEGAN
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WHERE I WAS HELD  BY TWELVE HONEST MEN  

BEFORE THE JURY STARTED OUT  
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I SAW THAT LITTLE JUDGE COMMENCE TO LOOK ABOUT

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IN A BOUT FIVE MINUTES IN WALKED A MAN
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HOLDING THE VERDICT IN HIS RIGHT HAND  

THE VERDICT READ IN THE FIRST DEGREE
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I HOLLERED LORDY LORDY HAVE MERCY ON ME

THE JUDGE HE SMILED AS HE PICKED UP HIS PEN
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NINETY NINE YEARS IN THE FEDERAL PEN  

NINETY NINE YEARS UNDERNEATH THAT GROUND  
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I CAN'T FORGET THE DAY I SHOT THAT BAD BITCH DOWN
       
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COME ON COME ON AND LISTEN UNTO ME                                                                              
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STAY OFF THAT WHISKEY AND LET THAT COCAINE BE

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