Johnny Cash, Cocaine Blues Tabs

HERE'S AN OLD JOHNNY CASH SONG
DATE:01/20/2000
SUBJECT: COCAINE BLUES
TRANSPOSED BY: RICK BENSON/ RLBENSONJR@AOL.COM
COCAINE BLUES
BY JOHNNY CASH
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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 WARREN MEXICO

LAID IN THE HOT JOINT TAKIN' THE PILL
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IN WALKED A SHERIFF FROM JERACO HILL

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

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 
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COURT

INTO THE COURT ROM 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

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