Johnny Cash - Cocaine Blues guitar tab

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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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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

COME ON COME ON AND LISTEN UNTO ME

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STAY OFF THAT WHISKEY AND LET THAT COCAINE BE