= Strum once
Play this lead when you go back to C at the beginning of each verse:
E|------------------------|
B|------------------------|
G|------------------------|
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A|----0-2-3---------------|
E|--3---------------------|
C
Early one mornin' while makin' the rounds
G
I took a shot of cocaine and I shot my woman down
Went right home and I went to bed
C
I stuck that lovin' forty-four beneath my head
C
Got up next mornin' and I grabbed my gun
G
I took a shot of cocaine and away I run
Made a good run but I run too slow
C
They overtook me down in Juarez Mexico
C
Layed in the hot joint takin' the pill
G
In walked a sheriff from Jericho Hill
He said, "Willy Lee, your name is not Jack Brown,
C
You're the dirty hack that shot your woman down"
C
"Yes, Oh Yes, My name is Willy Lee,
G
If you've got a warrant just read it to me,
Shot her down because she made me slow,
C
I thought I was her daddy but she had five more"
C
When I was arrested I was dressed in black
G
They put me on a train and they took me back
Had no friend for to go my bail
C
They slapped my dried-up carcass in that county jail
C
The next mornin' about a half past nine
G
I spyed a sheriff comin' down the line
He kind of coughed as he cleared his throat
C
He said "Come on, you dirty hack to the district court...."
C
Into the courtroom my trial began
G
Where I was held by twelve honest men
Just before the jury started out
C
I saw that dirty judge commence to look about
C
In about five minutes in walked a man
G
Holding the verdict in his right hand
The verdict read "In the first degree...."
C
I hollered "Lordy, Lordy, have mercy on me!"
C
The judge smiled as he picked up his pen
G
Ninety-nine years in the Folsom State pen
Ninety-nine years underneath that ground
C
I can't forget the day I shot that bad bitch down
C F
Come on you gotta listen unto me
G C N.C.
Lay off that whiskey and let that cocaine be.... Sooey!