{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1946703,"song":"Cocaine Blues","artist":"Hank Williams III","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11435321-cocaine-blues-chords-by-hank-williams-iii/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1946703?type=chord","rating":4.73427,"votes":42,"content":"[Verse 1]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nEarly one mornin' while makin' the rounds[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI took a shot of cocaine and I shot my woman down[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                        \r\nI went right home and I went to bed[/tab]\r\nG   C   NC                          NC\r\nI stuck that lovin' .44 beneath my head\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nGot up next mornin' and I grabbed that gun [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTook a shot of cocaine and away I run[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nMade a good run but I run too slow[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]   NC\r\nThey overtook me down in Juarez, Mexico[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nLaid in the hot joints takin' the pills[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIn walked the sheriff from Jericho Hill[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe said Willie Lee your name is not Jack Brown[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]    NC\r\nYou're the dirty hack that shot your woman down[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nSaid yes, oh yes my name is Willie Lee [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                             [ch]G[/ch] \r\nIf you've got a warrant just read it to me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nShot her down because she made me slow[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]               NC\r\nI thought I was her daddy but she had five more[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhen I was arrested I was dressed in black[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey put me on a train and they took me back[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nHad no friend for to go my bail [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]         NC\r\nThey slapped my dottered carcass in that county jail[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nEarly next mornin' bout a half past nine [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI spied the sheriff coming down the line[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                  \r\nHe kind of coughed as he cleared his throat[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]                 NC\r\nHe said, \"Come on you dirty hack to the district court\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 7]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nInto the courtroom my trial began [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhere I was held by twelve honest men[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nJust before the jury started out [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]       NC\r\nI saw that dirty judge commence to look about[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 8]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nIn about five minutes in walked a man [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHolding the verdict in his right hand[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] \r\nThe verdict read in the first degree [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]         NC\r\nI hollered, \"Lawdy Lawdy, have mercy on me\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 9]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe judge he smiled as he picked up his pen [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\n99 years in the Folsom state pen[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\n99 years underneath that ground [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]       NC\r\nI can't forget the day I shot that bad bitch down[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Refrain]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nCome on you've gotta listen unto me [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nLay off that whiskey and let that cocaine be[/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\nG   C   NC                          NC\nI stuck that lovin' .44 beneath my head\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 6]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 7]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 8]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 9]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Refrain]","chords":["C","G"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}