Hank Williams III – Cocaine Blues (Guitar)

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[Verse 1]
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Early one mornin' while makin' the rounds

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I took a shot of cocaine and I shot my woman down

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I went right home and I went to bed
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Got up next mornin' and I grabbed that gun 

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Took a shot of cocaine and away I run

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Made a good run but I run too slow

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They overtook me down in Juarez, Mexico
[Verse 3]
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Laid in the hot joints takin' the pills

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In walked the sheriff from Jericho Hill

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He said Willie Lee your name is not Jack Brown

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You're the dirty hack that shot your woman down
[Verse 4]
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Said yes, oh yes my name is Willie Lee 

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If you've got a warrant just read it to me

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Shot her down because she made me slow

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I thought I was her daddy but she had five more
[Verse 5]
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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

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Had no friend for to go my bail 

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They slapped my dottered carcass in that county jail
[Verse 6]
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Early next mornin' bout a half past nine 

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I spied the sheriff coming down the line

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He kind of coughed as he cleared his throat

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He said, "Come on you dirty hack to the district court"
[Verse 7]
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Into the courtroom my trial began 

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Where I was held by twelve honest men

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Just before the jury started out 

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I saw that dirty judge commence to look about
[Verse 8]
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In about five minutes in walked a man 

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Holding the verdict in his right hand

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The verdict read in the first degree 

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I hollered, "Lawdy Lawdy, have mercy on me"
[Verse 9]
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The judge he smiled as he picked up his pen 

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99 years in the Folsom state pen

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99 years underneath that ground 

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I can't forget the day I shot that bad bitch down
[Refrain]
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Come on you've gotta listen unto me 

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Lay off that whiskey and let that cocaine be