Woody Guthrie – Bad Lee Brown Cocaine Blues (Guitar)

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It was late last night I made my rounds;

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I met my woman and I blowed her down.

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I went on home and I went to bed.

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I laid my pistol up under my head.

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Early next morning, by the rising sun,

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I woke up and a started to run.

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I made a run but I run too slow;

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A man overtook me down in Jericho.

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I was standing on the corner reading my daddy's will

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'Long came a man they call him Bad Texas Bill.

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He said, "Uhh, Captain, is your name Lee Brown?

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I believe that you the rascal blowed yer woman down."

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I said, "Yes sir, Captain, my name is Lee.

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And if you got any blues, boy sing 'em to me."

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"Well I guess Lee, that you know the best

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You better come with me the judge will tell you the rest."

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When I was arrested, I was dressed in black.

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Put me on a train and they brung me back.

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Jury found me guilty in the first degree

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And they laid me down in the penitentiary.

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Yes the judge found me guilty an' the jury too.

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I cried "Lord in Heaven, have some mercy on me!"

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I'll be here fer the rest of my life,

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All I done was kill my wife.