= Strum once Play this lead when you go back to C at the beginning of each verse: E | ------------------------ | B | ------------------------ | G | ------------------------ | D | ------------------------ | A | ----0-2-3--------------- | E | --3--------------------- | C5 Early one mornin' while makin' the rounds G5 I took a shot of cocaine and I shot my woman down Went right home and I went to bed C5 I stuck that lovin' forty-four beneath my head C5 Got up next mornin' and I grabbed my gun G5 I took a shot of cocaine and away I run Made a good run but I run too slow C5 They overtook me down in Juarez Mexico C5 Layed in the hot joint takin' the pill G5 In walked a sheriff from Jericho Hill He said, "Willy Lee, your name is not Jack Brown, C5 You're the dirty hack that shot your woman down" C5 "Yes, Oh Yes, My name is Willy Lee, G5 If you've got a warrant just read it to me, Shot her down because she made me slow, C5 I thought I was her daddy but she had five more" C5 When I was arrested I was dressed in black G5 They put me on a train and they took me back Had no friend for to go my bail C5 They slapped my dried-up carcass in that county jail C5 The next mornin' about a half past nine G5 I spyed a sheriff comin' down the line He kind of coughed as he cleared his throat C5 He said "Come on, you dirty hack to the district court...." C5 Into the courtroom my trial began G5 Where I was held by twelve honest men Just before the jury started out C5 I saw that dirty judge commence to look about C5 In about five minutes in walked a man G5 Holding the verdict in his right hand The verdict read "In the first degree...." C5 I hollered "Lordy, Lordy, have mercy on me!" C5 The judge smiled as he picked up his pen G5 Ninety-nine years in the Folsom State pen Ninety-nine years underneath that ground C5 I can't forget the day I shot that bad bitch down C5 F5 Come on you gotta listen unto me G5 C5 N.C. Lay off that whiskey and let that cocaine be.... Sooey!
