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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                              (Riff)  C
I stuck that lovin' 44 beneath my head


Get up next mornin' and i grabbed that gun
                                 G
Took a shot of cocaine and away i run

Made a good run but i run too slow
C                                    (Riff)  C
They overtook me down in Juarez, Mexico

C
Laid in the hot joints taking the pill
                                   G
In walked the sheriff from Jerico Hill
G
He said Willie Lee, your name is not Jack Brown
              C                               (Riff)  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 a-read it to me
G
Shot her down because she made me slow
         C                                    (Riff)  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
G
I had no friend for to go my bail
           C                                   (Riff)  C
They slapped my dried up carcass in that county jail

C
Early next morning about a half past nine
                                      G
I spotted a sheriff coming down the line
G
Afeter he coughed as he cleared his throat
       G
He said come on you dirty hack into the district

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C
Into the courtroom, my trial began
             G
Where I was handled by twelve honest men
G
Just before the jury started out
             C                              (Riff)  C
I saw that little judge commence to look about

C
In about five minutes in walked a man
                                  G
Holding the verdict in his right hand
G
The verdict read, "In the first degree..."
 C                                   (Riff)  C
I hollered, "Lordy, Lordy, have mercy on me"

C
The judge, he smiled as he picked up his pen
                                G
Ninety-nine years in the Folsom Pen
G
Ninety nine years underneath that ground
            C
I can't forget the day i shot that bad bitch down

    F
Come on you've got to listen unto me
D                     G                     C
Lay off that whiskey, and let that cocaine be