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Capo 3rd fret To start each verse play the standard walk down into A A Early one mornin' while makin' the round I took a shot of cocaine and I E shot my woman down I went right home and I went to bed A I stuck that lovin' .44 beneath my head A Got up next mornin' and I grabbed that gun, Took a shot of cocaine and E away I run, made a good run but I ran too slow A They overtook me down in Juarez, Mexico A Late in the hot joints takin' the pills, In walked the sheriff from E Jericho Hill He said Willy Lee your name is not Jack Brown A You're the dirty heck that shot your woman down A Said yes, oh yes my name is Willy Lee, If you've got the warrant just E a-read it to me, shot her down because she made me sore A I thought I was her daddy but she had five more [ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/j/johnny-cash/339182.html ] A When I was arrested I was dressed in black, they put me on a train and they E took me back, had no friend for to go my bail A They slapped my dried up carcass in that county jail A Early next mornin' bout a half past nine, I spied the sheriff coming E down the line, Ah, and he coughed as he cleared his throat He said A come on you dirty heck into that district court A Into the courtroom my trial began Where I was handled by E twelve honest men, Just before the jury started out A I saw the little judge commence to look about A In about five minutes in walked the man, Holding the verdict in E his right hand, The verdict read murder in the first degree A I hollered Lawdy Lawdy, have a mercy on me A The judge he smiled as he picked up his pen 99 years in the E Folsom pen, 99 years underneath that ground A I can't forget the day I shot that bad bitch down A Come on you've gotta listen B7 E A unto me, Lay off that whiskey and let that cocaine be. |