C
Early one morning while making the rounds
G7
I took a shot of cocaine and I shot my woman down
C
I stuck that loving 44 beneath my head
G7
Took a shot of cocaine and away I run
C
They overtook me down in Juarez Mexico
G7
In walked the sheriff from Jericho Hill
C
You’re the dirty hack that shot your woman down
G7
If you’ve got the warrant just a-read it to me
C
I thought I was her daddy but she had five more
G7
They put me on a train and they took me back
C
They slapped my dried up carcass in that country jail
G7
I spied the sheriff coming down the line
C
He said come on you dirty heck into that district court
G7
Where I was handled by twelve honest men
C
I saw the little judge commence to look about
G7
Holding the verdict in his right hand
C
I hollered Lordy Lordy have a mercy on me
G7
99 years in the Folsom pen
C
I can’t forget the day I shot that bad bitch down
F
Come on you’ve gotta listen unto me
G7
C
Lay off that whiskey and let that cocaine be
F
G7
C
