Johnny Cash, Cocaine Blues (1968)
^{Key: :[C#] (w: Traditional, T. J. "Red" Arnall)}

VERSE 1:
[C#] Early one mornin' while makin' the rounds
[C#] I took a shot of cocaine and I [G#] shot my woman down
[G#] I went right home and I went to bed
I [C# open] stuck that lovin' 44 beneath my head

VERSE 2:
[C#] Got up next mornin' and I grabbed that gun
[C#] Took a shot of cocaine and a [G#] way I run
[G#] Made a good run but I ran too slow
They [C# open] overtook me down in Juarez Mexico

VERSE 3:
[C#] Late in the hot joints takin' the pills
[C#] In walked the sheriff from [G#] Jericho Hill
[G#] He said Willy Lee your name is not Jack Brown
[C# open] You're the dirty heck that shot your woman down

VERSE 4:
[C#] Said yes, oh yes my name is Willy Lee
[C#] If you've got the warrant just a [G#] read it to me
[G#] Shot her down because she made me sore
I [C# open] thought I was her daddy but she had five more

VERSE 5:
[C#] When I was arrested I was dressed in black
[C#] They put me on a train and they [G#] took me back
[G#] Had no friend for to go my bail
They [C# open] slapped my dried up carcass in that county jail

VERSE 6:
[C#] Early next mornin' bout a half past nine
[C#] I spied the sheriff coming [G#] down the line
[G#] Ah, and he coughed as he cleared his throat
He said come [C# open] on you dirty heck into that district court

VERSE 7:
[C#] Into the courtroom my trial began
[C#] Where I was handled by [G#] twelve honest men
[G#] Just before the jury started out
I [C# open] saw the little judge commence to look about

VERSE 8:
[C#] In about five minutes in walked the man
[C#] Holding the verdict in [G#] his right hand
[G#] The verdict read murder in the first degree
I [C# open] hollered Lordy Lordy, have a mercy on me

VERSE 9:
[C#] The judge he smiled as he picked up his pen
[C#] 99 years in the [G#] Folsom pen
[G#] 99 years underneath that ground
I [C# open] can't forget the day I shot that bad bitch down

OUTRO:
[C#] Come on you've gotta listen [F#] on to me
[D#] Lay off that whiskey and [G#] let that cocaine [C#] be [C# open]