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capo 1 — sounds a semitone higherIntro
Verse 1
Early one mornin' while makin' the rounds,
I took a shot of cocaine and I shot my woman down.
I went right home and I went to bed,
C N.C.
I stuck that lovin' .44 beneath my head.
Verse 2
Got up next mornin' and I grabbed that gun.
Took a shot of cocaine and away I run.
Made a good run but I run too slow,
C N.C.
they overtook me down in Juarez, Mexico.
Verse 3
Laid in the hot joints takin' the pill.
In walked the sheriff from Jericho Hill.
He said Willie Lee, your name is not Jack Brown.
C N.C.
You're the dirty hack that shot your woman down.
Verse 4
Said yes, oh yes, my name is Willie Lee.
If you've got a warrant just read it to me.
Shot her down because she made me slow.
C N.C.
I thought I was her daddy but she had five more.
Verse 5
When I was arrested, I was dressed in black.
They put me on a train and they took me back.
Had no friend for to go my bail.
C N.C.
They slapped my dried up carcass in that county jail.
Verse 6
Early next mornin' 'bout a half past nine,
I spied a sheriff comin' down the line.
Upped and he coughed as he cleared his throat,
C N.C.
He said come on, you dirty hack, into that district court.
Verse 7
Into the courtroom my trial began
Where I was held by twelve honest men.
Just before the jury started out,
C N.C.
I saw that little judge commence to look about.
Verse 8
In about five minutes in walked a man
Holding the verdict in his right hand.
The verdict read in the first degree,
C N.C.
I hollered lordy, lordy, have mercy on me.
Verse 9
The judge, he smiled as he picked up his pen.
Ninety-nine years in the Folsom pen.
Ninety-nine years underneath that ground,
C N.C.
I can't forget the day I shot that bad bitch down.
Ending
Come all, you gotta listen unto me,
lay off that whiskey and let that cocaine be.
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