C
Early one mornin' while makin' the rounds
C                               G
I took a shot of cocaine and I shot my woman down
G                        
I went right home and I went to bed
G   C   NC                          NC
I stuck that lovin' .44 beneath my head

[Verse 2]

C
Got up next mornin' and I grabbed that gun 
C                            G
Took a shot of cocaine and away I run
G
Made a good run but I run too slow
G      C   NC
They overtook me down in Juarez, Mexico

[Verse 3]

C
Laid in the hot joints takin' the pills
C                           G
In walked the sheriff from Jericho Hill
G
He said Willie Lee your name is not Jack Brown
G           C    NC
You're the dirty hack that shot your woman down

[Verse 4]

C
Said yes, oh yes my name is Willie Lee 
C                             G 
If you've got a warrant just read it to me
G
Shot her down because she made me slow
G    C               NC
I thought I was her daddy but she had five more

[Verse 5]

C
When I was arrested I was dressed in black
C                                G
They put me on a train and they took me back
G
Had no friend for to go my bail 
G      C         NC
They slapped my dottered carcass in that county jail

[Verse 6]

C
Early next mornin' bout a half past nine 
C                           G
I spied the sheriff coming down the line
G                  
He kind of coughed as he cleared his throat
G    C                 NC
He said, "Come on you dirty hack to the district court"

[Verse 7]

C
Into the courtroom my trial began 
C                     G
Where I was held by twelve honest men
G
Just before the jury started out 
G   C       NC
I saw that dirty judge commence to look about

[Verse 8]

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

[Verse 9]

C
The judge he smiled as he picked up his pen 
C                G
99 years in the Folsom state pen
G
99 years underneath that ground 
G   C       NC
I can't forget the day I shot that bad bitch down

[Refrain]

C
Come on you've gotta listen unto me 
G                                         C
Lay off that whiskey and let that cocaine be