[Verse 1]
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