[Tab - Riff] E|----------0-------| B|----------1-------| G|----------0-------| D|----------2-------| A|----0-2-3-3-------| E|--3---------------| C Early one mornin' while makin' the rounds G I took a shot of cocaine and i shot my woman down Went right home and I went to bed C (Riff) C I stuck that lovin' 44 beneath my head Get up next mornin' and i grabbed that gun G Took a shot of cocaine and away i run Made a good run but i run too slow C (Riff) C They overtook me down in Juarez, Mexico C Laid in the hot joints taking the pill G In walked the sheriff from Jerico Hill G He said Willie Lee, your name is not Jack Brown C (Riff) C You're the dirty hack that shot your woman down C "Yes, oh yes, my name is Willy Lee G If you've got a warrant, just a-read it to me G Shot her down because she made me slow C (Riff) C I thought i was her daddy but she had five more C When i was arrested i was dressed in black G They put me on a train and they took me back G I had no friend for to go my bail C (Riff) C They slapped my dried up carcass in that county jail C Early next morning about a half past nine G I spotted a sheriff coming down the line G Afeter he coughed as he cleared his throat G He said come on you dirty hack into the district [Tab - Riff] E|----------0-------| B|----------1-------| G|----------0-------| D|----------2-------| A|----0-2-3-3-------| E|--3---------------| C Into the courtroom, my trial began G Where I was handled by twelve honest men G Just before the jury started out C (Riff) C I saw that little judge commence to look about C In about five minutes in walked a man G Holding the verdict in his right hand G The verdict read, "In the first degree..." C (Riff) C I hollered, "Lordy, Lordy, have mercy on me" C The judge, he smiled as he picked up his pen G Ninety-nine years in the Folsom Pen G Ninety nine years underneath that ground C I can't forget the day i shot that bad bitch down F Come on you've got to listen unto me D G C Lay off that whiskey, and let that cocaine be