| C | |
| EARLY ONE MORNIN' WHILE MAKIN' THE ROUNDS |
| G | |
| I T | OOK A SHOT OF COCAINE AND SHOT MY WOMAN DOWN |
| I WENT RIGHT HOME AND I WENT TO BED |
| C | G | C | |
| I STUCK | THAT LOVIN' 44 BENEATH MY HEAD |
| GOT UP NEXT MORNIN' AND I GRABBED THAT GUN |
| G | |
| TOOK A SHOT OF COC | AINE AND AWAY I RUN |
| MADE A GOOD RUN BUT I RUN TOO SLOW |
| C | G | C | |
| THEY OVERTOOK ME DOWN IN JUAREZ MEXICO |
| LAID IN THE HOT JOINT TAKIN' THE PILL |
| G | |
| IN WALKED A SHERIFF FROM JERICHO HILL |
| HE SAID WILLY LEE YOUR NAME IS NOT JACK BROWN |
| C | G | C | |
| YOU'RE THE DIR | TY HACK THAT SHOT YOUR WOMAN DOWN |
| OH YES OH YES MY NAME IS WILLIE LEE |
| G | |
| IF YOU'VE | GOT A WARRANT JUST A READ IT TO ME |
| I SHOT HER DOWN CAUSE SHE MADE ME SORE |
| C | G | C | |
| I THOUGHT | I WAS HER DADDY BUT SHE HAD FIVE MORE |
| WHEN I WAS ARRESTED I WAS DRESSED IN BLACK |
| G | |
| THEY PUT ME O | N A TRAIN AND THEY TOOK ME BACK |
| I HAD NO FRIEND FOR TO GO MY BAIL |
| C | G | C | |
| THEY SLAPPE | D MY DRIED UP CARCUS IN THE COUNTY JAIL |
| EARLEY NEXT MORNING ABOUT A HALF PAST NINE |
| G | |
| I SPOTTED A SHERIFF WALKIN' DOWN THE LINE |
| MY DADDY COUGHED AS HE CLEARED HIS THROAT |
| C | G | |
| HE SAID | COME ON YOU DIRTY HACK INTO THE DISTRICT |
| C | |
| COURT |
| INTO THE COURT ROOM MY TRIAL BEGAN |
| G | |
| WHERE I WAS H | ELD BY TWELVE HONEST MEN |
| BEFORE THE JURY STARTED OUT |
| C | G | C | |
| I SAW THAT LI | TTLE JUDGE COMMENCE TO LOOK ABOUT |
| IN A BOUT FIVE MINUTES IN WALKED A MAN |
| G | |
| HOLDING THE VERDICT IN HIS RIGHT HAND |
| THE VERDICT READ IN THE FIRST DEGREE |
| C | G | C | |
| I | HOLLERED LORDY LORDY HAVE MERCY ON ME |
| THE JUDGE HE SMILED AS HE PICKED UP HIS PEN |
| G | |
| NINETY NINE YEARS IN THE FOLSOM PEN |
| NINETY NINE YEARS UNDERNEATH THAT GROUND |
| C | G | C | |
| I CAN'T FORG | ET THE DAY I SHOT THAT BAD BITCH DOWN |
| F | |
| COME ON COME ON AND LISTEN UNTO ME |
| G | C | |
| STAY OFF TH | AT WHISKEY AND LET THAT COCAINE BE |
The lyric is "they slapped my dried up carcas in that county jail"