[Verse 1] C# Early one mornin' while makin' the round I took a shot of cocaine and I G# shot my woman down I went right home and I went to bed C# I stuck that lovin' .44 beneath my head [Verse 2] C# Got up next mornin' and I grabbed that gun, Took a shot of cocaine and G# away I run, made a good run but I ran too slow C# They overtook me down in Juarez, Mexico [Verse 3] C# Late in the hot joints takin' the pills, In walked the sheriff from G# Jericho Hill He said Willy Lee your name is not Jack Brown C# You're the dirty heck that shot your woman down [Verse 4] C# Said yes, oh yes my name is Willy Lee, If you've got the warrant just G# a-read it to me, shot her down because she made me sore C# I thought I was her daddy but she had five more [Verse 5] C# When I was arrested I was dressed in black, they put me on a train and they G# took me back, had no friend for to go my bail C# They slapped my dried up carcass in that county jail [Verse 6] C# Early next mornin' bout a half past nine, I spied the sheriff coming G# down the line, Ah, and he coughed as he cleared his throat He said C# come on you dirty heck into that district court [Verse 7] C# Into the courtroom my trial began Where I was handled by G# twelve honest men, Just before the jury started out C# I saw the little judge commence to look about [Verse 8] C# In about five minutes in walked the man, Holding the verdict in G# his right hand, The verdict read murder in the first degree C# I hollered Lawdy Lawdy, have a mercy on me [Verse 9] C# The judge he smiled as he picked up his pen 99 years in the G# Folsom pen, 99 years underneath that ground C# I can't forget the day I shot that bad bitch down [Verse 10] C# F# Come on you've gotta listen unto me G# C# Lay off that whiskey and let that cocaine be
