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Cocaine Blues

Dave Van Ronk C# Vote rhythm

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1 years ago
Tone: [C]
Capo: 1
Intro:
[C] [F] [C] [F] [G] [C] [G] [C]
 
Verse 1:
Every [C]time me and my baby we go uptown
[F] Police come and they knock me down
[C] Cocaine [F] run all '[G]'round my brain [C] [G] [C]
[E] Yeah baby, come here quick
[F] This old cocaine 'bout to make me sick
[C] Cocaine [F] run all '[G]'round my [C]brain [G] [C]
 
Verse 2:
[C]Yonder come my baby, dressed in red
[F] She's got a shot-gun, says she's gonna kill me dead
[C] Cocaine [F] run all '[G]'round my [C]brain [G] [C]
[E] [F] [C] [F] [G] [C] [G] [C]
Cocaine run all 'round my brain
 
Verse 3:
[C]Early one morning, half past four
[F] Cocaine knocking at my door
[C] Cocaine [F] run all '[G]'round my [C]brain [G] [C]
 
Interlude:
[E] [F] [C] [F] [G] [C] [G] [C]
 
Verse 4:
[C] You take Mary, I'll take Sue
[F] Ain't no difference betwixt the two
[C] Cocaine [F] run all '[G]'round my [C]brain [G] [C]
[E] Yeah baby, come here quick
[F] This old cocaine 'bout to make me sick
[C] Cocaine...[F]Cocaine... [G] [C] [G] [C]
 
Verse 5:
[C]Started down Beale Street and I'm turnin' up Main
[F] Lookin' for a gal who sells Cocaine
[C] Cocaine [F] run all '[G]'round my [C]brain [G] [C]
[E] [F] [C] [F] [G] [C] [G] [C]
Cocaine run all 'round my brain
 
Verse 6:
Well, I [C]reached into my pocket, grabbed my poke
[F] Note in my pocket says no more coke
[C] Cocaine [F] run all '[G]'round my [C]brain [G] [C]
Mm [E]hmm mm [F]hmmm
[C] Cocaine [F] run all '[G]'round my [C]brain [G] [C]
 
Verse 7:
Co[C]Cocaine's for horses, not for men
[F] They tell me it'll kill me but they don't say when
[C] Cocaine [F] run all '[G]'round my [C]brain [G] [C]
[E] Yeah baby, come here quick
[F] This old cocaine 'bout to make me sick
[C] Cocaine [F] run all '[G]'round my [C]brain [G] [C]
 
Outro:
[C] [F] [C] [F] [G] [C] [G] [C]

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