Cocaine Blues Townes Van Zandt

Cocaine Blues

Townes Van Zandt

Gwendolyn

189
0:00 3:22
Tuning Standard (E A D G B E)
Beat 4/4
Key: E
Capo:
Fret 4

Lyrics

[Intro 1]
| C | E | F | - |
| C | G | C | G |

[Intro 2]
| C | E | F | - |
| C | G | C | G |

[Chorus]
C        E
 Cocaine, cocaine,
F
 'Round my heart (and) runnin' 'round my brain,
        C G                    C G
Cocaine,   aw, you ol' cocaine.

[Verse 1]
C
 Oh! come here, Ma ma,
         E
and come here quick;
F
 That ol' coke's got me and I'm feelin' sick.
        C G               C   G
Cocaine,   aw you ol' cocaine.

[Bridge 1]
| C | E | F | - |
| C | G | C | G |

[Solo 1]
| C | E | F | - |
| C | G | C | G |

[Verse 2]
C                       E
 Jump out of bed, baby, run downtown
F
 Take along your money, look all around
C                G                     C G
 Find a man, the man that sells cocaine

[Chorus]
C             E
 Cocaine, cocaine,
F
 'Round my heart,
runnin' 'round my brain.
C G C G

[Solo 2]
| C | E | F | - |
| C | G | C | G |

[Bridge 2]
| C | E | F | - |
| C | G | C | G |

[Verse 3]
C
 Coke's for horses, Lord,
E
it ain't for men.
F
 They say it kills you,
but they don't say when.
    C   G                   C G
Cocaine, aw you ol' cocaine.

[Bridge 3]
| C | E | F | - |
| C | G | C | G |

[Solo 3]
| C | E | F | - |
| C | G | C | G |

[Chorus]
C        E
 Cocaine, cocaine,
F
 'Round my heart runnin' 'round my brain,
        C G                    F C7
Cocaine,   aw, you ol' cocaine.

Bars

[Intro 1]
| C | E | F | - |
| C | G | C | G |

[Intro 2]
| C | E | F | - |
| C | G | C | G |

[Chorus]
| C | E | F | - |
| C | G | C | G |

Cocaine, cocaine,
'Round my heart (and) runnin' 'round my brain,
Cocaine,   aw, you ol' cocaine.

[Verse 1]
| C | E | F | - |
| C | G | C | G |

Oh! come here, Ma ma,
and come here quick;
That ol' coke's got me and I'm feelin' sick.
Cocaine,   aw you ol' cocaine.

[Bridge 1]
| C | E | F | - |
| C | G | C | G |

[Solo 1]
| C | E | F | - |
| C | G | C | G |

[Verse 2]
| C | E | F | - |
| C | G | C | G |

Jump out of bed, baby, run downtown
Take along your money, look all around
Find a man, the man that sells cocaine

[Chorus]
| C | E | F | - |
| C | G | C | G |

Cocaine, cocaine,
'Round my heart,
runnin' 'round my brain.

[Solo 2]
| C | E | F | - |
| C | G | C | G |

[Bridge 2]
| C | E | F | - |
| C | G | C | G |

[Verse 3]
| C | E | F | - |
| C | G | C | G |

Coke's for horses, Lord,
it ain't for men.
They say it kills you,
but they don't say when.
Cocaine, aw you ol' cocaine.

[Bridge 3]
| C | E | F | - |
| C | G | C | G |

[Solo 3]
| C | E | F | - |
| C | G | C | G |

[Chorus]
| C | E | F | -  |
| C | G | F | C7 |

Cocaine, cocaine,
'Round my heart runnin' 'round my brain,
Cocaine,   aw, you ol' cocaine.

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