Cocaine Blues Chords by Abner Jay

Tempo:
125 bpm
Chords used:

Bb

F

C

D

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[F]
[Bb] [F] [Bb]
[F] [C]
[Bb]
[F]
Cocaine, cocaine, [Bb]
running round [F] my heart.
And [C] it's running, Lord, [Bb] it's running round [F] my brain.
100%  ➙  125BPM
Bb
12341111
F
134211111
C
3211
D
1321
Bb
12341111
F
134211111
C
3211
D
1321
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To jam and learn the simple chords for Abner Jay - Cocaine Blues chords, practice playing C, Bb, F and Bb in sequence. Start with a comfortable 62 BPM and as you become proficient, aim for the song's BPM of 125. For a balanced pitch, adjust the capo with respect to your voice and the song's key: F Major.

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[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ [F] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Cocaine, _ _ cocaine, _ _ _ [Bb] _
running round [F] my _ heart.
And [C] it's running, _ Lord, [Bb] it's running _ round [F] my _ brain.
_ _ _ _ I woke _ up this morning, _ [Bb] _
I had a [F] hungry pain. _
[D] All [C] I wanted for breakfast [Bb] was some good old _ [F] cocaine. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Come _ here, mama, _ _ [Bb] mama, _ come [F] here quick.
_ [C] Old cocaine got me, mama, [Bb] and I'm feeling [F] _ sick. _ _ _ _
_ _ Cocaine, _ _ _ cocaine, _ [Bb] always running round my [F] _ heart.
And [C] it's running, _ Lord, [Bb] it's running round [F] my brain. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ I crave cocaine, _ but [Bb]
I can't find nothing here in Atlanta.
[C] _
_ All them hippies down in the U.S. [Bb] is all up.
_ _ _ [F] _ _ Hippies coming in here from everywhere.
New Orleans, [Bb] Los Angeles and [C] all.
_ So they say the happiness is good [Bb] here. _ _
[F] Police here is easy going. _ _
But [Bb] I'm tired of waking up feeling bad every morning,
[C] _ drinking this old bad liquor. _
_ _ [F] I want something to help me up.
_ [Bb] _ _ So I'm going back [D] down to [C] South Georgia, _ [F] _ [Bb]
down to Fick Jail,
_ [F] the old Dr.
Hale drug store.
_ Because old [Bb] Dr.
Hale give me what I want, _ [C] like a doctor _ supposed to [F] do. _ _ _
These old doctors in Atlanta come telling me [Bb] about _ LSD.
[C] _ _ I don't want none of that shit stuff.
[F] _ _ I want the real [Bb] thing, _ _ _ [C] _
cocaine.
_ [F] _ [Bb] _ So if any of y'all know what's [F] happening, _ _ _
meet me under the _ clothesline, [Bb] _
_ because [C] that's where I hang out.
_ [F] _
_ I went _ down to Fick Jail, [Bb] down to [F] Dr.
Hale.
He had a [C] sign in his window [Bb] that said, I'm _ [F] in _ _ _ _ jail.
_ I _ walked down Ellum.
[Bb] I walked _ [F]
down Maine, trying [C] to find a woman [Bb]
who knew [F] _ cocaine. _ _
_ Cocaine, get out of here woman.
I [Bb] thought you _ [F]
understood.
_ You ain't [C] got no connection [Bb] woman.
You know you [F] ain't no good. _ _
_ _ _ _ Cocaine, _ _ cocaine, [Bb] oh it's running around [F] my heart.
[C] And it's running, _ [Bb] Lord it's running around [F] my brain.
Let it run boy. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _
Old _ _ doctors say it's the [Bb] horses [F] and men.
[C] They say to kill you, [Bb] but they _ don't [F] say when. _ _ _ _
I walked _ down Ellum. _
[Bb] I walked _ [F] down Maine, [C] trying to find my daughter [Bb] to give me some _
[F] cocaine. _ _ _ _ _ _
I _ got a nipper, [Bb] oh you [F] got a dime.
_ [C] I bought a coke honey, [Bb] _ you [F] bought a _ _ _ wine. _ _
Cocaine, _ _ cocaine, Lord [Bb] it's running around [F] my heart.
And [C] it's running, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] Lord it's _ _ running _

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