Cocaine Blues Chords

Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

E7 A7 D7 G

G B7 C C♯dim G E7 A7 D7 G

 I said E7come here mama don't you take me for no A7fool

 I D7wouldn't quit you woman while the Gweather's cool

GAround your B7back door, honey, CI will make my C♯dimcreep

 Just as Glong as you E7earn your A7two and D7half a Gweek

 Now I E7got a gal she works in a rich folks' A7yard

 She D7brings me meals, she brings me Glard

GShe brings me B7meals, she brCings me C♯dimlard

GShe brings me eE7verytA7hing that sD7he can Gsteal

Chorus 1

 I call my E7Cora hey heyA7

D7Along comes Sally with her nose all tore, the Gdoctor says she can't sniff no more

 I said E7run here doctor, ringin' the bell there's A7women in the alley

GI'm simply E7wild aA7bout my D7good Gcocaine.

E7You know the furniture man come to my door last Sunday A7morn'

D7He asked me was my wife at home, I said Gno she's been long gone.

 And then he E7backed his truck right up to my door and he A7took everything I had

 And Gcarted on back to the E7furniture store I deA7clare I D7did feel Gsad.

E7What in the world has anybody got to do with a A7furniture man?

 If you gD7ot no dough to put up a show he'll Gtake everything he can.

 He'll E7take everything from ugly plant, a A7skillet to a frying pan,

 If there Gever was a devil E7without any horns, it A7must've been a D7furniture Gman

Chorus 2

 I call my E7Cora hey yeahA7

D7Along comes Sally with her nose all tore, the Gdoctor says she can't sniff no more

 He says E7cocaine's for horses, it's not for men, A7he says it's gonna kill me but he don't say when

 I'm Gsimply E7wild aA7bout my D7good coGcaine.

G B7 C C♯dim G E7 A7 D7 G

Notes:

The opening is an eighth-note walk G-F#-F-E on the low E string, into the E7 chord.