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Transfusion Blues by Johnny Cash
Transfusion Blues
Tuning:E A D G B E
Key:Bb
Capo:1st fret
[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
A
Early one morning while making the rounds
E
Took a transfusion and I shot my woman down
E
Went right home and I went to bed
A E A
I stuck that loving 44 beneath my head
[Verse 2]
A
Got up next morning and I grabbed that gun
E
Took a transfusion and away I run
E
Made a good run, but I run too slow
A E
They overtook me down in Juarez, Mexico
[Verse 3]
A
Laid in the hot joint, taking the pill
E
In walked the sheriff from Jericho Hill
E
He said, "Willy Lee, your name is not Jack Brown
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You're the dirty hack that shot your woman down"
[Verse 4]
A
Said, "Yes, oh yes, my name is Willy Lee
E
If you've got a warrant, just read it to me"
E
Shot her down because she made me slow
A E
I thought I was her daddy, but she had five more
[Verse 5]
A
When I was arrested, I was dressed in black
E
Put me on a train and they took me back
Had no friends for to go my bail
A E
They slapped my dried-up carcass in that county jail
[Verse 6]
A
Into the courtroom, my trial began
E
Where I was handled by twelve honest men
E
Just before the jury started out
A A/C
I saw that little judge commenced to look about
[Verse 7]
A
In about five minutes, in walked the man
E
Holding the verdict in his right hand
E
Verdict read "in the first degree"
A E
I hollered, "Lordy, Lordy, have a mercy on me"
[Verse 8]
A
The judge he smiled as he picked up his been
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Ninety-nine years in the San Quentin pen
E
Ninety-nine years underneath that ground
A A/D
I can't forget the day I shot my woman down
[Outro]
A D
Come all you gotta listen unto me
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Lay off that liquor and let that transfusion be
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