Cocaine Blues (Luke Jordan)
From the recording by David Bromberg
Album: My Own House
Web site: http://www.davidbromberg.net
Thanks to E. Hartman.
Intro:
[E7] [A7] [D7] [G]
[G] [B7] [C] [C#dim] [G] [E7] [A7] [D7] [G]
I said [E7]come here mama don't you take me for no [A7]fool
I [D7]wouldn't quit you woman while the [G]weather's cool
[G]Around your [B7]back door, honey, [C]I will make my [C#dim]creep
Just as [G]long as you [E7]earn your [A7]two and [D7]half a [G]week
Now I [E7]got a gal she works in a rich folks' [A7]yard
She [D7]brings me meals, she brings me [G]lard
[G]She brings me [B7]meals, she br[C]ings me [C#dim]lard
[G]She brings me e[E7]veryt[A7]hing that s[D7]he can [G]steal
Chorus 1:
I call my [E7]Cora hey hey[A7]
[D7]Along comes Sally with her nose all tore, the [G]doctor says she can't sniff no more
I said [E7]run here doctor, ringin' the bell there's [A7]women in the alley
[G]I'm simply [E7]wild a[A7]bout my [D7]good [G]cocaine.
( Tab from: http://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/d/david_bromberg/cocaine_blues_crd.html )
[E7]You know the furniture man come to my door last Sunday [A7]morn'
[D7]He asked me was my wife at home, I said [G]no she's been long gone.
And then he [E7]backed his truck right up to my door and he [A7]took everything I had
And [G]carted on back to the [E7]furniture store I de[A7]clare I [D7]did feel [G]sad.
[E7]What in the world has anybody got to do with a [A7]furniture man?
If you g[D7]ot no dough to put up a show he'll [G]take everything he can.
He'll [E7]take everything from ugly plant, a [A7]skillet to a frying pan,
If there [G]ever was a devil [E7]without any horns, it [A7]must've been a [D7]furniture [G]man
Chorus 2:
I call my [E7]Cora hey yeah[A7]
[D7]Along comes Sally with her nose all tore, the [G]doctor says she can't sniff no more
He says [E7]cocaine's for horses, it's not for men, [A7]he says it's gonna kill me but he don't say when
I'm [G]simply [E7]wild a[A7]bout my [D7]good co[G]caine.
[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.
It's played with an alternating bass, but only two bass notes per measure.
The G turnaround is played like:
E-3-------------3
B-0-3-2-1-0-----0
G-0-4-3-2-0-----0
D-0-------------0
A-2---------2----
E-3-----------3--
From the recording by David Bromberg
Album: My Own House
Web site: http://www.davidbromberg.net
Thanks to E. Hartman.
Intro:
[E7] [A7] [D7] [G]
[G] [B7] [C] [C#dim] [G] [E7] [A7] [D7] [G]
I said [E7]come here mama don't you take me for no [A7]fool
I [D7]wouldn't quit you woman while the [G]weather's cool
[G]Around your [B7]back door, honey, [C]I will make my [C#dim]creep
Just as [G]long as you [E7]earn your [A7]two and [D7]half a [G]week
Now I [E7]got a gal she works in a rich folks' [A7]yard
She [D7]brings me meals, she brings me [G]lard
[G]She brings me [B7]meals, she br[C]ings me [C#dim]lard
[G]She brings me e[E7]veryt[A7]hing that s[D7]he can [G]steal
Chorus 1:
I call my [E7]Cora hey hey[A7]
[D7]Along comes Sally with her nose all tore, the [G]doctor says she can't sniff no more
I said [E7]run here doctor, ringin' the bell there's [A7]women in the alley
[G]I'm simply [E7]wild a[A7]bout my [D7]good [G]cocaine.
( Tab from: http://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/d/david_bromberg/cocaine_blues_crd.html )
[E7]You know the furniture man come to my door last Sunday [A7]morn'
[D7]He asked me was my wife at home, I said [G]no she's been long gone.
And then he [E7]backed his truck right up to my door and he [A7]took everything I had
And [G]carted on back to the [E7]furniture store I de[A7]clare I [D7]did feel [G]sad.
[E7]What in the world has anybody got to do with a [A7]furniture man?
If you g[D7]ot no dough to put up a show he'll [G]take everything he can.
He'll [E7]take everything from ugly plant, a [A7]skillet to a frying pan,
If there [G]ever was a devil [E7]without any horns, it [A7]must've been a [D7]furniture [G]man
Chorus 2:
I call my [E7]Cora hey yeah[A7]
[D7]Along comes Sally with her nose all tore, the [G]doctor says she can't sniff no more
He says [E7]cocaine's for horses, it's not for men, [A7]he says it's gonna kill me but he don't say when
I'm [G]simply [E7]wild a[A7]bout my [D7]good co[G]caine.
[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.
It's played with an alternating bass, but only two bass notes per measure.
The G turnaround is played like:
E-3-------------3
B-0-3-2-1-0-----0
G-0-4-3-2-0-----0
D-0-------------0
A-2---------2----
E-3-----------3--
