Cocaine Blues by Bob Dylan (1997 Live Version)
Tuning: E A D G B E
Key: C
[Intro]
C F D7/F#
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|3---------------|3---------------|1---------------|2---------------|
B|1---------------|1---------------|1---------------|1---------------|
G|0---------------|0---------------|2---------------|2---------------|
D|2---------------|2---------------|3---------------|0---------------|
A|3---------------|3---------------|----------------|x---------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|2---------------|
C/G G6 F6 C (F#dim G7) C (Csus4) C
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|0---------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|1---------------|----5---5---3---|1---------------|1---------------|
G|0---------------|----------------|0-------5---5---|0---------------|0
D|2---------------|--5---5---3-----|2-------4---3---|2-----------3---|2
A|x---------------|----------------|3---------------|3-----------3---|3
E|3----------0-1-2|3---------------|----------------|----------------|
[Turnaround]
C G C C
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|0---------------|------------1---|----------------|----------------|
B|1---------------|0-----------0---|1-----5---4---3-|1---------------|1
G|0---------------|0-----------0---|0---------------|0----0--0---0---|0
D|2---------------|0-----------0---|2-----5---4---3-|2----2--2---0---|2
A|3---------------|----------------|3---------------|3-------0---2---|3
E|-----------0-1-2|3---------------|----------------|-----3----------|
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[Intro]
| C | % | F | D7/F# |
| C/G | G6 F6 | C | % |
[Verse 1]
C C7
Every time my baby and me we go up town
F D7/F#
Police come and they knock me down
C/G G G7 | C Csus4 | C |
Cocaine all around my brain
E
Hey baby, better come here quick.
F
This old cocaine is makin’ me sick.
C G G7 | C | C |
Cocaine all around my brain (turnaround)
[Verse 2]
C C7
Yonder comes by baby, she's dressed in red
F D7/F#
She's got a shot-gun, says she's gonna kill me dead.
C/G G G7 | C Csus4 | C |
Cocaine all around my brain
E
Hey baby, better come here quick.
F
This old cocaine is makin’ me sick.
C/G G G7 | C | C |
Cocaine all around my brain (turnaround)
[Solo]
| C | % | F | D7/F# |
| C/G | G6 F6 | C | % |
| E | % | F | % |
| C/G | G | C | % |
[Verse 3]
C C7
You take Mary and I'll take Sue
F D7/F#
Ain't no difference between the two
C/G G G7 | C | % |
Cocaine all around my brain
E
Hey baby, you better come here quick.
F
This old cocaine here is makin’ me sick.
C/G G | C | C |
Cocaine all around my brain (turnaround)
[Verse 4]
C C7
Cocaine's for horses and it's not for men
F D7/F#
Doctor said it kill you, but he don't say when.
C/G G G7 | C | % |
Cocaine all around my brain
E
Hey baby, you better come here quick.
F
This old cocaine here is makin’ me sick.
C/G G C C
Cocaine all around my brain (coda turnaround, freely)