Slow Drag Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[C][F]
[C][F][C]
[G][C][G][C]
[G][C]

[Verse 1]
Said [C]I'm
tired [F]of livin' [C]and doing my time
Oh, the judge said, Son,
give you one to 99
Give you one, [F]yeah
[C]Give you 99
I'm gon' give you [F]one year,
I might give [C]you 99
You know you [G]doing time partner
'Cause you have done the crime
[C][G][C]

[Verse 2]
Said I'm tired of living,
in this low- down prison cell
And I wouldn't have been here, baby
Hadn't it been my Big- Legged Nel
[F]Oh, I wouldn't have been in the
hoosegow in the pokey
In the slammer head locked, Big- Legged [C]Nel
I wouldn't have [F]been in the clinker
In the jailhouse, hadn't it been for [C]Nel
She said she [G]was from New Orleans
And she needed protection 'cause
she had something to sell
[C][G]

[Verse 3]
[C]
If I ever get out of this prison, babe
I'm on the job, God, please
I'm gon' take off straight
runnin'
[F]Oh, runnin' [C]up the nearest tree
I'm gonna [F]be run, run,
run, run, run, run, run
Run, run, run, running through the tree
[C]

[Verse 4]
I'm [F]gonna be running,
running for the [C]tree
I'm gon' to [G]be runnin' so fast,
pretty baby
Looks like your daddy's
runnin' on his knees
[C]

[Verse 5]
Said I'm tired of living and doing my time
Oh, the judge said, Son, give [F]you one [C]to 99
If [F]my wife don't give me
no loving
[C]When I come [F]to the church
in the morning
Oh, I'll [C]give you 99
If I [F]don't get no corn liquor
I'm gettin' [C]you a 99
You know you [G]do ing time partner
'Cause you have done the crime

[Verse 6]
[C]Come on,[G][C]
now

[Verse 7]
[C]Oh,[F][C]
[F][C][G]
[C][C]
[C]
yeah
Yup