Cocaine Blues

Cocaine Blues chords by Dave Van Ronk Share Report Print

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Strum fallbackdown-up eighths

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Intro:
   C   F
   C F G C G C

Verse 1:
      C
Every time me and my baby we go uptown
F
  Police come and they knock me down
C         F          G              C G C
  Cocaine   run all 'round my brain
E
  Yeah baby, come here quick
F
  This old cocaine 'bout to make me sick
C         F          G        C     G C
  Cocaine   run all 'round my brain

Verse 2:
C
Yonder come my baby, dressed in red
F
  She's got a shot-gun, says she's gonna kill me dead
C         F          G        C     G C
  Cocaine   run all 'round my brain
E    F
C         F          G              C G C
  Cocaine   run all 'round my brain

Verse 3:
C
Early one morning, half past four
F
  Cocaine knocking at my door
C         F          G        C     G C
  Cocaine   run all 'round my brain

Interlude:
   E   F
   C F G C G C

Verse 4:
C
  You take Mary, I'll take Sue
F
  Ain't no difference betwixt the two
C         F          G        C      G C
  Cocaine   run all 'round my brain
E
  Yeah baby, come here quick
F
  This old cocaine 'bout to make me sick
C           F G C G C
  Cocaine...

Verse 5:
C
Started down Beale Street and I'm turnin' up Main
F
  Lookin' for a gal who sells Cocaine
C         F          G        C     G C
  Cocaine   run all 'round my brain
E    F
C         F          G        C      G C
  Cocaine   run all 'round my brain

Verse 6:
        C
Well, I reached into my pocket, grabbed my poke
F
  Note in my pocket says no more coke
C         F          G        C      G C
  Cocaine   run all 'round my brain
   E      F
Mm hmm mm hmmm
C         F          G        C      G C
  Cocaine   run all 'round my brain

Verse 7:
  C
Cocaine's for horses, not for men
F
  They tell me it'll kill me but they don't say when
C         F          G        C      G C
  Cocaine   run all 'round my brain
E
  Yeah baby, come here quick
F
  This old cocaine 'bout to make me sick
C         F          G        C      G C
  Cocaine   run all 'round my brain

Outro:
   C   F
   C F G C G C
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How to play Cocaine Blues on ukulele

Cocaine Blues is usually fingerpicked on ukulele rather than strummed. If you would rather strum, the down-up eighths works as a fallback. The groove sits around 95 bpm, a medium pace, and it swings lightly. You are playing it in C major. Nothing scary in the shapes, it sits on the easy ukulele songs list at the novice level. Fingerpick an alternating bass and let the blues notes swing.

4 ukulele chords used in "Cocaine Blues" by Dave Van Ronk: C, E, F and G

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Dave Van Ronk (June 30, 1936 – February 10, 2002) was a folk singer born in Brooklyn, New York, who settled in Greenwich Village, New York City, and was nicknamed the "Mayor of MacDougal Street." He was best known as a pioneer of the acoustic blues revival, but his work ranged from old English ballads to Bertolt Brecht, rock, New Orleans jazz, and swing. He was a pioneer of instrumental ragtime guitar, as well as an early supporter of Bob Dylan and Joni Mitchell, among many others.

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Intro:
   C   F
   C F G C G C

Verse 1:
      C
Every time me and my baby we go uptown
F
  Police come and they knock me down
C         F          G              C G C
  Cocaine   run all 'round my brain
E
  Yeah baby, come here quick
F
  This old cocaine 'bout to make me sick
C         F          G        C     G C
  Cocaine   run all 'round my brain

Verse 2:
C
Yonder come my baby, dressed in red
F
  She's got a shot-gun, says she's gonna kill me dead
C         F          G        C     G C
  Cocaine   run all 'round my brain
E    F
C         F          G              C G C
  Cocaine   run all 'round my brain

Verse 3:
C
Early one morning, half past four
F
  Cocaine knocking at my door
C         F          G        C     G C
  Cocaine   run all 'round my brain

Interlude:
   E   F
   C F G C G C

Verse 4:
C
  You take Mary, I'll take Sue
F
  Ain't no difference betwixt the two
C         F          G        C      G C
  Cocaine   run all 'round my brain
E
  Yeah baby, come here quick
F
  This old cocaine 'bout to make me sick
C           F G C G C
  Cocaine...

Verse 5:
C
Started down Beale Street and I'm turnin' up Main
F
  Lookin' for a gal who sells Cocaine
C         F          G        C     G C
  Cocaine   run all 'round my brain
E    F
C         F          G        C      G C
  Cocaine   run all 'round my brain

Verse 6:
        C
Well, I reached into my pocket, grabbed my poke
F
  Note in my pocket says no more coke
C         F          G        C      G C
  Cocaine   run all 'round my brain
   E      F
Mm hmm mm hmmm
C         F          G        C      G C
  Cocaine   run all 'round my brain

Verse 7:
  C
Cocaine's for horses, not for men
F
  They tell me it'll kill me but they don't say when
C         F          G        C      G C
  Cocaine   run all 'round my brain
E
  Yeah baby, come here quick
F
  This old cocaine 'bout to make me sick
C         F          G        C      G C
  Cocaine   run all 'round my brain

Outro:
   C   F
   C F G C G C