Cocaine Blues

As Performed By Billy Strings

Tabbed by Marcel Ardans
Standard tuning

Potatoes
sl. sl. sl.
 1 2 3 4
sl.

                           
                  
sl. sl. sl. sl.

0
 0
4 5
0
5
0
5
0
5
0
5
0
5
0
4 5
0
5
0
5
0
5
0
5
0
5
0
4 5
0
5
0
5
0
5
0
5
0
5
0
5
0
5
0
5
0
5
2

A Billy's First Break

G C
     
5 6
   7 8

          
      
                     
3 3 3
3 3 5 3 (1) (1)
 4 4 4 0 (0) (0)
(0) (0)
2 0 2 0
2
(0) (0)
(2) (2)
2 0 2 0
2 3

D G D
 9
  10 11

    
12     sl.

                
   
                      sl.
2 2
3 3 (0) (0) 1 1 (0) 0
 4 4
2
4 0 4 2 0 4 2 0 0
(0) (0) (0)
(0) (0) 2
(0)
1 0
2 2 (0) 2
2

G C
     
13 14
   15 16

          
      



                       
3 3 3
3 3 5 3 (1) (1) (1) (1)
 4 4 4 0 (0) (0)
(0) (0)
2 0 2 0
2
(0) (0)
(2) (2)
2 0 2 0
2
(0) (0)
(2) (2)

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 D       
17 18

     
P
19
G sl. P
20

    
     
               P
     sl. P

0 3 3 3 3 0
3 0 0 0
 3 3 2 0
2 0
0
0 2 0
0
0 1 2

B Billy's Second Break

G C
 21
sl.
22    23
 24 25

              

      
 
 sl.
           
3 3 3
0 3 3 5 3 0 (1) (1) 0
 2 4 4 4 0 (0) (0)
(0) (0)
2 2 0
2
(0) (0)
(2) (2)
2 2 0
2 3

D G D
 26

 27 28

   
29     
                  
  
                        
2 2 2
3 3 (0) (0) 3 3 3 0 3
 4 4
2
4 0 4 2 0 4 2 0 0
(0) (0) (0)
(0) (0) 2
(0)
1 0
2 2 2
2

 G               
30 31 32
C 33
       
sl.

 
      

       sl.
0 3 0 0
3 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 1
 3 3 2 0
2 0 0 1 2
0 2 2 0 2 0
3 4
3

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D P G
 34              35
sl.
36
H

 
sl.
37 38

     
           
         sl. P
     
H sl.
2 5 2 0 2 3 0
3 3 0 3 3
 0
3 4 0
2 0
0
0 2
0
0
0 0 0
0 0 0 2 0
0
1 2 2
3

C Billy's Third Break

G C sl.
   39 40
               41 42


43
 
           
               sl.
0 3 0 0
0 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 1
 3 3 2 0
2 0 0 1 2
0 2 2 0 2 0
3 4
3

sl.
D G P sl.

 44  45       sl.
46
P
47
P

 
            
 
               
sl. sl. P P sl. P
2 5 2 0 2 3 0 0
3 3 0 3 1 0 0
 0
3 4 3 2 0
2 0
0 2 3 2 0
2 0
0
0

G sl. C
 48 49 50 51
    
                           
  
  sl.                    
0 1 1 (1) (1) 1
 0
3 5
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 2 0 0 1 2
0 2 0
2
(0) (0) 0
(2) (2) 2
2 3

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D P
G
                
52 53 54
P sl. P
55

        
    
               P
    
P sl. P

1 3 3 3 3 1
3 1 0 0
 3 3 2 0
2 0
0
2 0 0 2 0
0
1 2

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