Hi all! This is not how jackson plays it, it is a simplyfied version acoustic guitar
basic chords.
The chords are G, D, and C. You can add in solos between verses if you like, anything in
scale of G works well. You can use any basic strumming rythms. It helps to get quieter
slower towards the end of the piece.
It's a very free-flowing song, so it helps to experiment to get your own style of playing.
Intro: G D G C
G D
You take Sally, and I'll take Sue
G C
There ain't no difference between the two
G D C
Cocaine, running all around my brain*
G
Headin' down Scott
D
And turning out Maine
G
Lookin for that girl
C
who sells cocaine
G D
Cocaine, running all around my brain
G D
Oohh, mama, please come quick,
G C
That old cocaine's gonna make me sick
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/j/jackson_browne/cocaine_crd.html ]
G D C
Cocaine, running all around my brain*
G D
Late one night about a quarter past four
G C
Ladanyi knock down my hotel room door
G D
"Where's the cocaine?" I said it's running all around my brain*
G D G C
G D
Went to see the doctor down the hospital
G C (fade chord)
He said, "Son it says here your 27, but that's impossible"
G D C
Cocaine, "You look like you could be 45."
G D G C
(slow down on this next verse)
G
Now I'm losing touch with reality
D
I'm on my final blow
G C
It's such a fine line, I hate to see it go,
G D C
Cocaine, running all around my brain
(optional) Short solo in G scale or G D G C, then G7.
*Optional solo
