1) Version from Gaslight Tapes 2
Standard fingerpicking. The F chord is usually taken with an open 5th string (A) in the bass.
C Yonder come my baby all dressed in red. F Hey baby, I'm better off dead. C G C Cocaine all around my brain.
Refr.:
E(7) Hey baby, won't you come here quick. F This old cocaine is making me sick. C G C Cocaine all around my brain. Yonder come a baby all dressed in white, hey baby won't you stay all night. Cocaine all around my brain. Hey mama, won't you come here quick. This old cocaine is making me sick. Cocaine all around my brain. Yonder come a baby all dressed in blue. Hey baby, what you're gonna do? Cocaine all around my brain. Hey baby, won't you come here quick. This old cocaine is making me sick. Cocaine all around my brain. Well I walked up 10th street turned down main, looking for a guy they call Cocaine. Cocaine all around my brain. Then I walked down 10th street turned down Beale, looking for a guy they call Lucille. Cocaine all around my brain. Yonder come a baby all dressed in white, hey baby won't you stay all night. Cocaine all around my brain. Hey baby, won't you come here quick. This old cocaine is making me sick. Cocaine all around my brain. Lord, cocaine been on my head, goddamn, cocaine my head, cocaine all around my brain.2) Version from Toronto, Canada Aug 7th 1997
C C7 Everytime my baby and me go up town F F#dim The police come and they knock me down C G C Cocaine all around my brain E Hey baby, won't you come here quick. F This old cocaine is making me sick. C G C Cocaine all around my brain.Etc. (Note: The lyrics are not exactly the same as in the version above.