Chords for Billy Strings & Don Julin - 99 Years Is Almost Life - Albino Skunk Fest

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_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] The [D] courtroom was crowded _ and the [A] judge waited there.
_ _ And my mama was crying when [D] I left my chair.
_ _ The sentence was sharp, but it [G] cut like a knife. _ _
And [D] 99 years, [A] boys, is [D] almost for life.
_ I dreamed of the whistle, _ I heard the bells ring.
_ And my sweetheart was coming along with some good [D] news to bring.
_ _ I knew that she loved me, yeah, boys, yeah, [G] she said she'd be true.
_ _ I knew [D] she would save me.
[A] _ I'm as guilty [D] as you. _
Oh, she went for a pardon _ _ or else [A] for parole.
I _ know she'll come back, boys, she's part [D] of my soul.
If she ever failed me, boys, I'd be [G] my dad's blue.
_ I'll [D] stay in your [A] jailhouse.
I'll die [D] in here too. _ _ _ _ _
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Oh, mama! _ _ _ _ _
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_ [A] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [D] _
Well, they said I was a criminal and [A] to my despair.
_ Well, they sent me to Nashville and they cut [D] off my hair.
So come hear my story, boys, I will [G] tell you my fate.
_ I am serving [D] here in [A] Nashville for [D] another man's hate.
_ Well, I just got this letter from _ [A] Nashville town.
_ Yes, and after I read it, boys, [D] my spirit broke down. _
It said that my sweetheart and the judge [G] would be wed.
_ And here [D] in your _ [A] jailhouse, I [D] wish I was dead.
_ No matter how fine _ of a [A] man he may be, _
bad company will send him to some old prison [D] just like me.
_ So come hear my story, boys, I'll [E] get you [G] a wife.
_ For 99 [D]
years, [A] boys, is [D] almost for life. _
And 99 years, [A] boys, is almost for life.
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_ _ Thank you folks so very much! _ _ _
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