Johnny 99 Chords by Bruce Springsteen

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[F#] _ _ [B] _ _ _ Well they closed down the auto plant in Marwau late that month
_ Ralph went out looking for a job but he couldn't [F#] find none
He [B] came home too drunk from mixing tangerine and wine
He got a gunshot in that clerk now [F#] they call him Johnny [B] 99
_ Down in the heart of town where we were hit hard that ain't gonna stop
_ Johnny's wave made his gun around that fretting number [F#] boy's top
When [B] that off-duty cop snuck a phone on behind
Out in front of the club tip-top he [F#] slapped the cops on Johnny [B] 99
_ [E] Well the city's proud of public offender [B] but the judge needs John Brown
He came into the courtroom and stared poor [F#] Johnny down
[B] Barely hit and it's clear he's gonna get the sentence on the ground
_ Prison for 98 and a [F#] year and they'll call that even Johnny [B] 99
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_ _ _ _ _ [E] lad broke out in the courtroom [B] they had to drag Johnny's girl away
His [G#m] mama stood [B] up and shouted, judge don't take my [F#] boy this way
[B] Well son you've got a statement you'd like to make
Before the [E] bailiff comes up [F#] for her to take you [B] away
Now judge, judge, I got this honest man to thank
The bank was holding my mortgage and [C#] taking my [F#] house away
Now [B] I ain't saying I'd make me an innocent man
_ But it was more than all this that [F#] put that gun in [B] my hand
Well your honor I do believe I did better off dead
And if you could take a man's life for the thoughts of a [F#] sinner's head
And won't [B] you sit back in that chair and get over judge one more time _
Let him shave off a [F#] hair and the honor [B] execution line _
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