Chords for Mavis Staples - "99 and 1/2" (Full Album Stream)

[E] _ _ [Em] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[E] Well, [G] _ _ [A] _ _ _ [E]
I'm running, [Em] _ _ [A] _ I'm trying to [E] make a hundred.
[G] _ _ [A] _ _ _ [E]
Ninety-nine [Em] _ [A] and a half, it [E] won't do.
[G] _ _ [A] _ _ _ [E]
I'm running, [G] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] running for freedom, y [G]'all.
_ [A] _ _ Cause ninety-nine and a half just won't do.
[E] _ _ _ Now, _ if your God won't help you, you better try mine.
_ _ _ My God is a freedom God, _ He'll make a way for you.
In a weary land, _ He'll give you rest when you're tired.
_ Protect you on a danger zone.
_ He'll guide you down a rugged road.
And bring you out on the bright side.
_ [Em] Lord, [A] I'm _ _ _
[E] running, [Em] I'm [A] _ trying to [E] make a hundred.
_ [A] Ninety-nine and a [E] half, it [Em] just won't [A] do.
Roughing up [E] your journey.
[Em] _ _ [A] _ Lord, I'm trying to [E] make a hundred.
[Em] _ _ [A] _ _ _
Ninety-nine _ and a half, it won't do. No, [E] no. _ _
Down in Mississippi. _ _ _ _
Brothers in jail. _ _ _ _ _
Uneducated children.
[A] _ _ It's the [E] 21st century.
_ [A] _ _ It feels [E] like _ 1960.
[A] _ _ _ _ [E]
Broken levees.
[A] _ _ _ _ [E]
Lying politicians.
[A] _ _ _ _ Running [E] through hatred.
_ _ [Am] _ _ _
[E] Homeless babies.
_ _ _ _ Freedom now.
_ Freedom now. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ Freedom.
[E] _ _ _ _ [A] _ I'm running, [E] I'm running.
_ _ [A] _ I'm trying to [E] make a hundred.
[G] _ _ [A] _ _ Cause ninety-nine and a half _ just won't do.
_ _ [E] _ _ My God's a freedom God.
_ My God is a peaceful God.
_ _ He's a living God.
_ _ And He's a merciful God.
_ _ He has a kingdom, you know.
_ _ _ And a city called heaven.
_ _ _ _ Twelve gates to that city.
_ _ Twenty-four elders in the city.
_ _ _ _ Forty-eight angels in the city.
_ [Em] _ [A] The streets are [E] paved with gold.
_ [G] _ [A] _ Have you [E] heard of the city?
[Em] _ [A] _ Don't you want [E] to go?
_ [Em] _ _ [A] _ The address is [E] 100.
_ [G] _ [A] _ I gotta make [E] a hundred.
_ _ [Em] _ [A] _ You see, I got [E] ninety-nine and a [Em] half.
_ [A] But just ain't quite [E] enough.
I [Em] _ [A] _ want to go to [E] that city.
_ [Em] _ [A] _ _ City [E] called heaven.
_ [Em] _ [A] _ _ No [E] more crying.
_ [G] _ [A] _ _ No more [E] hatred.
_ [Em] _ _ [A] _ _
[E] Always howdy, howdy.
[A] _ And never [E] goodbye.
_ _ [Em] _ [A] _ Oh, [E] that city.
_ [Em] _ [A] Come on, don't you [E] want to go?
_ [Em] _ [A] I tell you that address [E] is 100.
_ [A] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ [G] _ [A] 100.
See, [E] _ 99 [Am] and a [A] half.
It [E] just won't do.
[Em] [A] No, no, no, no, no.
[E] 99 _ [A] and a half.
It [E] just won't do.
_ [Em] I'm here to [A] tell you that [E] _ 99 [Em] [A] and a half. _ _
[E] 99 _ [A] and a half. _ _
[E] _ _ [Em] 99 [A] and a half.
It [E] just won't do.
[Em] I [A] can't use it. _ _
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