Tonart: B major•
Intro 1
B
Ooh-
F#
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Ooh- ooh-
Verse 1
B
Well they closed down the auto plant
in Mahwah late that month
B
Ralph went out lookin' for a job
F#
but he couldn't find none
from mixin' Tanqueray and wine
B
He got a gun, shot a night clerk
F#
B
now they call him Johnny 99
Verse 2
B
Down in the part of town
where when you hit a red light you don't stop
B
Johnny's wavin' his gun around
F#
and threatenin' to blow his top
B
When an off- duty cop snuck up
on him from behind
B
Out in front of the Club Tip Top
F#
B
they slapped the cuffs on Johnny 99
Bridge 1
E
Well the city supplied a public defender
B
but the judge was Mean John Brown
He came into the courtroom
F#
and stared poor Johnny down
B
Well the evidence is clear
gonna let the sentence, son, fit the crime
B
Prison for ninety eight and a year
F#
B
and we'll call it even Johnny 99
Solo 1
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E
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B
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F#
B
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Bridge 2
E
A fist fight broke out in the courtroom,
B
they had to drag Johnny's girl away
His mama stood up and shouted,
F#
"Judge don't take my boy this way"
B
Well, son, you got any statement
you'd like to make
B
Before the bailiff comes to
F#
B
forever to take you away
Verse 3
I got debts no honest man could pay
B
The bank was holdin' my mortgage
F#
and takin' my house away
that make me an innocent man
B
But it was more than all this
F#
B
that put that gun in my hand
Verse 4
B
Well your honor I do believe
I'd be better off dead
B
And if you can take a man's life
F#
for the thoughts that's in his head
B
Then won't you sit back in that chair
and think it over judge one more time
B
And let 'em shave off my hair
F#
B
and put me on that execution line
Solo 2
E
E
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F#
F#
B
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F#
B
[Fade out]
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