Two 6s Upside Down chords by Dropkick Murphys

Chords with lyrics

• Difficulty: Beginner

Key: G+G

♫ Intro:

E minorEm


♫ Verse 1:
E minorEm
It's a long old time in a hard rock jail
E minorEm
It's a long old time gone by
    C/GC/G
It's a long old time I've laid in jail
E minorEm *        E minorEm
And I still got 99
E minorEm
You see I set myself in a gambling game
E minorEm
And I couldn't half play my hand
   C/GC/G
I was thinking 'bout that woman I loved
  E minorEm
Run away with another man
E minorEm
Run away with another man
E minorEm
Run away with another man
   C/GC/G
I was thinking 'bout that woman I loved
  E minorEm
Run away with another man
E minorEm
The cards come 'round the table
Lord
E minorEm
I had such a worried mind
     C/GC/G
My stack of gold
I wasted away
  E minorEm
And I lost 'bout 99
E minorEm
I lost 'bout 99
E minorEm
I lost 'bout 99
      C/GC/G
My stack of gold
I wasted away
  E minorEm
And I lost 'bout 99
E minorEm
I walked into the hock shop, boys
E minorEm
I got me a big 44
    C/GC/G
I was thinking 'bout that woman I loved
   E minorEm
That I'd never see no more
E minorEm
That I'd never see no more
E minorEm
That I'd never see no more
   C/GC/G
I was thinking 'bout that woman I loved
   E minorEm
That I'd never see no more

♫ Instrumental:
A minorAm C majorC E minorEm x 2
(Guitar 1 continues playing E minorEm and C/G, but if you wanna play like the original on one guitar A minorAm
C majorC and E minorEm sounds best)

♫ Verse 2:
E minorEm
It wasn't long 'til I seen him again
E minorEm
He run away, left her behind
      C/GC/G
I laid him low with my old 44
    E minorEm
And the judge give me 99
E minorEm
The judge give me 99
E minorEm
The judge give me 99
      C/GC/G
I laid him low with my old 44
    E minorEm
And the judge give me 99
E minorEm
The jury said "You'll have to pay"
E minorEm
The clerk, he looked around
       C/GC/G
The mean old judge, he spoke my number
Lord
EM *
Two 6's upside down
E minorEm
Two 6's upside down
E minorEm
Two 6's upside down
       C/GC/G
The mean old judge, he called my number
Lord
  E minorEm
Two 6's upside down

♫ Chorus:
A minorAm
It's a long old time in a hard rock jail
C majorC
It's a long old time gone by
E minorEm
It's a long old time I've laid in jail
A minorAm
And I still got 99
C majorC
It's a long old time in a hard rock jail
E minorEm
It's a long old time gone by
E minorEm
It's a long old time laid in this jail
E minorEm
And I still got 99

♫ Outro:
E minorEm
Two 6's upside down
E minorEm
Two 6's upside down

* One strum only


NOTE:
Meant to play on acoustic guitar mimicing the bass line (If not you can play C majorC
instead of C/GC/G). So in the intro, verses and outro you pick open E MajorE -> strum, second fret A augmentedA -> strum for E minorEm
and third fret A augmentedA -> strum, third fret E MajorE -> strum for the C/G.