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Two 6s Upside Down by Dropkick Murphys

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Key: G

♫ Intro: 

Em



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

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

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

♫ Chorus: 
Am
It's a long old time in a hard rock jail
C
It's a long old time gone by
Em
It's a long old time I've laid in jail
Am
And I still got 99
C
It's a long old time in a hard rock jail
Em
It's a long old time gone by
Em
It's a long old time laid in this jail
Em
And I still got 99

♫ Outro: 
Em
Two 6's upside down
Em
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 
instead of C/G). So in the intro, verses and outro you pick open E -> strum, second fret A -> strum for Em 
and third fret A -> strum, third fret E -> strum for the C/G.