Johnny 99 chords by The Loved Ones

Chords with lyrics

Verse 1:
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Well they closed down the auto
plant in Mahwah late that month
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Ralph went out looking for a
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job but he couldn't find none
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He came home too drunk from
mixing Tanqueray and wine
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Got a gun shot a night clerk
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now they call him Johnny 99

Verse 2:
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Down in the part of town where
when you hit a red light you
don't stop Johnny's waving his
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gun around threatening to blow
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his top Til an off duty cop
snuck up on him from behind
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Out front of the club Tip Top
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they slapped the cuffs on Johnny 99


Chorus 1:
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Well the city supplied a public
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defender but the judge was mean
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John Brown He came into the
courtroom and stared young Johnny
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down Well the evidence is clear
gonna let the sentence son fit
the crime Prison for 98 and a
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year and call it even Johnny 99


Post Chorus:
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Chorus 2:
 E MajorE
A augmentedA fist fight broke out in the
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courtroom they had to drag
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Johnny's girl away His mama
stood up and shouted Judge
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don't take my boy this way
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Well son you got any
statement you'd like to make
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Fore the bailiff come
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to forever take you away


Verse 4:
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Judge judge I had debts
no honest man could pay
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The bank was holding my
mortgage and were gonna
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take my house away
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Well I ain't saying that
makes me an innocent man
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But it was more than all this
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that put that gun in my hand


Chorus 3/Outro:
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Well your honor I do believe
I'd be better off dead And if
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you can take a man's life for
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the thoughts that's in his head
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Well sit back in that chair
and think it over judge
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one more time Gonna shave
off my hair and put me
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on that execution line