Key: D minor
Verse 1
Bm
G
Bm
G
Bm
G
Bm
Now
today I'm thinkin'
About the ninth of
June
G
Bm
G
I found my friend and my baby
Bm
At the
Golden
G
Bm
Spoon
G
C#dim
C
C#dim
F#
He jumped off the stool
C#dim
F#
C#dim
An d come at me
F#
C#m
with a knife
C#dim
F#
Bm
Said if we both can't have her,
F#
Bm
G
Bm
so fight for your life
Em
Ninety -nine years in
C
Bm
the penitentiary
Em
Ninety -nine years, baby,
C
Bm
baby, wait for me
Em
C
Ninety -nine years around 2055
Bm
G
Bm
We'll get together,
Em
G
better alive
F#
Bm
G
Now today I'm thinkin'
Bm
about that courtroom trial
G
Bm
G
Bm
G
I was so sad, baby,
Bm
G
saw you weepin' like a child
C#dim
Oh, the jury found me guilty,
F#
C#m
C#dim
F#
C#dim
would n't listen to my plea
F#
C#dim
F#
Bm
An d the judge said, mercy,
F#
Bm
G
Bm
threw the book at me
Em
Ninety -nine years in
C
Bm
the penitentiary
Em
G
Ninety -nine years, baby,
C
Cm
Bm
baby, wait for me
Em
C
Ninety -nine years, around 2055
Bm
Em
G
Bm
We'll get together,
Em
C
better alive
G
C
Cm
Now today I'm thinkin'
About my old friend
Cdim
Turk
Cm
Must be laughin' with the angels
Loafin' while I work
C##
Cm
G
Ddim
They beat me when I don't
G#dim
G
D
And they beat me when I do
G
Ddim
And they'd me when I'd lose
G
Cm
Hey, but I can't take it
G
Cm
Ab
Cm
C
Baby, for you
Fm
Db
C
Ninety -nine years in the penitentiary
Fm
Ninety -nine years
Db
C
Baby, baby, wait for me
Fm
Ninety -nine years
Db
Round 2055
C
Fm
C
We'll get together
Gb
Eb
Cm
Fm
C
Dead or alive
Fm
Ninety -Nine
Db
C
Years
Fm
Ninety -Nine
Years
Db
C
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