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