Ninety-Nine chords by Bill Anderson

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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My mama always told me
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better than to play with a loaded gun
If I'd've just listened to her
G 
she'd've never had a prisoner for a son
The picture's still in front of my
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G 
eyes the echo in my ears
D 
When the jury said he's guilty and
G 
the judge said ninety- nine years
Oh for ninety- nine years I'll watch
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the sunrise over that some old sea
Ninety- nine years nothing but
G 
an empty cell for company
Yet there's not very much that stands
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G 
between me and the freedom I hold dear
D 
Just a thousand bars a big brick wall
G 
and a sentence of ninety- nine years

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Verse 2
G 
I kissed my darling on her tender
D 
lips and they took me by the hand
I had a nice little ride on a ferry boat to
G 
the rock where the prison stands
The warden said as he locked the
C 
G 
door I hope you'll like it here
D 
Just make yourself a home you're gonna
G 
be with us ninety- nine years
I've almost forgotten what my real name
D 
is been a number for so long
Making little bitty rocks out of great big
G 
rocks gets old as the days wear on
But I'll do my best for ninety- nine
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G 
years just try to stay alive
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Cause the Governor said if I'd be good
G 
I'd get out in ninety- five