Ninety Nine Years Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[Am]Now[F][Am][F][Am][F][Am]
today I'm thinkin'
About the ninth of
June
[F]I f[Am]ound my friend and my baby[F]
[Am]At the
Golden
[F]Spoon[Am]
[F]He [Bdim]jumped off [Bb]the s[Bdim]tool[E]
[Bdim]An d come [E]at m[Bdim]e
with a [E]knife[Bm]
[Bdim]Said if [E]we bot[Am]h can't have her,
so [E]fight for your [Am]life[F][Am]
[Dm]Ninety -nine years in
the [Bb]peniten[Am]tiary
[Dm]Ninety -nine years, baby,
[Bb]baby, wait [Am]for me
[Dm]Ninety -nine years around [Bb]2055
[Am]We'll get [F]togeth[Am]er,
better [Dm]alive[F]
[E]Now [Am]today I'm think[F]in'
[Am]about that courtroom trial
[F]I w[Am]as so[F] sad, [Am]baby,[F]
[Am]saw you weepin' like a c[F]hild
Oh, the [Bdim]jury found me guilty,
[E]wou[Bm]ld n'[Bdim]t listen[E] to [Bdim]my plea
[E]An [Bdim]d the j[E]udge[Am] said, mercy,
threw [E]the book at [Am]me[F][Am]
[Dm]Ninety -nine years in
the [Bb]peniten[Am]tiary
[Dm]Ninety -nine years, [F]baby,
[Bb]baby, [Bbm]wait f[Am]or me
[Dm]Ninety -nine years, around [Bb]2055
[Am]We'l[Dm]l get togeth[F]er,[Am]
better [Dm]alive[Bb]
[F]Now[Bb] toda[Bbm]y I'm thinkin'
About my old friend
[Bbdim]Turk
[Bbm]Must be laughin' with the angels
Loafin' while I work
They beat me [B#]when I [Bbm]don't[F][Cdim]
[F#dim]And they [F]beat me wh[C]en I do
[F]And the[Cdim]y'd me when I'd lose
[F]Hey, but [Bbm]I can't take it
[F]Baby, for [Bbm]you[Gb][A#m][A#]
[D#m]Ninety -nine years in the [B]peniten[A#]tiary
[D#m]Ninety -nine years
[B]Baby, baby, [A#]wait for me
[D#m]Ninety -nine years
Round [Cb]2055
[Bb]We'l[D#m]l get [A#]together
Dead or [E]alive[C#][A#m][D#m][A#]
[D#m]Ninety -Nine
[B]Years[A#]
[D#m]Ninety -Nine
Years
[Cb][Bb]