#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the work of fans and represents their interpretation of the song.# #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# Johnny 99 - Bruce Springsteen B F# B Oooooh Oooooh Well they closed down the auto plant in Mahwah late that month F# Ralph went out lookin' for a job but he couldn't find none B He came home too drunk from mixin' Tanqueray and wine F# B He got a gun shot a night clerk now they call'm Johnny 99 Down in the part of town where when you hit a red light you don't stop F# Johnny's wavin' his gun around and threatenin' to blow his top B When an off-duty cop snuck up on him from behind F# B Out in front of the Club Tip Top they slapped the cuffs on Johnny 99 E B Well the city supplied a public defender but the judge was Mean John Brown F# He came into the courtroom and stared young Johnny down B Well the evidence is clear gonna let the sentence son fit the crime F# B Prison for 98 and a year and we'll call it even Johnny 99 | B | B | B | B | E | E | B | B | | B | B | B | B | E | F# | B | B | E B A fist fight broke out in the courtroom they had to drag Johnny's girl away F# His mama stood up and shouted "Judge don't take my boy this way" B Well son you got a statement you'd like to make F# B Before the bailiff comes to forever take you away Now judge I had debts no honest man could pay F# The bank was holdin' my mortgage and they were gonna take my house away B Now I ain't sayin' that makes me an innocent man F# B But it was more `n all this that put that gun in my hand Well your honor I do believe I'd be better off dead F# So if you can take a man's life for the thoughts that's in his head B Then sit back in that chair and think it over judge one more time F# B And let `em shave off my hair and put me on that execution line | B | E | to fade out E A B --0--0--2-- --0--2--4-- --1--2--4-- --2--2--4-- --2--0--2-- --0--------