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