{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2129525,"song":"Johnny 99","artist":"Johnny Cash","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/2129525-johnny-99-chords-by-johnny-cash/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2129525?type=chord","rating":4.56563,"votes":15,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]D[/ch]\r\n[ch]D[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWell they closed down the auto plant in Mahwah late last month[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nRalph went out lookin' for a job but he couldn't find none[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe came home too drunk from mixin' Tanqueray and wine[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                    [ch]A[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe got a gun shot a night clerk now they call him Johnny 99[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nDawn in that part of town where when you hit red light you don't stop[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nJohnny's wavin' his gun around and threatin' to blow his top[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhen an off duty cop snuck up on him on from behind[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                  [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOut in front of the club Tip Top they slapped the cuffs on Johnny 99[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch]                                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWell the city supplied a public defender but the judge was mean John Brown[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHe came into the courtroom and stared poor Johnny down[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWell the evidence is clear gonna let the sentence fit the crime[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                      [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nPrison for 98 and a year will make it even Johnny 99[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Solo]\r\n[ch]D[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]    x2\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                                            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nA fist fight broke out in the courtroom they had to drag Johnny's girl away[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHis mama stood up and shouted judge don't take my boy this way[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWell son you got any statement you'd like to make[/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]E[/ch]\r\nBefore the bailiff comes to forever take you away[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]E[/ch]\r\nYes judge I got debts no honest man could pay[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                          [ch]B[/ch]\r\nThe bank was holdin' my mortgage they was takin' my house away[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]E[/ch]\r\nNow I ain't sayin' that makes me an innocent man[/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]B[/ch]                       [ch]E[/ch]\r\nBut it was more than all this that put that gun in my hand[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd your honor I do believe I'd be better off dead[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                              [ch]B[/ch]\r\nIf you can take a man's life for the thoughts that are in his head[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThen won't you sit back in that chair and think it over one more time[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                  [ch]B[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd let 'em shave off my hair and burn Johnny 99[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[ch]E[/ch]\r\n[ch]E[/ch]    [ch]B[/ch]    [ch]E[/ch]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nD\nD    A    D\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Solo]\nD    A    x2\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\nE\nE    B    E","chords":["D","A","G","E","B"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}