{"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":320046,"song":"Johnny 99","artist":"Bruce Springsteen","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/320046-johnny-99-chords-by-bruce-springsteen/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/320046?type=chord","rating":5,"votes":144,"content":"For questions or corrections: ssteinwender@gmx.at\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]B[/ch]  [ch]B[/ch]  [ch]F#[/ch]  [ch]B[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab]            [ch]B[/ch]                                             [ch]B[/ch]\r\nWell they closed down the auto plant in Mahwah late that month[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]B[/ch]                                        [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nRalph went out lookin' for a job   but he couldn't find none[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]B[/ch]                                       [ch]B[/ch]\r\nHe came home too drunk from mixin'Tanqueray and wine[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]B[/ch]                               [ch]F#[/ch]              [ch]B[/ch]\r\nHe got a gun shot a night clerk now they call him Johnny 99[/tab]\r\nDown in the part of town where when you hit a red light you don't stop\r\n[tab]                     [ch]B[/ch]                                     [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nJohnny's wavin' his gun around and threatenin' to blow his top[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]B[/ch]\r\nWhen an off duty cop snuck up on him from behind[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]B[/ch]                            [ch]F#[/ch]              [ch]B[/ch]\r\nOut in front of the Club Tip Top they slapped the cuffs on Johnny 99[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]E[/ch]                                [ch]B[/ch]\r\nWell the city supplied a public defender   but the judge was Mean John Brown[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]B[/ch]                                [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nHe came into the courtroom and stared poor Johnny down[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]B[/ch]\r\nWell the evidence is clear gonna let the sentence son fit the crime[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]B[/ch]                              [ch]F#[/ch]           [ch]B[/ch]\r\nPrison for 98 and a year and we'll call it even Johnny 99[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[HARMONICA:]  [ch]B[/ch]  [ch]B[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]B[/ch]    [ch]B[/ch]  [ch]B[/ch]  [ch]F#[/ch]  [ch]B[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]E[/ch]                                               [ch]B[/ch]\r\nA fistfight broke out in the courtroom   they had to drag Johnny's girl away[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                           [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nHis mama stood up and shouted Judge don't take my boy this way[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]B[/ch]\r\nWell son you got any statement you'd like to make[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]B[/ch]                  [ch]F#[/ch]             [ch]B[/ch]\r\nBefore the bailiff comes to forever take you away[/tab]\r\nNow judge judge I had debts no honest man could pay\r\n[tab]              [ch]B[/ch]                                                [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nThe bank was holdin' my mortgage and they was takin' my house away[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]B[/ch]\r\nNow I ain't sayin' that makes me an innocent man[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]B[/ch]                     [ch]F#[/ch]                 [ch]B[/ch]\r\nBut it was more 'n all this that put that gun in my hand[/tab]\r\nWell your honour I do believe I'd be better off dead\r\n[tab]                                                                [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nAnd if you can take a man's life for the thoughts that's in his head[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]B[/ch]\r\nThen won't you sit back in that chair and think it over judge one more time[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]B[/ch]                    [ch]F#[/ch]                       [ch]B[/ch]\r\nAnd let 'em shave off my hair and put me on that execution line[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]B[/ch]  [ch]F#[/ch]  [ch]B[/ch]     [ch]B[/ch]  [ch]B[/ch]  [ch]F#[/ch]  [ch]B[/ch]","plain_text":"For questions or corrections: ssteinwender@gmx.at\n\n\n\n[Intro]\nB  B  F#  B\n\n\n\n\n\nDown in the part of town where when you hit a red light you don't stop\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[HARMONICA:]  B  B  E  B    B  B  F#  B\n\n\n\n\n\nNow judge judge I had debts no honest man could pay\n\n\n\nWell your honour I do believe I'd be better off dead\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\n E  B  F#  B     B  B  F#  B","chords":["B","F#","E","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]}}}