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99 Years And One Dark Day

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[Intro]
G  D  G  C  G  D  G
[Verse]
GI've been in this prison twenty years or Dmore
I Dshot my woman with a 4G4
IG'll be right here till my dyin dCay
CI got 99 yeGars and oDne dark dGay
[Verse]
GWell the food is bad and the beds are Dhard
DI spend all day breakin' rocks in the yGard
GWell there ain't no change, gonna stay that Cway
CI got 99 yGears and oDne dark daGy
[Verse]
GAin't no singer that can sing a sDong
DAin't no one saying that I ain't wGrong
GHis mind's made up, gonna stay that Cway
CI got 99 Gyears and oDne dark dGay
[Verse]
GI never learned to read, I never learned to wDrite
DMy whole life's been one big fGight
GI never heard about the righteous wCay
CI got 99 yGears and oDne dark Gday
[Verse]
GI remember a time many years Dago
DI shot my woman with a G44
GI'll be right here till my dyin' Cday
CI got 99 Gyears and oDne dark Gday
[Outro]
GI got 99 years and oDne dark dGay

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99 Years And One Dark Day

by Tim O'Brien

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

[Intro]

G D G C G D G

[Verse]

G D

I've been in this prison twenty years or more

D G

I shot my woman with a 44

G C

I'll be right here till my dyin day

C G D G

I got 99 years and one dark day

[Verse]

G D

Well the food is bad and the beds are hard

D G

I spend all day breakin' rocks in the yard

G C

Well there ain't no change, gonna stay that way

C G D G

I got 99 years and one dark day

[Verse]

G D

Ain't no singer that can sing a song

D G

Ain't no one saying that I ain't wrong

G C

His mind's made up, gonna stay that way

C G D G

I got 99 years and one dark day

[Verse]

G D

I never learned to read, I never learned to write

D G

My whole life's been one big fight

G C

I never heard about the righteous way

C G D G

I got 99 years and one dark day

[Verse]

G D

I remember a time many years ago

D G

I shot my woman with a 44

G C

I'll be right here till my dyin' day

C G D G

I got 99 years and one dark day

[Outro]

G D G

I got 99 years and one dark day

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