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[Intro]
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Hoo-hoo-hoo
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Hoo-hoo-hoo
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Ooh-ooh-ooh
[Verse 1]
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Well, they closed down the auto plant
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In Mahwah late last month
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Ralph went out lookin' for a job
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But he couldn't find none
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He came home too drunk
From mixin' Tanqueray and wine
He got a gun, shot a night clerk
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Now they call him Johnny 99
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Down in the part of town
[Verse 2]
Where when you hit a red light,
you don't stop
Johnny's wavin' his gun around
E
And threatenin' to blow his top
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When an off-duty cop snuck up on him from behind
Out in front of the Club Tip Top,
E A
They slapped the cuffs on Johnny 99
[Verse 3]
Well,
D
the city supplied a public defender
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But the judge was Mean John Brown
E
He came into the courtroom and stared poor Johnny down
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"Well, the evidence is clear
Gonna let the sentence, son,
fit the crime
Prison for 98 and a year
E A
And we'll call it even, Johnny 99"
[Harmonica Solo 1]
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[Verse 4]
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A fistfight broke out in the courtroom,
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They had to drag Johnny's girl away
His mama stood up and shouted
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"Judge, don't take my boy this way"
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"Well, son,
you got any statement you'd like to make
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Before the bailiff comes to forever take you away?"
[Verse 5]
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"Now, judge, judge,
I got debts no honest man could pay
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The bank was holdin' my mortgage and takin' my house away
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Now I ain't sayin' that made me an innocent man
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But it was more than all this that put that gun in my hand
[Verse 6]
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Well, Your Honor,
I do believe I'd be better off dead
And if you can take a man's life for the thoughts that's in
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his head
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Then won't you sit back in that chair
And think it over, judge, one more time?
And let 'em shave off my hair
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And put me on that execution line"
Woo!
[Harmonica Solo 2]
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[Fade Out]
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[Intro]
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Hoo-hoo-hoo
Hoo-hoo-hoo
Ooh-ooh-ooh
[Verse 1]
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Well, they closed down the auto plant
In Mahwah late last month
Ralph went out lookin' for a job
But he couldn't find none
He came home too drunk
From mixin' Tanqueray and wine
He got a gun, shot a night clerk
Now they call him Johnny 99
Down in the part of town
[Verse 2]
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| - - | - - | - E | - A |
| - - | -
Where when you hit a red light,
you don't stop
Johnny's wavin' his gun around
And threatenin' to blow his top
When an off-duty cop snuck up on him from behind
Out in front of the Club Tip Top,
They slapped the cuffs on Johnny 99
[Verse 3]
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| - E | - - | - A | - - |
| - - | - - | - - | - E |
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Well,
the city supplied a public defender
But the judge was Mean John Brown
He came into the courtroom and stared poor Johnny down
"Well, the evidence is clear
Gonna let the sentence, son,
fit the crime
Prison for 98 and a year
And we'll call it even, Johnny 99"
[Harmonica Solo 1]
A | - - |
| - - | - - | - D | - - |
| - A | - - | - - | - - |
| - - | - - | - - | - E |
| - A | - - | -
[Verse 4]
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A fistfight broke out in the courtroom,
They had to drag Johnny's girl away
His mama stood up and shouted
"Judge, don't take my boy this way"
"Well, son,
you got any statement you'd like to make
Before the bailiff comes to forever take you away?"
[Verse 5]
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| - - | - E | - - | - A |
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"Now, judge, judge,
I got debts no honest man could pay
The bank was holdin' my mortgage and takin' my house away
Now I ain't sayin' that made me an innocent man
But it was more than all this that put that gun in my hand
[Verse 6]
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Well, Your Honor,
I do believe I'd be better off dead
And if you can take a man's life for the thoughts that's in
his head
Then won't you sit back in that chair
And think it over, judge, one more time?
And let 'em shave off my hair
And put me on that execution line"
Woo!
[Harmonica Solo 2]
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| - - | - - | - E | - - |
| - A | - - | - - | - - |
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[Fade Out]
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