Bruce Springsteen - Johnny 99

Well they cl^Bosed down the auto plant in Mahwah late that m^Bonth Ralph went out l^Bookin' for a job but he couldn't find n^F#one He came h^Bome too drunk from mixin'Tanqueray and w^Bine He got a g^Bun shot a night clerk now they c^F#all him Johnny 9^B9 Down in the part of town where when you hit a red light you don't stop Johnny's wavin' his g^Bun around and threatenin' to blow his ^F#top When an ^Boff duty cop snuck up on him from behind Out in front of the Cl^Bub Tip Top they slapped the c^F#uffs on Johnny 9^B9 Well the city suppl^Eied a public defender but the j^Budge was Mean John Brown He came into the c^Bourtroom and stared poor Johnny d^F#own Well the ^Bevidence is clear gonna let the sentence son fit the crime Prison for 9^B8 and a year and we'll call it ^F#even Johnny 9^B9

A fistf^Eight broke out in the courtroom they had to dr^Bag Johnny's girl away His mama stood up and shouted Judge don't take my boy this ^F#way Well s^Bon you got any statement you'd like to make Before the b^Bailiff comes to for^F#ever take you a^Bway Now judge judge I had debts no honest man could pay The bank was h^Boldin' my mortgage and they was takin' my house a^F#way Now ^BI ain't sayin' that makes me an innocent man But it was m^Bore 'n all this that p^F#ut that gun in my h^Band Well your honour 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 ^F#head Then won't you sit ^Bback in that chair and think it over judge one more time And let 'em sh^Bave off my hair and p^F#ut me on that execution l^Bine