Tim O'Brien - 99 years and one dark day

^GI've been in this prison twenty years or ^Dmore I^D shot my woman with a 4^G4 I^G'll be right here till my dyin d^Cay ^CI got 99 ye^Gars and o^Dne dark d^Gay

^GWell the food is bad and the beds are ^Dhard ^DI spend all day breakin' rocks in the y^Gard ^GWell there ain't no change, gonna stay that ^Cway ^CI got 99 y^Gears and o^Dne dark da^Gy

^GAin't no singer that can sing a s^Dong ^DAin't no one saying that I ain't w^Grong ^GHis mind's made up, gonna stay that ^Cway ^CI got 99 ^Gyears and o^Dne dark d^Gay

^GI never learned to read, I never learned to w^Drite ^DMy whole life's been one big f^Gight ^GI never heard about the righteous w^Cay ^CI got 99 y^Gears and o^Dne dark ^Gday

^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 o^Dne dark ^Gday ^GI got 99 years and o^Dne dark d^Gay