99 Years Is Almost For Life Chords by Dave Evans & River Bend

The courtroom was _ crowded
_ _ The judge [A] waited there _ _ _ _
My mother was high
Yeah, _ oh when I [D] left my chair _ _ _
For the sinhera _ _
Oh
_ Oh it cut [G] like a knife _ _ _
For [D] 99 _ years boy
_ _ [A] It almost [D] fall I _ _ _
_ Dreamed of the way _
So _ I heard [A] the bells ring _ _ _ _
My sweetheart was calm _
but
_ With some good [D] news to bring _ _ _
Or she said there she loved me
_ Oh, she said [G] she'd be true _ _ _ _
She said [D] that she'd say
me
_ _ [A] I'm gonna [D] tell you _ _ _ _
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Well, they said I was
criminal
_ _ I'm to my [A] despair _ _ _ _
They sent me to Nashville _
_ _ They shaved off [D] my hair _ _ _ so come here my story _
_ _ I will tell you [G] my thing _ _ _
I'm serving [D] in _ Nashville
_ _ [A] For another _
[D] man's head _ _ _
Just got this letter
_ _ _ From [A] Nashville town _ _ _ I am after
_ My _ _ _ _ spirit [D] broke _ down _ _
For said that my _ sweet heart and the judge [G] would be way _ _ _ _
I'm here [D] in this jail _
How _ [A] I wish [D] I was here _ _ _
No matter how right
for _ _ a
man, [A] he may be _ _ _
That company will send
Him _ _ to prison [D] like me _ _
So take a good one
_ _ _ Cause maker [G] you are _ _ _ for [N] now _ _ _
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