Key: G
Introduction: Em
Em
It's a long old time in a hard rock jail
Em
It's a long old time gone by
C/G
B7
It's a long old time I've laid in jail
Em
*
And I still got 99
Em
You see I set myself in a gambling game
Em
And I couldn't half play my hand
C/G
B7
I was thinking 'bout that woman I loved
Em
Run away with another man
Em
Run away with another man
Em
Run away with another man
C/G
B7
I was thinking 'bout that woman I loved
Em
Run away with another man
Em
The cards come 'round the table, Lord
Em
I had such a worried mind
C/G
B7
My stack of gold, I wasted away
Em
And I lost 'bout 99
Em
I lost 'bout 99
Em
I lost 'bout 99
C/G
B7
My stack of gold, I wasted away
Em
And I lost 'bout 99
Em
I walked into the hock shop, boys
Em
I got me a big 44
C/G
B7
I was thinking 'bout that woman I loved
Em
That I'd never see no more
Em
That I'd never see no more
Em
That I'd never see no more
C/G
B7
I was thinking 'bout that woman I loved
Em
That I'd never see no more
Am
C
Em
(Guitar 1 continues playing Em and C/G, but if you wanna play like the original
on one guitar Am, C and Em sounds best)
Em
It wasn't long 'til I seen him again
Em
He run away, left her behind
C/G
B7
I laid him low with my old 44
Em
And the judge give me 99
Em
The judge give me 99
Em
The judge give me 99
C/G
B7
I laid him low with my old 44
Em
And the judge give me 99
Em
The jury said "You'll have to pay"
Em
The clerk, he looked around
C/G
B7
The mean old judge, he spoke my number, Lord
Em
*
Two 6's upside down
Em
Two 6's upside down
Em
Two 6's upside down
C/G
B7
The mean old judge, he called my number, Lord
Em
Two 6's upside down
Am
It's a long old time in a hard rock jail
C
It's a long old time gone by
Em
It's a long old time I've laid in jail
Em
And I still got 99
Am
It's a long old time in a hard rock jail
C
It's a long old time gone by
Em
It's a long old time laid in this jail
Em
And I still got 99
Em
Two 6's upside down
Em
Two 6's upside down