Johnny 99 - Bruce Springsteen Chords
Chords: Box, C, G, F
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Genre: rock, pop, alternative
JOHNNY 99 (ELECTRIC NEBRASKA)
As recorded by Bruce Springsteen
(From the 2025 Box Set NEBRASKA '82: EXPANDED EDITION)
"Electric Nebraska" version tabbed: https://youtu.be/rtFxgtFHizo
[Intro]
C G C
[Verse 1]
C
Well, they closed down the Ford plant in Mahwah late that month
G
Johnny went out lookin' for a job but he couldn't find none
C
He came home too drunk from mixin' Tanqueray and wine
G C
Got a gun, shot a night clerk, now they call him Johnny 99
[Verse 2]
C
He was down in a part of town where a red light, buddy, you don't stop
G
Johnny's wavin' a gun around and threatenin' to blow his top
C
When an off-duty cop snuck up on him from behind
G C
Right there in front of the Club Tip Top, they slapped the cuffs on Johnny 99
[Bridge]
F
Well, the city supplied a public defender
C
But the judge was Mean John Brown
C
He came into the courtroom
G
And stared poor Johnny down
C
"Well, the evidence is clear, gonna let the sentence, son, fit the crime
G C
Prison for ninety-eight and a year and we'll call it even, Johnny 99"
[Harmonica Solo]
C F C G C
[Bridge]
F
And a fistfight broke out in the courtroom
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