Big Country Bluegrass – 99 Years Is Almost For Life
Key of: “D” ¾ Time CAPO: 2nd C G F – Key of: “Eb” CAPO: 3rd C G F
Key of: “C” ¾ Time C F G Key of: “B” ¾ Time C F G
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Oh the courtroom was crowded, the judge waited there,
G C
Oh my mother was crying Lord, when I left my chair,
C F
Oh the sentence was sharp Lord, oh it cut like a knife,
F C G C
For 99 years boy’s, is almost for life,
G G
So I dreamed of a whistle, I heard the bells ring,
G C
My sweetheart was coming, with some good news to bring,
C F
For she said that she loved me, well she said she’d be true,
F C G C
She said that she’d save me, for I’m guilty as you,
FIDDLE / BANJO: C G – C C F G C
C G
Oh they said I was a crim-nal, and to my de-spair,
G C
Lord they sent me to Nashville, boy they shaved off my hair,
C F
So you come hear my story, I will tell you my pain,
F C G C
I’m serving here in Nashville, for another man’s pain,
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Well I just got this letter, from ole’ Nashville town,
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And after I read --- it you know, my spirit broke down,
C F
For I said to my sweetheart, and the judge would beware,
F C G C
And here in your jailhouse, I wished I was dead,
MANDOLIN / FIDDLE: C G – C C F G C
C G
Well no matter how rightful, a man he may be,
G C
Bad comp-ny gonna’ send him Lord, to prison like me,
C F
So you find a good Woman, and you make her your wife,
F C G C G (STOP/HOLD) C G C F C
For 99 years boy’s, is almost for life, For 99 years boy’s, is almost - for - life…..
Lyrics Submitted by Leonard