TAB BY: DON CZARSKI


            sl.
INTRO:    A / B   B B
          /  /    / /

         THEN PLAY THIS -- 3x's

            B (let ring)
        E --------------------------------------------- | 
        B --------------------------------------------- | 
        G --------------------------------------------- | 
        D --------------0----------------0--0---------- | 
        A -----(b9)-7--------0-----(b9)-7-----------7------ | 
        E --7--------7--------7--------7--------------- | 


**** NOTE: I BROKE THE SONG DOWN INTO 7 VERSES. I TRIED TO SHOW
           THE STRUMMING PATTERN AND THE CHORDS FOR THE FIRST 5
           VERSES. THE REST OF THE SONG WILL CONTINUE IN BASICALLY
           THE SAME MANNER.

****       THE TWO MAIN STRUMMING PATTERNS ARE:

                     B (let ring)   D D   E E
                     /              / /   / /
           AND
                     D D   E E   D D   B (let ring)
                     / /   / /   / /    /


VERSE 1:
       (Making it), making it, doesn't matter how many
       (Taking it), taking it
       Well, I can't shake it
       Off a my back, damn monkey
       It's either too tight, or too slack

VERSE 2:
       (Ninety nine), that's all it is, oooh
       (Ninety nine)
       How much, (ninety nine)
       Now, ninety nine
       You better hack it, baby (ninety nine)

VERSE 3:
       Yeah, my time exploded, space blew up
       Need something in my dixie cup
       Whoa, let me get it right
       There's the best pair of lips I've kissed all night

verse 4:
       How much,(ninety nine), give it to me
       I'll pay you later
       999, (ninety nine)
       Got a pocket calculator, (ninety nine)
       Yeah wake up, it don't make no sense
       Nickles and dimes
       999, (ninety nine)

VERSE 5:
       Yeah, the lion and lamb are locked in an embrace
       You won't get it 'till it's in your face
       Oooh, I got me out of deeper red
       Don't panic, (999)
       (Ninety nine), ah, it's where I want to be
       Yeah, oh (ninety nine)
       A useful member of society, huh (999)


VERSE 6:
       (Ninety nine), I need a little love and old money
       Gimme (ninety nine), ninety nine (gimme, gimme)
       (999) well, I can't shake it off a my back
       God damn monkey
       Yeah, it's too tight or it's too slack
       (999), some things never change
       Price of bullets remains the same
       here we go

VERSE 7:
       Hand over fist, slap on the wrist
       Ummm , ninety nine, (ninety nine)
       That's all I'm asking for, (ninety nine)
       How much, (999)
       How much do you want to give
       Yeah, just a little bit
       Nine ninety, (nine ninety nine)
       Yeah, they operate
       Look at the state of my baby
       Will it cost twenty grand? Pitiful
       Yeah, that's a nine
       Put your money where your mouth is, (ninety nine)
       Couph it up, (999)
       Oh, nickle and dimes
       Yeah, huh, oooh, (ninety nine)
       (999), (999) -- TO FADE OUT
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**** HERE ARE THE STRUMMING PATTERNS AND THE CHORDS:

VERSE 1:
         B (let ring)  D D  E E      B (let ring)  D D  E E
         /             / /  / /      /             / /  / /

         B (let ring)  D D  E E      B (let ring)  D D  E E
         /             / /  / /      /             / /  / /

         D D  E E  D D  B (let ring)
         / /  / /  / /  /

         D D  E E  D D  B (let ring)
         / /  / /  / /  /

         D D  E E  D D  B    B A
         / /  / /  / /  /    / /

VERSE 2:
         B (let ring)  D D  E E     B (let ring)  D D  E E
         /             / /  / /     /             / /  / /

         B (let ring)  D D   E   B A      A --7-(b9)--0-0-- | 
         /             / /   /   / /      E ------7------ | 

         B (let ring)  D D  E  B     D D   E
         /             / /  /  ////  / /   /

         B (let ring)  D D   E     B (let ring)  D D  E E
         /             / /   /     /             / /  / /

VERSE 3:
         D D  E E  D D  B
         / /  / /  / /  /

         D D  E E  D D  B
         / /  / /  / /  /

         D D  E E  D D  B
         / /  / /  / /  /

         D D  E E  D D  B
         / /  / /  / /  /

VERSE 4:
         B (let ring)  D D  E E    B (let ring)  D D  E E
         /             / /  / /    /             / /  / /

         B (let ring)  D D  E E  B A          ( A )
         /             / /  / /  / /      D ---7-/-(b9)--(b9)(b9)(b9)-

         B (let ring)  D D  E E    B (let ring)  D D  E E
         /             / /  / /    /             / /  / /

         B (let ring)  D D  E E    B (let ring)
         /             / /  / /    /

VERSE 5:
         D D  E E  D D   B (let ring)
         / /  / /  / /   /

         D D  E E  D D   B (let ring)
         / /  / /  / /   /

         D D  E E  D D   B   B A
         / /  / /  / /   /   / /

         B (let ring)  D D  E E
         /             / /  / /

         B (let ring)  D D  E E
         /             / /  / /

         B (let ring)  D D  E E  B A    B (let ring)
         /             / /  / /  / /    /