Intro/Verse (Main riff) pattern the timing of the chord changes are
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
F#5 E5 B5 F#5
Really you can play nearly all the song just using one finger on your left hand, on the 2nd fret.
[Intro]
F#5 E5 B5 F#5
F#5 E5 B5 F#5
F#5 E5 B5 F#5
F#5
E5 B5 F#5 E5 B5 F#5 E5 B5 F#5
There was a friend of mine on murder
E5 B5 F#5 E5 B5 F#5
And the judge's gavel fell
E5 B5 F#5 E5 B5 F#5
Jury found him guilty, gave him ...
N.C.
sixteen years in hell
[Verse]
F#5 E5 B5 F#5 E5 B5 F#5
He said "I ain't spending my life here
E5 B5 F#5 E5 B5
I ain't livin' a - lone
F#5 E5 B5 F#5 E5 B5
Ain't breakin' no rocks on the chain gang
F#5 E5 B5 F#5
I'm breakin' out and headin' home"
E5 B5 F#5 E5 B5 F#5 E5 B5
Gonna make a (jail- break)
F#5 E5 B5 F#5 E5 B5 F#5
And I'm looking towards the sky
E5 B5 F#5 E5 B5 F#5 E5 B5
I'm gonna make a (jail- break)
F#5 E5 B5 F#5 E5 B5
Oh, how I wish that I could fly
[Pre-Chorus]
B5 E5 B5 E5
All in the name of liberty
C#5 F#5 C#5 E5
All in the name of liberty Got to be free
[Chorus]
F#5 E5 B5 F#5 E5 B5 F#5
(Jail- break),
E5 B5 F#5 E5 B5 F#5
let me outta here
E5 B5 F#5 E5 B5 F#5
(Jail- break),
E5 B5 F#5 E5 B5 F#5
sixteen years, ah
E5 B5 F#5 E5 B5 F#5
(Jail- break),
E5 B5 F#5 E5 B5 F#5
had more than I can take
E5 B5 F#5 E5 B5 F#5 E5 B5 F#5
(Jail- break), yeah
[Verse 2]
N.C. F#5 E5 B5 F#5 E5 B5 F#5
He said he'd seen his lady being fooled with
E5 B5 F#5 E5 B5 F#5
By another man
E5 B5 F#5 E5 B5 F#5
She was down and he was up
E5 B5 F#5 E5 B5 F#5
Had a gun in his hand
E5 B5 F#5 E5 B5 F#5
Bullets started flying everywhere
E5 B5 F#5 E5 B5 F#5
People start to scream
E5 B5 F#5 E5 B5 F#5
Big man lyin' on the ground
E5 B5 F#5 E5
With a hole in his body
B5 F#5 E5 B5
Where his life had been, but it was
[Pre-Chorus]
B5 E5 B5 E5
All in the name of liberty
C#5 F#5 C#5 E5
All in the name of liberty I got to be free
[Chorus]
F#5 E5 B5 F#5 E5 B5 F#5 E5 B5 F#5 E5 B5 F#5
(Jail- break),
F#5 E5 B5 F#5 E5 B5 F#5 E5 B5 F#5
(Jail- break), I got to break out
E5 A5
Out of here
[Solo]
B5 E5 B5 E5 C#5 F#5 C#5 E5
[Bridge]
N.C.
Heartbeats, they were racing
N.C.
Freedom, he was chasin'
N.C.
Spotlights, sirens
N.C.
Rifles firing
N.C.
But he made it out...
N.C.
... with a bullet in his back
[Chorus]
F#5 E5 B5 F#5 E5 B5 F#5 E5 B5 F#5 E5 B5 F#5
Jail- break,
F#5 E5 B5 F#5 E5 B5 F#5 E5 B5 F#5 E5 B5 F#5
Jail- break,
F#5 E5 B5 F#5 E5 B5 F#5 E5 B5 F#5 E5 B5 F#5
Jail- break,
F#5 E5 B5 F#5 E5 B5 F#5 E5 B5 F#5 E5 B5 F#5 E5 B5 F#5
Jail- break,