Intro/Verse (Main riff) pattern the timing of the chord changes are
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
E5 D5 A5 E5
Really you can play nearly all the song just using one finger on your left hand, on the 2nd fret.
[Intro]
E5 D5 A5 E5
E5 D5 A5 E5
E5 D5 A5 E5
E5
D5 A5 E5 D5 A5 E5 D5 A5 E5
There was a friend of mine on murder
D5 A5 E5 D5 A5 E5
And the judge's gavel fell
D5 A5 E5 D5 A5 E5
Jury found him guilty, gave him ...
N.C.
sixteen years in hell
[Verse]
E5 D5 A5 E5 D5 A5 E5
He said "I ain't spending my life here
D5 A5 E5 D5 A5
I ain't livin' a - lone
E5 D5 A5 E5 D5 A5
Ain't breakin' no rocks on the chain gang
E5 D5 A5 E5
I'm breakin' out and headin' home"
D5 A5 E5 D5 A5 E5 D5 A5
Gonna make a (jail- break)
E5 D5 A5 E5 D5 A5 E5
And I'm looking towards the sky
D5 A5 E5 D5 A5 E5 D5 A5
I'm gonna make a (jail- break)
E5 D5 A5 E5 D5 A5
Oh, how I wish that I could fly
[Pre-Chorus]
A5 D5 A5 D5
All in the name of liberty
B5 E5 B5 D5
All in the name of liberty Got to be free
[Chorus]
E5 D5 A5 E5 D5 A5 E5
(Jail- break),
D5 A5 E5 D5 A5 E5
let me outta here
D5 A5 E5 D5 A5 E5
(Jail- break),
D5 A5 E5 D5 A5 E5
sixteen years, ah
D5 A5 E5 D5 A5 E5
(Jail- break),
D5 A5 E5 D5 A5 E5
had more than I can take
D5 A5 E5 D5 A5 E5 D5 A5 E5
(Jail- break), yeah
[Verse 2]
N.C. E5 D5 A5 E5 D5 A5 E5
He said he'd seen his lady being fooled with
D5 A5 E5 D5 A5 E5
By another man
D5 A5 E5 D5 A5 E5
She was down and he was up
D5 A5 E5 D5 A5 E5
Had a gun in his hand
D5 A5 E5 D5 A5 E5
Bullets started flying everywhere
D5 A5 E5 D5 A5 E5
People start to scream
D5 A5 E5 D5 A5 E5
Big man lyin' on the ground
D5 A5 E5 D5
With a hole in his body
A5 E5 D5 A5
Where his life had been, but it was
[Pre-Chorus]
A5 D5 A5 D5
All in the name of liberty
B5 E5 B5 D5
All in the name of liberty I got to be free
[Chorus]
E5 D5 A5 E5 D5 A5 E5 D5 A5 E5 D5 A5 E5
(Jail- break),
E5 D5 A5 E5 D5 A5 E5 D5 A5 E5
(Jail- break), I got to break out
D5 G5
Out of here
[Solo]
A5 D5 A5 D5 B5 E5 B5 D5
[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]
E5 D5 A5 E5 D5 A5 E5 D5 A5 E5 D5 A5 E5
Jail- break,
E5 D5 A5 E5 D5 A5 E5 D5 A5 E5 D5 A5 E5
Jail- break,
E5 D5 A5 E5 D5 A5 E5 D5 A5 E5 D5 A5 E5
Jail- break,
E5 D5 A5 E5 D5 A5 E5 D5 A5 E5 D5 A5 E5 D5 A5 E5
Jail- break,