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