Intro/Verse (Main riff) pattern the timing of the chord changes are
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
D5 C5 G5 D5
Really you can play nearly all the song just using one finger on your left hand, on the 2nd fret.
[Intro]
D5 C5 G5 D5
D5 C5 G5 D5
D5 C5 G5 D5
D5
C5 G5 D5 C5 G5 D5 C5 G5 D5
There was a friend of mine on murder
C5 G5 D5 C5 G5 D5
And the judge's gavel fell
C5 G5 D5 C5 G5 D5
Jury found him guilty, gave him ...
N.C.
sixteen years in hell
[Verse]
D5 C5 G5 D5 C5 G5 D5
He said "I ain't spending my life here
C5 G5 D5 C5 G5
I ain't livin' a - lone
D5 C5 G5 D5 C5 G5
Ain't breakin' no rocks on the chain gang
D5 C5 G5 D5
I'm breakin' out and headin' home"
C5 G5 D5 C5 G5 D5 C5 G5
Gonna make a (jail- break)
D5 C5 G5 D5 C5 G5 D5
And I'm looking towards the sky
C5 G5 D5 C5 G5 D5 C5 G5
I'm gonna make a (jail- break)
D5 C5 G5 D5 C5 G5
Oh, how I wish that I could fly
[Pre-Chorus]
G5 C5 G5 C5
All in the name of liberty
A5 D5 A5 C5
All in the name of liberty Got to be free
[Chorus]
D5 C5 G5 D5 C5 G5 D5
(Jail- break),
C5 G5 D5 C5 G5 D5
let me outta here
C5 G5 D5 C5 G5 D5
(Jail- break),
C5 G5 D5 C5 G5 D5
sixteen years, ah
C5 G5 D5 C5 G5 D5
(Jail- break),
C5 G5 D5 C5 G5 D5
had more than I can take
C5 G5 D5 C5 G5 D5 C5 G5 D5
(Jail- break), yeah
[Verse 2]
N.C. D5 C5 G5 D5 C5 G5 D5
He said he'd seen his lady being fooled with
C5 G5 D5 C5 G5 D5
By another man
C5 G5 D5 C5 G5 D5
She was down and he was up
C5 G5 D5 C5 G5 D5
Had a gun in his hand
C5 G5 D5 C5 G5 D5
Bullets started flying everywhere
C5 G5 D5 C5 G5 D5
People start to scream
C5 G5 D5 C5 G5 D5
Big man lyin' on the ground
C5 G5 D5 C5
With a hole in his body
G5 D5 C5 G5
Where his life had been, but it was
[Pre-Chorus]
G5 C5 G5 C5
All in the name of liberty
A5 D5 A5 C5
All in the name of liberty I got to be free
[Chorus]
D5 C5 G5 D5 C5 G5 D5 C5 G5 D5 C5 G5 D5
(Jail- break),
D5 C5 G5 D5 C5 G5 D5 C5 G5 D5
(Jail- break), I got to break out
C5 F5
Out of here
[Solo]
G5 C5 G5 C5 A5 D5 A5 C5
[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]
D5 C5 G5 D5 C5 G5 D5 C5 G5 D5 C5 G5 D5
Jail- break,
D5 C5 G5 D5 C5 G5 D5 C5 G5 D5 C5 G5 D5
Jail- break,
D5 C5 G5 D5 C5 G5 D5 C5 G5 D5 C5 G5 D5
Jail- break,
D5 C5 G5 D5 C5 G5 D5 C5 G5 D5 C5 G5 D5 C5 G5 D5
Jail- break,