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