Intro/Verse (Main riff) pattern the timing of the chord changes are
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
B5 A5 E5 B5
Really you can play nearly all the song just using one finger on your left hand, on the 2nd fret.
[Intro]
B5 A5 E5 B5
B5 A5 E5 B5
B5 A5 E5 B5
B5
A5 E5 B5 A5 E5 B5 A5 E5 B5
There was a friend of mine on murder
A5 E5 B5 A5 E5 B5
And the judge's gavel fell
A5 E5 B5 A5 E5 B5
Jury found him guilty, gave him ...
N.C.
sixteen years in hell
[Verse]
B5 A5 E5 B5 A5 E5 B5
He said "I ain't spending my life here
A5 E5 B5 A5 E5
I ain't livin' a - lone
B5 A5 E5 B5 A5 E5
Ain't breakin' no rocks on the chain gang
B5 A5 E5 B5
I'm breakin' out and headin' home"
A5 E5 B5 A5 E5 B5 A5 E5
Gonna make a (jail- break)
B5 A5 E5 B5 A5 E5 B5
And I'm looking towards the sky
A5 E5 B5 A5 E5 B5 A5 E5
I'm gonna make a (jail- break)
B5 A5 E5 B5 A5 E5
Oh, how I wish that I could fly
[Pre-Chorus]
E5 A5 E5 A5
All in the name of liberty
F#5 B5 F#5 A5
All in the name of liberty Got to be free
[Chorus]
B5 A5 E5 B5 A5 E5 B5
(Jail- break),
A5 E5 B5 A5 E5 B5
let me outta here
A5 E5 B5 A5 E5 B5
(Jail- break),
A5 E5 B5 A5 E5 B5
sixteen years, ah
A5 E5 B5 A5 E5 B5
(Jail- break),
A5 E5 B5 A5 E5 B5
had more than I can take
A5 E5 B5 A5 E5 B5 A5 E5 B5
(Jail- break), yeah
[Verse 2]
N.C. B5 A5 E5 B5 A5 E5 B5
He said he'd seen his lady being fooled with
A5 E5 B5 A5 E5 B5
By another man
A5 E5 B5 A5 E5 B5
She was down and he was up
A5 E5 B5 A5 E5 B5
Had a gun in his hand
A5 E5 B5 A5 E5 B5
Bullets started flying everywhere
A5 E5 B5 A5 E5 B5
People start to scream
A5 E5 B5 A5 E5 B5
Big man lyin' on the ground
A5 E5 B5 A5
With a hole in his body
E5 B5 A5 E5
Where his life had been, but it was
[Pre-Chorus]
E5 A5 E5 A5
All in the name of liberty
F#5 B5 F#5 A5
All in the name of liberty I got to be free
[Chorus]
B5 A5 E5 B5 A5 E5 B5 A5 E5 B5 A5 E5 B5
(Jail- break),
B5 A5 E5 B5 A5 E5 B5 A5 E5 B5
(Jail- break), I got to break out
A5 D5
Out of here
[Solo]
E5 A5 E5 A5 F#5 B5 F#5 A5
[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]
B5 A5 E5 B5 A5 E5 B5 A5 E5 B5 A5 E5 B5
Jail- break,
B5 A5 E5 B5 A5 E5 B5 A5 E5 B5 A5 E5 B5
Jail- break,
B5 A5 E5 B5 A5 E5 B5 A5 E5 B5 A5 E5 B5
Jail- break,
B5 A5 E5 B5 A5 E5 B5 A5 E5 B5 A5 E5 B5 A5 E5 B5
Jail- break,
