Intro/Verse (Main riff) pattern the timing of the chord changes are
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
A#5 G#5 D#5 A#5
Really you can play nearly all the song just using one finger on your left hand, on the 2nd fret.
[Intro]
A#5 G#5 D#5 A#5
A#5 G#5 D#5 A#5
A#5 G#5 D#5 A#5
A#5
G#5 D#5 A#5 G#5 D#5 A#5 G#5 D#5 A#5
There was a friend of mine on murder
G#5 D#5 A#5 G#5 D#5 A#5
And the judge's gavel fell
G#5 D#5 A#5 G#5 D#5 A#5
Jury found him guilty, gave him ...
N.C.
sixteen years in hell
[Verse]
A#5 G#5 D#5 A#5 G#5 D#5 A#5
He said "I ain't spending my life here
G#5 D#5 A#5 G#5 D#5
I ain't livin' a - lone
A#5 G#5 D#5 A#5 G#5 D#5
Ain't breakin' no rocks on the chain gang
A#5 G#5 D#5 A#5
I'm breakin' out and headin' home"
G#5 D#5 A#5 G#5 D#5 A#5 G#5 D#5
Gonna make a (jail- break)
A#5 G#5 D#5 A#5 G#5 D#5 A#5
And I'm looking towards the sky
G#5 D#5 A#5 G#5 D#5 A#5 G#5 D#5
I'm gonna make a (jail- break)
A#5 G#5 D#5 A#5 G#5 D#5
Oh, how I wish that I could fly
[Pre-Chorus]
D#5 G#5 D#5 G#5
All in the name of liberty
F5 A#5 F5 G#5
All in the name of liberty Got to be free
[Chorus]
A#5 G#5 D#5 A#5 G#5 D#5 A#5
(Jail- break),
G#5 D#5 A#5 G#5 D#5 A#5
let me outta here
G#5 D#5 A#5 G#5 D#5 A#5
(Jail- break),
G#5 D#5 A#5 G#5 D#5 A#5
sixteen years, ah
G#5 D#5 A#5 G#5 D#5 A#5
(Jail- break),
G#5 D#5 A#5 G#5 D#5 A#5
had more than I can take
G#5 D#5 A#5 G#5 D#5 A#5 G#5 D#5 A#5
(Jail- break), yeah
[Verse 2]
N.C. A#5 G#5 D#5 A#5 G#5 D#5 A#5
He said he'd seen his lady being fooled with
G#5 D#5 A#5 G#5 D#5 A#5
By another man
G#5 D#5 A#5 G#5 D#5 A#5
She was down and he was up
G#5 D#5 A#5 G#5 D#5 A#5
Had a gun in his hand
G#5 D#5 A#5 G#5 D#5 A#5
Bullets started flying everywhere
G#5 D#5 A#5 G#5 D#5 A#5
People start to scream
G#5 D#5 A#5 G#5 D#5 A#5
Big man lyin' on the ground
G#5 D#5 A#5 G#5
With a hole in his body
D#5 A#5 G#5 D#5
Where his life had been, but it was
[Pre-Chorus]
D#5 G#5 D#5 G#5
All in the name of liberty
F5 A#5 F5 G#5
All in the name of liberty I got to be free
[Chorus]
A#5 G#5 D#5 A#5 G#5 D#5 A#5 G#5 D#5 A#5 G#5 D#5 A#5
(Jail- break),
A#5 G#5 D#5 A#5 G#5 D#5 A#5 G#5 D#5 A#5
(Jail- break), I got to break out
G#5 C#5
Out of here
[Solo]
D#5 G#5 D#5 G#5 F5 A#5 F5 G#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]
A#5 G#5 D#5 A#5 G#5 D#5 A#5 G#5 D#5 A#5 G#5 D#5 A#5
Jail- break,
A#5 G#5 D#5 A#5 G#5 D#5 A#5 G#5 D#5 A#5 G#5 D#5 A#5
Jail- break,
A#5 G#5 D#5 A#5 G#5 D#5 A#5 G#5 D#5 A#5 G#5 D#5 A#5
Jail- break,
A#5 G#5 D#5 A#5 G#5 D#5 A#5 G#5 D#5 A#5 G#5 D#5 A#5 G#5 D#5 A#5
Jail- break,