Intro/Verse (Main riff) pattern the timing of the chord changes are
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
A5 G5 D5 A5
Really you can play nearly all the song just using one finger on your left hand, on the 2nd fret.
[Intro]
A5 G5 D5 A5
A5 G5 D5 A5
A5 G5 D5 A5
A5
G5 D5 A5 G5 D5 A5 G5 D5 A5
There was a friend of mine on murder
G5 D5 A5 G5 D5 A5
And the judge's gavel fell
G5 D5 A5 G5 D5 A5
Jury found him guilty, gave him ...
N.C.
sixteen years in hell
[Verse]
A5 G5 D5 A5 G5 D5 A5
He said "I ain't spending my life here
G5 D5 A5 G5 D5
I ain't livin' a - lone
A5 G5 D5 A5 G5 D5
Ain't breakin' no rocks on the chain gang
A5 G5 D5 A5
I'm breakin' out and headin' home"
G5 D5 A5 G5 D5 A5 G5 D5
Gonna make a (jail- break)
A5 G5 D5 A5 G5 D5 A5
And I'm looking towards the sky
G5 D5 A5 G5 D5 A5 G5 D5
I'm gonna make a (jail- break)
A5 G5 D5 A5 G5 D5
Oh, how I wish that I could fly
[Pre-Chorus]
D5 G5 D5 G5
All in the name of liberty
E5 A5 E5 G5
All in the name of liberty Got to be free
[Chorus]
A5 G5 D5 A5 G5 D5 A5
(Jail- break),
G5 D5 A5 G5 D5 A5
let me outta here
G5 D5 A5 G5 D5 A5
(Jail- break),
G5 D5 A5 G5 D5 A5
sixteen years, ah
G5 D5 A5 G5 D5 A5
(Jail- break),
G5 D5 A5 G5 D5 A5
had more than I can take
G5 D5 A5 G5 D5 A5 G5 D5 A5
(Jail- break), yeah
[Verse 2]
N.C. A5 G5 D5 A5 G5 D5 A5
He said he'd seen his lady being fooled with
G5 D5 A5 G5 D5 A5
By another man
G5 D5 A5 G5 D5 A5
She was down and he was up
G5 D5 A5 G5 D5 A5
Had a gun in his hand
G5 D5 A5 G5 D5 A5
Bullets started flying everywhere
G5 D5 A5 G5 D5 A5
People start to scream
G5 D5 A5 G5 D5 A5
Big man lyin' on the ground
G5 D5 A5 G5
With a hole in his body
D5 A5 G5 D5
Where his life had been, but it was
[Pre-Chorus]
D5 G5 D5 G5
All in the name of liberty
E5 A5 E5 G5
All in the name of liberty I got to be free
[Chorus]
A5 G5 D5 A5 G5 D5 A5 G5 D5 A5 G5 D5 A5
(Jail- break),
A5 G5 D5 A5 G5 D5 A5 G5 D5 A5
(Jail- break), I got to break out
G5 C5
Out of here
[Solo]
D5 G5 D5 G5 E5 A5 E5 G5
[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]
A5 G5 D5 A5 G5 D5 A5 G5 D5 A5 G5 D5 A5
Jail- break,
A5 G5 D5 A5 G5 D5 A5 G5 D5 A5 G5 D5 A5
Jail- break,
A5 G5 D5 A5 G5 D5 A5 G5 D5 A5 G5 D5 A5
Jail- break,
A5 G5 D5 A5 G5 D5 A5 G5 D5 A5 G5 D5 A5 G5 D5 A5
Jail- break,