Chord/Tab song: What Jail Is Like

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#From: "Manuel Zanzi"
#Subject: a/afgnan_whigs/what_jail_is_like.crd
#Date: Tue, 02 Jun 1998 03:16:18 PDT
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#What jail is Like
#By Afghan Whigs
#Written By: Greg Dulli
#Album: Gentlemen
#Transcribed and submitted by Manuel Zanzi ([email protected])
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#Chords used:
#C#m: x46654
#B: 799877 (in verse) x24442 (in chorus)
#Ab: 466544
#A: 577655
#E: x79997
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#Intro Chords:
#C#m (let ring) Ab A x2
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#Verse Chords (for each chord one measure):
#part1:
[C#m] [-] [B] [-] [Ab] [-] [A]
part2:
(distortion kicks in)
[C#m] [-] [C#m] [-] [C#m] [-] [C#m]
Chorus (distortion):
[B] [-] [C#m] [-] [E] [-] [E]
Riff under Intro and The first part of verse:
This is not totally accurate, mainly because It's pretty hard to
transcribe Piano. It sounds Ok.

[C#m] [B] [Ab] [A]

e-----------------------------------------------------------|
B------------------------------------------7-9-7------------|
G----------6------------6------------6-----------9-7-9-6----|
D------9-----9-7----9-----9-7----9-----9-7------------------|
A-----------------------------------------------------------|
E--(9)----------(7)----------(4)----------(5)---------------|

Riff under Chorus:
[B] [C#m] [E] [E]

e--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2/4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4/1212121212121212121212/151515-|
B--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4/5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5/1212121212121212121212/151515-|
G----------------------------------------------------------------|
D----------------------------------------------------------------|
A----------------------------------------------------------------|
E----------------------------------------------------------------|

Lyrics:

Intro

Verse1:
[C#m] I'll warn you,[B] if cornered,[Ab] I'll scratch my w[A]ay out of the pen
[C#m] Wired,[B] an anim[Ab]al. The claustroph[A]obia begins
[C#m] You think I'm scared of girls, Well maybe
But I'm not afraid of you
You want to scare me then you'll cling to me no matter what I do
Verse2:
[C#m] Tell you[B] a secret [Ab] They shared a n[A]eedle once or twice
[C#m] I loved her,[B] she loved me[Ab] We slept tog[A]ether a couple of times
[C#m] You think I'm proud of this, Well maybe
But the shame you never lose
Infatuated with a lunatic and cornered by the muse
Chorus1:
[B] And it goes d[C#m]own every n[E]iiiiiight
This must be what jail is really liiiiiike
And I will scratch my way out of this peeeeeen, again

Verse part1

Verse3:
[C#m] Lonely? [B] Maybe [Ab] Or maybe n[A]ot, It all depends
[C#m] Your ideal,[B] your image [Ab] Your defin[A]ition of a friend
[C#m] If what you're shoveling is company
Then I'd rather be alone
Resentment always goes much further than it was supposed to go

Repeat Chorus

Repeat Verse1 until "an animal".
end on C#m