Chords for Big Mama Thornton - Jail
Tempo:
167.35 bpm
Chords used:
A
D
E
Am
C
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[E]
[D]
[Am]
[A]
[D] [D#] [Am]
[A]
[E] Well, here I am again, [A]
[C]
[D] [F#] sitting down in this old rotten [D] jail.
[A]
[D]
[A]
[D] Oh, I say, here I am [F#] again,
[A] [D]
[Am] sitting down [E]
[D] in this [A] old rotten jail.
[Am]
[E] [A]
[E] Oh, I [C#m] got [E] to sing, [D] [Am]
[Dm] sing here, [Am]
just [Bm] a [A] wasting time.
[C] [D]
I [Dm] [Am]
[D] [E]
[A] want somebody to help me, [Am] [G]
[E]
[Dm] [Am] help me, [F#] peace of [A] mind.
[C]
[D] [Am]
Somebody help me,
[F#m] help [Am] me [A] find a peace of mind.
[C#]
[Am]
[G]
[E] Sitting here looking [C#m] out through [Em] those bars.
[D]
[F#]
I know it [Gm] ain't [F#] nothing [Fm] [A] but a waste of time.
[D]
[E]
[A] I just want [G]
[D]
[A] you to [B] let [D#m] me go [A] free.
[G]
[F#m] [C]
[A]
[D] [Em]
[D] [Am]
I just want
[F#] [D#] you to [A] turn the key.
[E]
[A] [E] [C]
[E] Sitting in this old jailhouse.
[Am]
[D] I know [C#] it ain't nothing, [B] nothing [A] but a waste of time.
[Dm] Peace of [A] mind.
[D]
[A] [Em]
[A]
[D]
[B] [A]
[C#]
[Am]
[D#] [Dm]
[Cm]
[Am] [G#]
[D]
[A]
[F#m] [A]
[E]
[B] [D]
[C] [Bm]
[D#m] [G#] [A]
[D]
[Dm] [A]
[D] [E]
[A]
You know, I [C] look left though in the cell.
[D]
[Am] I say, brother, how [F#]
much [E] time [F#m] do you [Am]
have?
I
[C] look [A]
[E] [D]
in the [B] cell, next door to [A] mine.
[Am]
I say, [B] brother, how [F] much time [Am] do you have?
[E]
[D] Well, I [E] got a long year.
[Bm] [F#]
[Dm] [E] Sitting there, baby, [D]
[A] here, just a wasting time.
[D] [Dm] [A]
[E]
I got [A] a year to go,
[D]
[A#] and I [D] know, [Am]
[A] and I [D] know.
[F#]
[D]
[F] And I just want to [G#] tell you, if [A] one day you
[C] [E]
let me, mama, go free.
[F] [D]
[E] Sitting in jail, sitting in jail, ain't nothing but a waste of [A] time.
[D] [Dm] [A]
[A#] [A]
[E]
[N]
[D]
[Am]
[A]
[D] [D#] [Am]
[A]
[E] Well, here I am again, [A]
[C]
[D] [F#] sitting down in this old rotten [D] jail.
[A]
[D]
[A]
[D] Oh, I say, here I am [F#] again,
[A] [D]
[Am] sitting down [E]
[D] in this [A] old rotten jail.
[Am]
[E] [A]
[E] Oh, I [C#m] got [E] to sing, [D] [Am]
[Dm] sing here, [Am]
just [Bm] a [A] wasting time.
[C] [D]
I [Dm] [Am]
[D] [E]
[A] want somebody to help me, [Am] [G]
[E]
[Dm] [Am] help me, [F#] peace of [A] mind.
[C]
[D] [Am]
Somebody help me,
[F#m] help [Am] me [A] find a peace of mind.
[C#]
[Am]
[G]
[E] Sitting here looking [C#m] out through [Em] those bars.
[D]
[F#]
I know it [Gm] ain't [F#] nothing [Fm] [A] but a waste of time.
[D]
[E]
[A] I just want [G]
[D]
[A] you to [B] let [D#m] me go [A] free.
[G]
[F#m] [C]
[A]
[D] [Em]
[D] [Am]
I just want
[F#] [D#] you to [A] turn the key.
[E]
[A] [E] [C]
[E] Sitting in this old jailhouse.
[Am]
[D] I know [C#] it ain't nothing, [B] nothing [A] but a waste of time.
[Dm] Peace of [A] mind.
[D]
[A] [Em]
[A]
[D]
[B] [A]
[C#]
[Am]
[D#] [Dm]
[Cm]
[Am] [G#]
[D]
[A]
[F#m] [A]
[E]
[B] [D]
[C] [Bm]
[D#m] [G#] [A]
[D]
[Dm] [A]
[D] [E]
[A]
You know, I [C] look left though in the cell.
[D]
[Am] I say, brother, how [F#]
much [E] time [F#m] do you [Am]
have?
I
[C] look [A]
[E] [D]
in the [B] cell, next door to [A] mine.
[Am]
I say, [B] brother, how [F] much time [Am] do you have?
[E]
[D] Well, I [E] got a long year.
[Bm] [F#]
[Dm] [E] Sitting there, baby, [D]
[A] here, just a wasting time.
[D] [Dm] [A]
[E]
I got [A] a year to go,
[D]
[A#] and I [D] know, [Am]
[A] and I [D] know.
[F#]
[D]
[F] And I just want to [G#] tell you, if [A] one day you
[C] [E]
let me, mama, go free.
[F] [D]
[E] Sitting in jail, sitting in jail, ain't nothing but a waste of [A] time.
[D] [Dm] [A]
[A#] [A]
[E]
[N]
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[D] _ _ _ [D#] _ _ [Am] _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ Well, here I am again, [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [D] _ _ [F#] sitting down in this old rotten [D] jail.
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _
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[D] Oh, I say, here I am [F#] again, _ _
_ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ _
[Am] _ sitting down [E] _
[D] in this [A] old rotten jail.
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ [E] _ Oh, _ I [C#m] _ got [E] to sing, _ _ [D] _ _ [Am] _ _
_ [Dm] sing here, [Am] _ _
_ just [Bm] a [A] wasting time.
[C] _ _ _ [D] _
I [Dm] _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [A] want somebody to help me, [Am] _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ [Am] help me, _ _ _ [F#] _ peace of [A] _ mind. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ [Am] _ _
Somebody help me, _ _
_ _ _ _ [F#m] help [Am] me _ _ [A] find a peace of mind.
_ [C#] _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ [E] Sitting here looking [C#m] out through [Em] those bars.
[D] _ _
_ [F#] _ _ _ _
I know it [Gm] ain't [F#] nothing [Fm] _ [A] but a waste of _ time. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] I just want _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ you to [B] let [D#m] me go [A] free.
_ [G] _
_ _ [F#m] _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [Em] _
_ [D] _ _ _ [Am] _
I just _ want _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F#] _ _ _ [D#] you to [A] turn the key. _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ [C] _
_ [E] _ _ Sitting in this old jailhouse.
_ [Am] _ _
_ _ _ [D] I know [C#] it ain't nothing, _ [B] nothing [A] but a waste of time.
[Dm] Peace of [A] mind. _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ [A] _ _ [Em] _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C#] _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _
[D#] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ [G#] _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F#m] _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _
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_ [C] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ [D#m] _ _ [G#] _ _ [A] _
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_ [Dm] _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _
You know, I [C] look left though in the cell.
_ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [Am] I say, brother, how [F#]
much [E] time [F#m] do you [Am]
have?
I _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ look _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ [D] _
_ _ in the [B] cell, next door to [A] mine.
_ [Am] _
_ _ _ I say, [B] brother, how [F] much time [Am] do you have? _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] Well, I [E] got a long year. _ _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [F#] _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ [E] Sitting there, _ baby, [D]
[A] here, just a wasting time. _
[D] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ I got [A] a _ year to go, _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ [A#] and I [D] know, _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] and I [D] know.
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ [F] And I just want to [G#] tell you, if [A] one day _ _ you
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ let me, mama, go free.
_ [F] _ _ [D] _
_ [E] Sitting in jail, _ _ _ sitting in jail, _ ain't nothing but a waste of [A] time.
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ [A] _
_ _ [A#] _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [N] _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ [D#] _ _ [Am] _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ Well, here I am again, [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [D] _ _ [F#] sitting down in this old rotten [D] jail.
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[D] Oh, I say, here I am [F#] again, _ _
_ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ _
[Am] _ sitting down [E] _
[D] in this [A] old rotten jail.
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ [E] _ Oh, _ I [C#m] _ got [E] to sing, _ _ [D] _ _ [Am] _ _
_ [Dm] sing here, [Am] _ _
_ just [Bm] a [A] wasting time.
[C] _ _ _ [D] _
I [Dm] _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [A] want somebody to help me, [Am] _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ [Am] help me, _ _ _ [F#] _ peace of [A] _ mind. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ [Am] _ _
Somebody help me, _ _
_ _ _ _ [F#m] help [Am] me _ _ [A] find a peace of mind.
_ [C#] _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ [E] Sitting here looking [C#m] out through [Em] those bars.
[D] _ _
_ [F#] _ _ _ _
I know it [Gm] ain't [F#] nothing [Fm] _ [A] but a waste of _ time. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] I just want _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ you to [B] let [D#m] me go [A] free.
_ [G] _
_ _ [F#m] _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [Em] _
_ [D] _ _ _ [Am] _
I just _ want _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F#] _ _ _ [D#] you to [A] turn the key. _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ [C] _
_ [E] _ _ Sitting in this old jailhouse.
_ [Am] _ _
_ _ _ [D] I know [C#] it ain't nothing, _ [B] nothing [A] but a waste of time.
[Dm] Peace of [A] mind. _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ [A] _ _ [Em] _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C#] _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _
[D#] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ [G#] _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F#m] _ _ [A] _
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_ _ _ [B] _ _ [D] _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ [D#m] _ _ [G#] _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _
You know, I [C] look left though in the cell.
_ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [Am] I say, brother, how [F#]
much [E] time [F#m] do you [Am]
have?
I _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ look _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ [D] _
_ _ in the [B] cell, next door to [A] mine.
_ [Am] _
_ _ _ I say, [B] brother, how [F] much time [Am] do you have? _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] Well, I [E] got a long year. _ _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [F#] _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ [E] Sitting there, _ baby, [D]
[A] here, just a wasting time. _
[D] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ I got [A] a _ year to go, _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ [A#] and I [D] know, _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] and I [D] know.
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ [F] And I just want to [G#] tell you, if [A] one day _ _ you
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ let me, mama, go free.
_ [F] _ _ [D] _
_ [E] Sitting in jail, _ _ _ sitting in jail, _ ain't nothing but a waste of [A] time.
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ [A] _
_ _ [A#] _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [N] _ _ _
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