What Jail is Like

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From: "Manuel Zanzi" <manuelzanzi@hotmail.com>

Subject: a/afgnan_whigs/what_jail_is_like.crd

Date: Tue, 02 Jun 1998 03:16:18 PDT

What jail is Like

By Afghan Whigs

Written By: Greg Dulli

Album: Gentlemen

Transcribed and submitted by Manuel Zanzi (manuelzanzi@hotmail.com)

Chords used:

C#m: x46654

B: 799877 (in verse) x24442 (in chorus)

Ab: 466544

A: 577655

E: x79997

Intro Chords:

C#m (let ring) Ab A x2

Verse Chords (for each chord one measure):

part1:

C#m - B - Ab - A

C#m - B - Ab - A

part2:

(distortion kicks in)

C#m - C#m - C#m - C#m

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 B Ab A

I'll warn you, if cornered, I'll scratch my way out of the pen

C#m B Ab A

Wired, an animal. The claustrophobia 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 B Ab A

Tell you a secret They shared a needle once or twice

C#m B Ab A

I loved her, she loved me We slept together 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 C#m E

And it goes down every niiiiiight

This must be what jail is really liiiiiike

And I will scratch my way out of this peeeeeen, again

Verse part1

Verse3:

C#m B Ab A

Lonely? Maybe Or maybe not, It all depends

C#m B Ab A

Your ideal, your image Your definition 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