George Jackson chords by Bob Dylan
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Intro 1
(G major) (C major) (G major) (C major) (G major) (C major) (G major) (C major)
Verse 1
(G major) I woke up this
morn (D major) in'
There were tears (C major) in my bed (A minor)
They (G major) killed a man I (D major) really loved
Shot (C major) him through (E minor) the head (A minor)
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Verse 2
(G major) Lord, Lord, (D major)
they (C major) cut George (E minor) Jackson down (A minor)
(G major) Lord, (D major) Lord, they (C major) laid him in the ground (G major) (D major)
(A minor) (G major) (D major) (C major) (A minor) (G major) (D major) (C major) (E minor) (C major)
Verse 3
(G major)
Sent him off to prison
(D major) For a sev (C major) enty-dollar robbery
robbery (A minor)
They (G major) closed the door behind (D major) him
And they (C major) threw away (E minor) the key (A minor)
(G major) Lord, Lord, (D major) they
Verse 4
(C major)
cut George (E minor) Jackson down (A minor)
(G major) Lord, Lord, (D major) they (C major) laid him (D major) in the ground
Interlude 1
(G major) (C major) (A minor) (D major)
(G major) (D major) (C major) (E minor) (A minor) (D major) (G major) (D major) (E minor) (C major) (G major)
Verse 5
He wouldn't take shit from no (D major) one
He would (C major) n't bow down (E minor) or kneel (A minor)
(G major) Au thorities, they (D major) hated him
Be (C major) cause he was just (E minor) too real (A minor)
(G major) Lord, (D major) Lord, they
Verse 6
(C major)
cut George (E minor) Jackson down (A minor)
(G major) Lord, (D major) Lord, they (C major) laid him in the ground
Interlude 2
(G major) (C major) (G major) (A minor)
(D major) (G major) (D major) (C major) (E minor) (A minor) (D major) (G major) (D major) (C major) (E minor) (C major)
(G major)
Verse 7
(G major) Prison guards, they cursed (D major) him
As they watched (C major) him from above (E minor) (A minor)
But they were frightened (G major) of
his power (D major)
They were scared (C major) of his love (A minor)
Verse 8
Lord, (G major) Lord, (D major)
so they cut (C major) George (E minor) Jackson down (A minor)
Lord, (G major) Lord, (D major) they laid (C major) him in the ground
Interlude 3
(G major) (D major) (A minor) (G major) (D major) (C major)
(E minor) (A minor) (A major) (A minor) (D major) (A minor) (G major) (D major) (C major)
(E minor) (C major) (G major)
(D major) (C major) (E minor) (A minor)
(G major) (D major) (C major) (E minor) (A minor)
(G major) (D major) (C major) (E minor) (A minor) (G major) (D major)
(C major) (A minor) (G major) (D major) (C major) (G major) (C major)
(D major) (C major) (G major)
Verse 9
Sometimes (G major) I think this whole (D major) world
is one (C major) big prison yard (A minor)
Some (G major) of us are pris (D major) oners
The (C major) rest of us are guard (A minor) s
Verse 10
Lord, (G major) Lord, (D major)
they cut (C major) George (E minor) Jackson down (A minor)
(G major) Lord, Lord, (D major) they laid (C major) him in (A minor) the ground
Outro 1
(G major) (A minor) (D major) (A minor) (G major) (D major) (C major)
(E minor) (A minor) (D major) (A minor) (G major) (D major)
(C major) (E minor) (C major) (G major) (D major)
(C major) (E minor) (A minor) (G major) (D major)
(C major) (E minor) (A minor) (G major) (D major) (C major) (E minor)
(A minor) (G major) (D major) (C major) (G major)
(A minor) (G major) (D major)
George Jackson
Bob Dylan
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