Jailbird

Jailbird easy guitar chords by Jim White

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  • Intro 1






    Verse 1
    Dixie 
    is 
    a scourge 
    and a scar 

    And a 
    girl 
    in my 
    heart 
    and 

    a state 
    of mind 

    Jesus 
    is 
    the man 
    with a plan 

    He's 
    a short 
    haired 
    Mexican 

    friend 
    of 
    mine 

    Verse 2
    This small 
    town 
    crowd 

    should've 
    dragged 
    you down 

    Can't 
    leave 
    your past 
    behind 

    Wipers 
    in the rain 
    tap 
    out 
    time 

    Coming 
    up on 
    a new 
    state 
    line 

    Verse 3
    I wanna 
    be 
    jailbird 

    From the 
    prison 
    of my 
    own 
    damn 
    mind 

    Gonna 
    get me 
    fast 
    car 

    Set 
    out and 
    see what 
    I can 
    find

    Verse 4
    Brick 
    up the 
    well 
    of tears 
    and disappear 

    Leave 
    myself 
    be
    hind 

    Gonna 
    be 
    jailbird 

    From the 
    prison 
    of my 
    own 

    damn 
    mind 

    Verse 5

    Midnight, 
    take 
    short 
    cut 

    Through the 
    downtown 
    cemetery 

    No 
    stepping 
    on 
    graves 

    Check the 
    statue 
    of the Virgin 
    Mary 

    She's 
    catching 
    moonlight 
    in the shad
    Verse 6
    ows 

    Revealing 
    spider 
    webs 

    Can you 
    see the 
    black 
    widow 

    Hung 
    between 
    our 
    lady's 
    hands? 

    Verse 7
    I wanna 
    be 
    jailbird 

    From the 
    prison 
    of my 
    own 
    damn 
    mind 

    Gonna 
    get me 
    fast 
    car 

    Set 
    out and 
    see what 
    I can 
    find

    Verse 8
    Brick 
    up the 
    well 
    of tears 
    and 
    disappear 

    Leave 
    myself 
    behind 

    Gonna 
    be 
    jailbird 

    From 
    the 
    prison 
    of my 
    own 
    damn 
    mind 

    Interlude 1




    Now 
    used 
    to be 
    Verse 9
    when I 
    was young 

    I was so 
    hungry 
    for oblivion 

    My thoughts 
    would 
    linger 

    Like finger
    in a deadly 
    web 

    But in 
    time 
    as sorrow 
    showed 
    Verse 10
    it's 
    face 

    In kind 
    I learned 
    to 
    ache 
    for grace 

    To 
    work 
    and pray 
    to one 
    day 

    Be 
    delivered 
    whole, 
    alive 
    and 
    free 

    Verse 11
    I wanna 
    be 
    jail
    bird 

    From 
    the 
    prison 
    of my 
    own 
    damn 
    mind 

    Gonna 
    get me 
    fast 
    car 

    Set 
    out 
    and 
    see what 
    I can 
    find

    Verse 12
    Brick 
    up the 
    well 
    of tears 
    and 
    disappear 

    Leave 
    myself 
    be
    hind 

    Gonna 
    be 
    jailbird 

    From 
    the 
    prison 
    of my 
    own 
    damn 
    mind 

    Outro 1


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