Jailbirds in the Bighouse chords by John Gorka
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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They built a prison
by the freeway
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Just to rub it in
It's a gentle reminder
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Of the wages of sin
The ones on the inside
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Are being paid their share
There's a hundred stories
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For every man in there
There's marks on the cell wall
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There's marks on the mem
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One counts off the time lost
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The other counts till the end
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Verse 2
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[Chorus]
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Jailbirds in the big house
Jailbirds in the sky
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Singing of their innocence
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They'll sing by and by
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Verse 3
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Jailbirds in the big house
Jailbirds on a spree
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Some of them coulda looked like you
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Some of them used to look like me
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Verse 4
Teddy was a bad kid
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From a bad family tree
He was voted most likely
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To commit a felony
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And that was just in grade school
After that he disappeared
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They say he moved or he dropped out
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And he's faded with the years
A red hand in the cookie jar
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A foot in potter's field
His face was waiting for a number
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His fate was aching to be sealed
Interlude 1
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Verse 5
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[Chorus] Teddy had a
girlfriend
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Who gave him a place to stay
But he left with her TV set
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And a baby on the way
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And if you should run across him
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He could shorten your life
With the butt of a pistol
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Or the edge of a knife
He'll sing a song of the
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rock pile
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Mourning all he had
All the luck in all the world
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And most of it was bad
Outro 1
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Jailbirds in the Bighouse
John Gorka
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