Key: E major•
Intro 1
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There was a
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friend of mine
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on murder
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And the judge's ga vel fell
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Jury found him guil ty
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Gave him sixteen years in hell
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He said "I ain't spending my life here
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I ain't livin' a lone
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Ain't breakin' no rocks
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on the chain gang
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I'm breakin' out and heading home"
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Gonna make a (jailbreak)
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And I'm looking towards the sky
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I'm gonna make a (jailbreak)
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Oh, how I wish that I could fly
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All in the name of li berty
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All in the name of li berty
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Got to be free
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(Jailbreak)
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Let me outta here
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(Jailbreak)
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Sixteen years
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(Jailbreak)
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Had more than I can take
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(Jailbreak)
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Yeah
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Yes, I had seen his lady being
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fooled with
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By another man
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She was down and he was up
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Had a gun in his hand
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Bullets started flying
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everywhere
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People start to scream
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Big man lyin' on the ground
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With a hole in his body
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where his life had been, but it was
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All in the name of li berty
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I got to be free
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(Jailbreak)
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(Jailbreak)
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Out of here
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Heartbeats, they were racing
Freedom, he was chasin'
Spotlights, sirens, rifles firing
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But he made it out with a bullet in his back
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Jailbreak
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Jailbreak
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Jailbreak
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Jailbreak
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Jailbreak
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[Repeat and fade]
TunerE A D G B E
ChordsE D A B G
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