Jailhouse chords by Gregory Isaacs
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Verse 1
Yeah man, (E minor) well this is original
Bunty
Hunter speaking alongside
Greg (D major)
Rynsdonk
Come fi talk to all of the
ghetto youth dem (E minor) man
Mind yourself and captivity and
Babylon brutality
(D major) Hear this!
Born and raised in the
(E minor) heart of the city (D major) (E minor)
(D major) As a young ghetto celebrity (E minor) (D major) (E minor)
Set (D major) up a meccan amongst youth
and (E minor) (D major) youth (E minor)
(D major)
What you (E minor) know?
(D major) Well he that keep it his mouth
Shall (E minor) keep it his line
(D major) Put yourself in a trouble man
You know that nah go nice
He that keep it his mouth
Shall keep it his line
Put yourself in a trouble
You know that (E minor) nah go nice
So real (D major) life, don't reach a
(E minor) Spanish town
What a (D major) use,
but stick a (E minor) liquor up your head
(D major) Crown
You (E minor) real life, don't go down a (D major) gun code
Bad boy beat you bad and I'll
snap (E minor) out your (D major) throat
Your real life, try (E minor) no reach a rich man
Govern (D major) ment system a work
you (E minor) like a come along
(D major) Your real life, (E minor) bottle down a
GP
(D major) Guess who go down there, ya mi friend
(E minor) Trin
Gregory
When (D major) we say solitary confinement (B minor) (D major)
(E minor) I'll go until after night (D major) (E minor)
Love, love, (D major) love (E minor)
(D major) Solitary confinement (E minor)
I ain't in, (D major) (E minor) I'd rather just
stand and (D major) fight (E minor) (D major) (E minor)
So real (D major) ize, (E minor) both all are like a
(D major) Thailand
Cause inna that the (E minor) prison,
say man a kill man
And (D major) when you go there some
(E minor) man you have it down (D major) long
You realize, try (E minor) no reach a upstate (D major)
Who lock you in a cell,
(E minor) a bake (D major) you a bake
And everyday bad boy (E minor) just
kick off your face
(B minor) When you (D major) get semi- erant
(E minor) then know (D major) you (E minor) get (D major) ate
He that keepeth his mouth,
(E minor) shall keepeth his life
Put your (D major) self inna trouble,
you know that nuh go nice
He that keepeth his mouth,
shall keepeth his life
Put yourself inna trouble,
you (E minor) know that (D major) nuh go nice
You realize
Babylon a go on so wicked
New squad come in,
we dem (E minor) call it acid (D major)
And upon the ghetto youth,
everyday dem live
You realize, (E minor) this is the
Armaged (D major) don
Know for yourself,
and know where you stand
Stay watch out your church,
inna (E minor) your tradition
You real (D major) ize,
talking to the ghetto youth man
Fae come inna place,
inna wicked (E minor) place, yeah man
He (D major) that keepeth his mouth,
shall keepeth (E minor) his blind
(D major) Put yourself inna trouble,
you know dat nah go nice (E minor)
(D major) He that keepeth his mouth,
shall (E minor) keepeth (D major) his blind
Put yourself inna trouble,
and (E minor) watch around
(D major) But me say solitary confinement (E minor) (D major)
Nah (E minor) go at it all tonight (D major) (E minor)
Lord
Lord
(D major) Lord (E minor)
Sol (D major) itary con (E minor) finement, (D major) (E minor) eh
I (D major) (E minor) (B minor) (D major) (E minor)
(B minor) go dance (D major) (E minor) no jelous rock
(B minor) (D major) (E minor) (D major) I go leap (E minor) and no self- lock (D major) (E minor)
(D major) Don't you ever walk in socket
(E minor) Cause we nah (D major) go walk with (E minor) no
buck (D major) et (E minor) (D major) (E minor) (D major)
(E minor) Real (D major) ize, one bunty hunter a one
Allu deh yah, (E minor) and allu nuh burn (D major)
(E minor) Real (D major) ize, (E minor) listen good when
me attack (D major)
Everything me (E minor) utter it a come
from me (D major) heart
Realize, (E minor) if you dem feel it go
(D major) Babylon (E minor)
Gyaan come beat you (D major) up
(E minor) He that (D major) keep it his mouth
(E minor) Shall keep it his (D major) life
Put yourself in a trouble man
You know that nah go nice
He that (D major) keep it his mouth
Shall keep it his life
Put your (D major) self in a trouble,
you know that not gon' nice
So realize, tryna go a punish town
Who a the use (D major) button stick and
lick off your head
C'mon you realize, tryna reach a rich man
(D major)
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