Key: D major
Verse 1
that life ain't what it ought to be,
you've got to break that jailhouse down.
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They say my touch is healing for
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emotional disease,
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you've got to break that jailhouse down low,
low.
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You've got to break that jailhouse
you back a dime
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You've got to break that
jailhouse down
Silently I'm stalking in a
storybook of rhymes
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You've got to break that jailhouse down,
low, low
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jailhouse down
Gather all your winners, losers,
teach them what you can
You got to break that jailhouse down
I don't buy the code of silence,
like the wandering instrument
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You got to break that jailhouse down low,
low
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You got to break that jailhouse down
Relief from useless gesture,
that ain't no common crime
You got to break that jailhouse down
Don't pride your indignation
when your nickel gets a dime
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You got to break that
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jailhouse down
Now I hear the train a -comin',
rollin' down the track, got to
What we all be comin',
we ain't never goin' back, got to
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Break that jailhouse down low, Lord
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Got to break that jailhouse down low,
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low
If you got a notion,
life ain't what it ought to be
You got to bring that jailhouse down
They say my touch is healing
for emotional disease
You gotta break that jailhouse down low,
Lord
Break that jailhouse down
Break that jailhouse down low, Lord
You gotta break that jailhouse down
Break down
Break down
Outro 1
Breakdown
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