Jailhouse chords by
Sublime
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Key: E major

Intro 1

D

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I won't make love to you

D

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And I feel the love feel love la love

Chorus 1
D D 
 
E E 
 
Jailhouse gets empty
D D 
 
E E 
 
Rudy gets plenty
D D 
 
E E 
 
The baton stick gets shorter
D D 
 
E E 
 
Rudy gets taller
D D 
 
E E 
 
Can't fight against the youth
D D 
 
'cuz we're strong
E E 
 
Them are rude rude people
D D 
 
E E 
 
Can't fight against the youth
D D 
 
'cuz we're strong
E E 
 
And the rude rude people

Verse 1
long, baby get now
D D 
 
When I was a youth in 1983
E E 
 
was the best day of my life
D D 
 
Had the '89 vision
We didn't fuss or no fight
E E 
 
When all the little daughters
wanna be my wife
D D 
 
Like a vision
E E 
 
it was playin' on my guitar
on my guitar
D D 
 
I had to be there
I had to be there
E E 
 
I had to be there
I had to be there
D D 
 
When the rhythm was playin'
E E 
 
I know that I'm gonna be there, yeah
D D 
 
Oh Bud Gaugh will be singing there
E E 
 
and Eric Wison will be banging out there, yeah
D D 
 
Oh and we'll be all singing
E E 
 
with version with versions
D D 
 
E E 
 
raggae version, version, version, version

Solo 1

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Verse 2

D

E

What has been told to the wise

D

and uprooted, yeah

It's gonna be revealed

E

D

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D

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onto babes and Sublime

Chorus 2
D D 
 
E E 
 
Can't fight against the youth
D D 
 
right now
E E 
 
Them are rude rude people
D D 
 
E E 
 
Can't fight against the resistance
D D 
 
Oh right now
E E 
 
And the rude rude people

Verse 3
D D 
 
E E 
 
We're gonna rule this land
Among children
D D 
 
E E 
 
We're gonna rule this land
D D 
 
'Cuz when that rhythm
E E 
 
it was playin' on my guitar
on my guitar
D D 
 
I had to be there
I had to be there
E E 
 
I had to be there
I had to be there
D D 
 
Oh, when I was a youth,
it was the best day
E E 
 
it was the best day of my life
D D 
 
Had the '89 vision
We didn't fuss or no fight
E E 
 
When all the little daughters
wanna be my wife
D D 
 
When that rhythm
E E 
 
it was playin' on my guitar
on my guitar
D D 
 
I had to be there
I had to be there
E E 
 
I had to be there
I had to be there

Solo 2

I had to be there

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Chorus 3
D D 
 
E E 
 
Jailhouse gets empty
D D 
 
E E 
 
Rudy gets plenty
D D 
 
E E 
 
The baton stick gets shorter
D D 
 
E E 
 
Rudy gets taller
D D 
 
E E 
 
Can't fight against the youth
D D 
 
'cuz we're strong
E E 
 
Them are rude rude people
D D 
 
Can't fight against the youth

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