Jailhouse chords by
Sublime (Official Version)

1996Reggae443 views

Key: E majorDifficulty: Easy

Intro 1

D5

E5

I won't make love to you

D5

E5

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

D

E

D

E

D

E

D

E

Verse 2

D

E

What has been told to the wise

D

and uprooted, yeah

It's gonna be revealed

E

D

E

D

E

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

D

E

D

E

D

E

D

E

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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TunerE A D G B E

ChordsD5 E5 D E

Chords

D5
E5
D
E

Finger positions, low to high (E A D G B e). 0 is open, x is muted.

D5: x-5-7-x-x-x
E5: 0-2-x-x-x-x
D: x-x-0-2-3-2
E: 0-2-2-1-0-0

Capo: No capo

Transpose: 0

0

Accurately transcribed by the GuitarTuna team.

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This is the definitive original version of Jailhouse by Sublime, transcribed exactly as it was recorded in the studio. Unlike our simplified arrangement, this chart preserves the precise chord voicings and progressions in the original key of E major. It suits players who want to learn Jailhouse the way Sublime intended, without oversimplifying the arrangement.

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