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Jailhouse Tab by Sublime

  • D5

    5
  • E5

  • D

  • E

Intro 1
D5
E5
I won't make love to you
E|----------------------------------|-----------------------0----------| B|-7---7------------------------9---|-9---9-----------------0----------| G|-7---7---------7-------7------9---|-9---9----------------------------| D|-7---7-----------------7------9---|-9---9----------------------------| A|-5---5-----------5-------5----7---|-7---7----------------------------| E|----------------------------------|-------------0--------------------| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
D5
E5
And I feel the love feel love la love
E|----------------------------------|-----------------------0----------| B|----------------------------------|-9---9-----------------0----------| G|-7---7-----------------7----------|-9---9----------------------------| D|-7---7----------------------------|-9---9----------------------------| A|-5---5-------------5-------5------|-7---7----------------------------| E|-----------------------------0----|---------------0------------------| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
Chorus 1
D
E
Jailhouse gets empty
D
E
Rudy gets plenty
D
E
The baton stick gets shorter
D
E
Rudy gets taller
D
E
Can't fight against the youth
D
'cuz we're strong
E
Them are rude rude people
D
E
Can't fight against the youth
D
'cuz we're strong
E
And the rude rude people
long, baby get now

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Verse 1
D
When I was a youth in 1983
E
was the best day of my life
D
Had the '89 vision
We didn't fuss or no fight
E
When all the little daughters
wanna be my wife
D
Like a vision
E
it was playin' on my guitar
on my guitar
D
I had to be there
I had to be there
E
I had to be there
I had to be there
D
When the rhythm was playin'
E
I know that I'm gonna be there, yeah
D
Oh Bud Gaugh will be singing there
E
and Eric Wison will be banging out there, yeah
D
Oh and we'll be all singing
E
with version with versions
D
E
raggae version, version, version, version
Solo 1
D
E
E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| B|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| G|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| D|---------7---9-7-9-9-7---9-7------|----------------------------------| A|-----------------------9-----9-7--|---9-9-7-------7-9-9-9-7-9-7------| E|----------------------------------|-----------------------------9----| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
D
E
E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| B|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| G|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| D|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| A|-----------------------------7----|-7h9-7-------7h9-7-------7---9----| E|-7---9-----------------7---9---9--|----------------------------------| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
D
E
E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| B|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| G|----------------------------------|---------9---------9h11-----------| D|-7---------9---7------------------|---9-11---------------------------| A|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
D
E
E|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------12-----| B|--10-------------------------------|-------------------------10---12----12--| G|----9h11p9-------------------------|---------------------9h11--11-----------| D|----------9---9--------------------|---------7-9p8--7h911-------------------| A|------------------7h9-7-------7----|------7h9-----9-------------------------| E|--------------------------7-9------|-5h79-----------------------------------| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
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
E
Can't fight against the youth
D
right now
E
Them are rude rude people
D
E
Can't fight against the resistance
D
Oh right now
E
And the rude rude people
Verse 3
D
E
We're gonna rule this land
Among children
D
E
We're gonna rule this land
D
'Cuz when that rhythm
E
it was playin' on my guitar
on my guitar
D
I had to be there
I had to be there
E
I had to be there
I had to be there
D
Oh, when I was a youth,
it was the best day
E
it was the best day of my life
D
Had the '89 vision
We didn't fuss or no fight
E
When all the little daughters
wanna be my wife
D
When that rhythm
E
it was playin' on my guitar
on my guitar
D
I had to be there
I had to be there
I had to be there
E
I had to be there I had to be there
E|----------------------------------| B|----------------------------------| G|----------------------------------| D|-----------------9h11----11--9----| A|----------------------------------| E|----------------------------------| 1 2 3 4
Solo 2
D
E
E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| B|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| G|-----9-----11----------11----9----|-----------------9----------------| D|-11------------------11-----------|-----11--------11----11----9h-11--| A|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
D
E
E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| B|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| G|-9---11--------11-----------------|----------------------------------| D|-----------------------9---9---9--|-----7-------9---7----------------| A|----------------------------------|---------------------------5---7--| E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
D
E
E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| B|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| G|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| D|-------5--------------------------|-------7---5---6---6--------------| A|--5h-7---7-5-----------5---5---5--|--5h-7---7-------------7---7------| E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
D
E
E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| B|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| G|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| D|-------7---6---------9-----7------|-6--------------------------------| A|--5h-7---7-----7------------------|-----7-5-----7--------------------| E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
Chorus 3
D
E
Jailhouse gets empty
D
E
Rudy gets plenty
D
E
The baton stick gets shorter
D
E
Rudy gets taller
D
E
Can't fight against the youth
D
'cuz we're strong
E
Them are rude rude people
D
Can't fight against the youth
1996Reggae
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