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From: "Manuel Zanzi" 
Subject: a/afgnan_whigs/what_jail_is_like.crd
Date: Tue, 02 Jun 1998 03:16:18 PDT


What jail is Like
By Afghan Whigs
Written By: Greg Dulli
Album: Gentlemen
Transcribed and submitted by Manuel Zanzi (manuelzanzi@hotmail.com)

Chords used:
C#m: x46654
B:   799877 (in verse) x24442 (in chorus)
Ab:  466544
A:   577655
E:   x79997

Intro Chords:
C#m (let ring)  Ab  A x2

Verse Chords (for each chord one measure):
part1:
C#m - B - Ab - A
C#m - B - Ab - A

part2:
(distortion kicks in)
C#m - C#m - C#m - C#m
C#m - C#m - C#m - C#m

Chorus (distortion):
B - C#m - E - E

Riff under Intro and The first part of verse:
This is not totally accurate, mainly because It's pretty hard to
transcribe Piano. It sounds Ok.

   C#m          B            Ab           A
e-----------------------------------------------------------|
B------------------------------------------7-9-7------------|
G----------6------------6------------6-----------9-7-9-6----|
D------9-----9-7----9-----9-7----9-----9-7------------------|
A-----------------------------------------------------------|
E--(9)----------(7)----------(4)----------(5)---------------|

Riff under Chorus:
   B               C#m             E             E
e--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2/4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4/1212121212121212121212/151515-|
B--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4/5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5/1212121212121212121212/151515-|
G----------------------------------------------------------------|
D----------------------------------------------------------------|
A----------------------------------------------------------------|
E----------------------------------------------------------------|

Lyrics:

Intro

Verse1:
  C#m              B            Ab                A
     I'll warn you, if cornered, I'll scratch my way out of the pen
  C#m      B       Ab                A
     Wired, an animal. The claustrophobia begins
  C#m
     You think I'm scared of girls, Well maybe
     But I'm not afraid of you
     You want to scare me then you'll cling to me no matter what I do
Verse2:
  C#m        B         Ab              A
     Tell you a secret  They shared a needle once or twice
  C#m            B            Ab            A
     I loved her, she loved me  We slept together a couple of times
  C#m
     You think I'm proud of this, Well maybe
     But the shame you never lose
     Infatuated with a lunatic and cornered by the muse
Chorus1:
 B                        C#m                  E
   And it goes           down every           niiiiiight
   This must be         what jail is really   liiiiiike
   And I will scratch my way out of this      peeeeeen,   again

Verse part1

Verse3:
  C#m              B            Ab           A
     Lonely?        Maybe          Or maybe not, It all depends
  C#m           B            Ab           A
     Your ideal, your image     Your definition of a friend
  C#m
     If what you're shoveling is company
     Then I'd rather be alone
     Resentment always goes much further than it was supposed to go

Repeat Chorus

Repeat Verse1 until "an animal".
end on C#m
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