Jailbreak

by AC-DC

from the album "'74 Jailbreak"

music transcribed by Scott Andrews (sha3u@virginia.edu)

lyrics transcribed by David Belaire (dbelaire@acs.bu.edu)

MAIN RIFF:

E5 E5 D5 A5 E5 E5 D5 A5

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||--0-----0--X--X--------------|--0-----0--X--X--------------|

E5 E5 D5 A5 E5 E5 D5 A5

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|-------------------2-----2---|-------------------2-----2---|

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VERSE 1: Main Riff with lyrics

There was a friend of mine on murder

And the judge's gavel fell

Jury found him guilty

play Fill 1 instead of Main Riff for this measure (Verse 1 only):

Gave him sixteen years in hell

FILL 1:

detune this note by unwinding tuning peg

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bass and drums in

continue main riff with lyrics

He said, I ain't spendin' my life here

I ain't livin' alone

Ain't breakin no rocks on the chain gang

I'm breakin' out and headin' home

BRIDGE: main riff with lyrics

I'm gonna make a Jailbreak

And I'm lookin' towards the sky

I'm gonna make a Jailbreak

Ah how I wish that I could fly

PRE-CHORUS:

all in the name of liberty

A5 D5 D5 D5 D5 A5 D5 D5 D5 D5

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|--2---------------------2--2--2--2--|--2----------------2--2--2--2------|

|--2---------------------0--0--0--0--|--2----------------0--0--0--0------|

|--0---------------------------------|--0--------------------------------|

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all in the name of liberty i got to be free

B5 E5 E5 E5 E5 B5 D5 D5 D5 D5

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|--4---------------------------------|--4----------------2--2--2--2------|

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|--2---------------------2--2--2--2--|--2--------------------------------|

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CHORUS:

jail-------------------------break

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|--0-----0--3/4--------------|--0-----0--3/4--------------|

let me outta here

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jail-------------------------break

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sixteen years

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Chorus Riff again with lyrics:

Jailbreak

Had more than I can take

Jailbreak

Fill 2 with lyrics:

Yeah

FILL 2:

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VERSE 2: Main Riff with lyrics

He said he'd seen his lady bein' fooled with

By another man

She was down and he was up

Had a gun in his hand

Uh...bullets started flyin' everywhere

N'people started to scream

Big man lyin' on the ground

With a hole in his body where his life had been

but it was all in the name of liberty

A5 D5 D5 D5 D5 A5 D5 D5 D5 D5

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|--2---------------------2--2--2--2--|--2----------------2--2--2--2------|

|--2---------------------0--0--0--0--|--2----------------0--0--0--0------|

|--0---------------------------------|--0--------------------------------|

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all in the name of liberty i got to be free

B5 E5 E5 E5 E5 B5 D5 D5 D5 D5

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|--4---------------------------------|--4----------------2--2--2--2------|

|--4---------------------2--2--2--2--|--4----------------0--0--0--0------|

|--2---------------------2--2--2--2--|--2--------------------------------|

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CHORUS:

jail-------------------------break

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|--0-----0--3/4--------------|--0-----0--3/4--------------|

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|--0-----0--3/4--------------|--0-----0--3/4--------------|

jail-------------------------break

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i got to break out outta here

D5 G5

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|--0-----0--3/4--------------|--0-----0--3/4----------3---|

SOLO -- over Pre-Chorus Riff.

INTERLUDE: bass plays E pedal, with lead guitar fills and lyrics

Heartbeats...they were racin'

Freedom...he was chasin'

Spotlights........Sirens

Rifles...........Firin'

But he made it out...

bass out

M'with a bullet in his back

OUTRO: repeat Chorus Riff with lyrics and guitar solo.

Jailbreak

Jailbreak....