Jailbreak tab by AC/DC

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Scott H. Andrews          Jun 20 '94 at 10:41 pm edt


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               J A augmentedA I L BB R E MajorE A augmentedA K

                 by AC-DC

           from the album "'74 Jailbreak"

     music transcribed by Scott Andrews ([email protected])
     lyrics transcribed by David Belaire ([email protected])

MAIN RIFF:

  E5E5  E5E5     D5D5  A5A5   E5E5  E5E5     D5D5  A5A5
||-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
||-------------------3---------|-------------------3---------|
||-------------------2-----2---|-------------------2-----2---|
||--2-----2----------0-----2---|--2-----2----------0-----2---|
||--2-----2--X--X----------0---|--2-----2--X--X----------0---|
||--0-----0--X--X--------------|--0-----0--X--X--------------|

  E5E5  E5E5     D5D5  A5A5   E5E5  E5E5     D5D5  A5A5
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------3---------|-------------------3---------|
|-------------------2-----2---|-------------------2-----2---|
|--2-----2----------0-----2---|--2-----2----------0-----2---|
|--2-----2--X--X----------0---|--2-----2--X--X----------0---|
|--0-----0--X--X--------------|--0-----0--X--X--------------|


VERSE 1: Main Riff with lyrics

   There was a friend of ....

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
|----------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------|------------------------|
|--0-------------------|--(0)-------------------|

bass and drums in

continue main riff with lyrics

   He said, I ain't spendin' my ....

BRIDGE: main riff with lyrics

   I'm gonna make a ...


PRE-CHORUS:

  all in the ...
  A5A5          D5D5 D5 D5D5 D5  A5A5        D5D5 D5 D5D5 D5
|------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|------------------------3--3--3--3--|-------------------3--3--3--3------|
|--2---------------------2--2--2--2--|--2----------------2--2--2--2------|
|--2---------------------0--0--0--0--|--2----------------0--0--0--0------|
|--0---------------------------------|--0--------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|

  all in the name ....i got to ...
  B5B5          E5E5 E5 E5E5 E5  B5B5        D5D5 D5 D5D5 D5
|------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|-------------------3--3--3--3------|
|--4---------------------------------|--4----------------2--2--2--2------|
|--4---------------------2--2--2--2--|--4----------------0--0--0--0------|
|--2---------------------2--2--2--2--|--2--------------------------------|
|------------------------0--0--0--0--|-----------------------------------|


CHORUS:

  jail-------------------------break
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------2--5----4---|----------------2--5----4---|
|--0-----0--3/4--------------|--0-----0--3/4--------------|


           let me ...
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------2--5----4---|----------------2--5----4---|
|--0-----0--3/4--------------|--0-----0--3/4--------------|


  jail-------------------------break
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------2--5----4---|----------------2--5----4---|
|--0-----0--3/4--------------|--0-----0--3/4--------------|


           sixteen ...
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------2--5----4---|----------------2--5----4---|
|--0-----0--3/4--------------|--0-----0--3/4--------------|


Chorus Riff again with lyrics:

   Jailbreak...

Fill 2 with lyrics:

   Yeah

FILL 2:
  E5E5
|----------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------|------------------------|
|--2-------------------|--(2)-------------------|
|--2-------------------|--(2)-------------------|
|--0-------------------|--(0)-------------------|


VERSE 2: Main Riff with lyrics

   He said he'd seen his ....

   Uh...bullets started flyin' ....



 but it was all in ...
  A5A5          D5D5 D5 D5D5 D5  A5A5        D5D5 D5 D5D5 D5
|------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|------------------------3--3--3--3--|-------------------3--3--3--3------|
|--2---------------------2--2--2--2--|--2----------------2--2--2--2------|
|--2---------------------0--0--0--0--|--2----------------0--0--0--0------|
|--0---------------------------------|--0--------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|

  all in the name of....i got to ...
  B5B5          E5E5 E5 E5E5 E5  B5B5        D5D5 D5 D5D5 D5
|------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|-------------------3--3--3--3------|
|--4---------------------------------|--4----------------2--2--2--2------|
|--4---------------------2--2--2--2--|--4----------------0--0--0--0------|
|--2---------------------2--2--2--2--|--2--------------------------------|
|------------------------0--0--0--0--|-----------------------------------|


CHORUS:

  jail-------------------------break
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------2--5----4---|----------------2--5----4---|
|--0-----0--3/4--------------|--0-----0--3/4--------------|


|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------2--5----4---|----------------2--5----4---|
|--0-----0--3/4--------------|--0-----0--3/4--------------|


  jail-------------------------break
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------2--5----4---|----------------2--5----4---|
|--0-----0--3/4--------------|--0-----0--3/4--------------|


  i got to break ....
                         D5D5  G5G5
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|-------------------3--------|
|----------------------------|-------------------2----0---|
|----------------------------|-------------------0----0---|
|----------------2--5----4---|----------------2-------X---|
|--0-----0--3/4--------------|--0-----0--3/4----------3---|


SOLO -- over Pre-Chorus Riff.


INTERLUDE: bass plays E MajorE 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 ....


OUTRO: repeat Chorus Riff with lyrics and guitar solo.

   Jailbreak....

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