Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Intro:
A augmentedA D MajorD
A augmentedA D MajorD G+G
DmDm D MajorD G+G A augmentedA
FF G+G
Verse 1:
A minorAm G+G C majorC
Sittin’ here beside the fire, sleepin’ like a child
G+G FF
Warmed from your love, but in my mind
DmDm C majorC A#A# A augmentedA
There’s somethin’ wrong, I can’t go on
A minorAm G+G C majorC
At the age of twenty-nine, I feel that I’ve re-signed
G+G FF
No reason to live, slowly dyin’
DmDm C majorC A#A# A augmentedA
Caught in a cage, our love has made
Chorus:
A augmentedA C majorC F# minorF#m A augmentedA D MajorD G+G
Love’s a jailer in my life, love’s twi-stin’ knife
D MajorD A augmentedA D MajorD E MajorE
Is tearin’ my heart, a-part
A augmentedA C majorC F# minorF#m A augmentedA D MajorD G+G
Love’s the chains that tie me down, in love you’ll drown
D MajorD A augmentedA
It’s just like a stone
D MajorD A augmentedA D MajorD A augmentedA E MajorE
So strong, love is a jailer, so strong, love’s a jailer
Verse 2:
A minorAm G+G C majorC
Can it be in all these years, there’s nothin’ left to keep
G+G FF
No challenges call, just deep in-side
DmDm C majorC A#A# A augmentedA
A majorA girl in pain, to make a change
A minorAm G+G C majorC
Tell me what I have to do, should I turn and walk a-way
G+G FF
And leave you a-lone, leave you cryin’
DmDm C majorC A#A# A augmentedA
I’d never go, and hurt you so
Chorus:
A augmentedA C majorC F# minorF#m A augmentedA D MajorD G+G
Love’s a jailer in my life, love’s twi-stin’ knife
D MajorD A augmentedA D MajorD E MajorE
Is tearin’ my heart, a-part
A augmentedA C majorC F# minorF#m A augmentedA D MajorD G+G
Love’s the chains that tie me down, in love you’ll drown
D MajorD A augmentedA
It’s just like a stone
D MajorD A augmentedA D MajorD A augmentedA E MajorE
So strong, love is a jailer, so strong, love’s a jailer