Jailhouse chords by Mavado

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Intro:
C# minorC#m A augmentedA
  Ghetto yout
BB         C# minorC#m
 Two thousand and nine (serious ting)
            A augmentedA
Put dung di war an di crime
      BB           C# minorC#m
Go breed a gyal an get a pickney fi mind
           A augmentedA
Put dung di violence an di crime
         BB
Yuh nuh see nuh gyal inna jail
C# minorC#m                  A augmentedA
 A augmentedA bare man inna jail (bare man inna jail)
     BB
Ghetto youts (ghetto youts)

Chorus:
C# minorC#m
I don't wanna (I don't wanna)
N.C.
I nuh really really wanna
A augmentedA          BB
I don't wanna go to jail no more
C# minorC#m
I nuh wanna (I nuh wanna)
N.C.
I nuh really really wanna
A augmentedA          BB
I don't wanna go to jail no more


Verse 1:
            C# minorC#m
Nuh see nuh gyal inna jailhouse (gyal inna jailhouse)
        A augmentedA          BB
Bare man inna jailhouse (man inna jailhouse)
            C# minorC#m
Nuh see nuh gyal inna jail a bare man inna jail
            A augmentedA
Mi glad di day weh mi bail out
     BB
First of all:
       C# minorC#m
You see the warda
N.C.
The warda, the warda
A augmentedA       BB
 You aks some gangsta wada
      C# minorC#m
But some wada, some wada, some wada
A augmentedA          BB
 Dem worse than Shebahda
  C# minorC#m
Fus: mek mi tell you how it all happen
A augmentedA            BB
 Mi and mi gyal inna mi bed (yeay)
C# minorC#m
 Mi a gi har some hard strappings
A augmentedA           BB
 She tear up all mi spread (oweh ye)
C# minorC#m
 Mi and har inna mi bed a square off
A augmentedA       BB
 Same time mi door tear off
C# minorC#m
 Lord mi cud'n see no face a bare mask
A augmentedA        BB
 And bare tear gas

Chorus:
     C# minorC#m
Officer: I don't wanna (I don't wanna)
N.C.
I nuh really really wanna
A augmentedA          BB
I don't wanna go to jail no more
C# minorC#m
I nuh wanna (I nuh wanna)
N.C.
I nuh really really wanna
A augmentedA          BB
I don't wanna go to jail no more


Verse 2:
      C# minorC#m
A augmentedA next ting: Mi a talk di bail, di bail
A augmentedA             BB
 Go inna di court fi get di bail, di bail
C# minorC#m
 Same time mi get reman again
     A augmentedA
Case put off again
   BB
Mama see har son a passed again
C# minorC#m
 Me inna shackles an chains but mi feel like fi
   A augmentedA
Took off mi friend
 BB
Trus mi no badda laugh mi friend
C# minorC#m
 Gangyalee will have to float again
      A augmentedA           BB
Mi read mi bible pon di way to di court again


Chorus:
    C# minorC#m
Cause: I don't wanna (I don't wanna)
N.C.
I nuh really really wanna
A augmentedA          BB
I don't wanna go to jail no more
C# minorC#m
I nuh wanna (I nuh wanna)
N.C.
I nuh really really wanna
A augmentedA          BB
I don't wanna go to jail no more


Verse 3:
            C# minorC#m
Nuh see nuh gyal inna jailhouse (gyal inna jailhouse)
          A augmentedA         BB
Ah bare man inna jailhouse (man inna jailhouse)
            C# minorC#m
Nuh see nuh gyal inna jail ah bare man inna jail (free up di youts)
      A augmentedA   BB
Done wit jailhouse
          C# minorC#m
What a day when mi bail out (I don't wanna)
N.C.
I don't wanna (I don't wanna)
 A augmentedA          BB
What a day, what a day, 't is a brighter a day
C# minorC#m
I don't wanna (I don't wanna)
N.C.
Dat day when I bail (I don't wanna)
A augmentedA BB
  Ghetto youts


Chorus:
C# minorC#m
I don't wanna
N.C.
I nuh really really wanna
A augmentedA          BB
I don't wanna go to jail no more
C# minorC#m
I nuh wanna
N.C.
Nuh really really wanna
A augmentedA
I don't wanna go to
BB
 Me see no gyal inna jailhouse