Jailhouse chords by Mavado

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

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

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


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


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


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


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


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


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