Chords with lyrics
- Submitter:
Rsteinhofel - Tuning: Standard tuning
- Difficulty: Beginner
JAILBIRD - Jim White
Intro - same chords for the Verse
Shape 1 Shape 2 open 
C majorC shape at 3rd Fret (D#?) Shape 3 open C majorC
e X e X e X
A augmentedA O A augmentedA 5 A augmentedA 3
D MajorD 10 D MajorD 4 D MajorD 2
G+G 9 G+G o G+G O
BB 12 BB 3 BB 1
E MajorE X E MajorE x E MajorE X
Verse 1
1 2
Dixie is a scourge and a scar
3 2
And a girl in my heart and a state of mind
1 2
Jesus is the man with a plan
3 2
He`s a short haired Mexican friend of mine
1 2
This small town crowd should`ve dragged you down
3 2
Can`t leave your past behind
1 2
Wipers in the rain tap out time
3 2
Coming up on a new state line
Chorus
A minorAm 
E minorEm
I wanna be a jailbird
G+G D MajorD
From the prison of my own damn mind
A minorAm E minorEm
Gonna get me a fast car
G+G D MajorD
Set out and see what I can find
A minorAm E minorEm
Brick up the well of tears and disappear
G+G D MajorD
Leave myself behind
A minorAm E minorEm
Gonna be a jailbird
G+G D MajorD
From the prison of my own damn mind
Verse 2
1 2
Midnight, take a short cut
3 2
Through the downtown cemetery
1 2
No stepping on graves
3 2
Check the statue of the Virgin Mary
1 2
She`s catching moonlight in the shadows
3 2
Revealing spider webs
1 2
Can you see the black widow
3 2
Hung between our lady`s hands?
Chorus
Verse 3
1 2
Now used to be when I was young
3 2
I was so hungry for oblivion
1 2
My thoughts would linger
3 2
Like fingers in a deadly web
1 2
But in time as sorrow showed it`s face
3 2
In kind I learned to ache for grace
1 2
To work and pray to one day Be
3 2
delivered whole, alive and free
Chorus
Jail Bird chords
This is what I see and here when he plays live acoustic.
