Chords with lyrics
Key: Eb MajorEb
🎸 Intro:
F minorFm AbAb Eb MajorEb
F minorFm AbAb Eb MajorEb
LW: I’m crying, jailhouse tears
F minorFm AbAb Eb MajorEb
I’ve been trying all these years
F minorFm
Trying to ride things out
AbAb Eb MajorEb
but now I’m shifting gears
F minorFm AbAb Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb Eb MajorEb
and we’re both crying jailhouse tears
AbAb
EC: They say I broke the law
Bb majorBb Eb MajorEb
now everything is broken down
F minorFm Bb majorBb
LW: Babe I know what I saw
Eb MajorEb
I know you went downtown.
AbAb Bb majorBb
EC: They locked me up
Eb MajorEb
and you locked me out
F minorFm Bb majorBb
LW: You tried to steal my truck, but
Eb MajorEb
That’s not what this is about
AbAb Bb majorBb
EC: I just went to the corner
Eb MajorEb
to get a cold six pack
F minorFm Bb majorBb
LW: You’re a drunk you’re a stoner
Eb MajorEb
you never came back.
AbAb BbmBbm
EC: I used to be a user
Eb MajorEb
but now I’m all out of stuff
F minorFm Bb majorBb
LW: You’re a three-time loser
Eb MajorEb
you’re all fucked up
🎸 Chorus:
F minorFm AbAb Eb MajorEb
I’m crying, jailhouse tears
F minorFm AbAb Eb MajorEb
and I’ve been trying all these years
F minorFm AbAb
Been trying to ride things out
Eb MajorEb
but now I’m shifting gears
F minorFm AbAb Eb MajorEb
and we’re both crying jailhouse tears
Guitar 🎸 Solo:
F minorFm AbAb Eb MajorEb
F minorFm AbAb Eb MajorEb
F minorFm AbAb Eb MajorEb
F minorFm AbAb Eb MajorEb
AbAb Bb majorBb
EC: I’ll prove it to you somehow
Eb MajorEb
I’m done with every bit
F minorFm
look at me
I’m clean now
Bb majorBb Eb MajorEb
LW: you’re so full of shit
AbAb Bb majorBb
EC: I swear I will tell all
Eb MajorEb
look in my dresser drawers
F minorFm Bb majorBb
LW: Now I’m behind the 8-ball
Eb MajorEb
you’re behind bars.
🎸 Chorus:
F minorFm AbAb Eb MajorEb
I’m crying, jailhouse tears
F minorFm AbAb Eb MajorEb
and I’ve been trying all these years
F minorFm AbAb
Been trying to ride things out
Eb MajorEb
but now I’m shifting gears
F minorFm AbAb Eb MajorEb
and we’re both crying jailhouse tears
F minorFm AbAb Eb MajorEb
I’m crying, jailhouse tears
F minorFm AbAb Eb MajorEb
and I’ve been trying all these years
F minorFm AbAb
Been trying to ride things out
Eb MajorEb
but now I’m shifting gears
F minorFm AbAb Eb MajorEb
and we’re both crying jailhouse tears
F minorFm AbAb Eb MajorEb
We’re both crying jailhouse tears