J A I L B R E A K

by AC-DC

from the album "'74 Jailbreak"

music transcribed by Scott Andrews (sha3u@virginia.edu)
lyrics transcribed by David Belaire (dbelaire@acs.bu.edu)



MAIN RIFF:

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||--2-----2----------0-----2---|--2-----2----------0-----2---|
||--2-----2--X--X----------0---|--2-----2--X--X----------0---|
||--0-----0--X--X--------------|--0-----0--X--X--------------|

|--E5------E5-----------D5------A5----|--E5------E5-----------D5------A5----|
|-------------------3---------|-------------------3---------|
|-------------------2-----2---|-------------------2-----2---|
|--2-----2----------0-----2---|--2-----2----------0-----2---|
|--2-----2--X--X----------0---|--2-----2--X--X----------0---|
|--0-----0--X--X--------------|--0-----0--X--X--------------|



VERSE 1: Main Riff with lyrics

There was a friend of mine on murder
And the judge's gavel fell
Jury found him guilty

play Fill 1 instead of Main Riff for this measure (Verse 1 only):
Gave him sixteen years in hell

FILL 1:

detune this note by unwinding tuning peg
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bass and drums in

continue main riff with lyrics

He said, I ain't spendin' my life here
I ain't livin' alone
Ain't breakin no rocks on the chain gang
I'm breakin' out and headin' home



BRIDGE: main riff with lyrics

I'm gonna make a Jailbreak
And I'm lookin' towards the sky
I'm gonna make a Jailbreak
Ah how I wish that I could fly



PRE-CHORUS:

all in the name of liberty
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|------------------------3--3--3--3--|-------------------3--3--3--3------|
|--2---------------------2--2--2--2--|--2----------------2--2--2--2------|
|--2---------------------0--0--0--0--|--2----------------0--0--0--0------|
|--0---------------------------------|--0--------------------------------|
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all in the name of liberty i got to be free
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|------------------------------------|-------------------3--3--3--3------|
|--4---------------------------------|--4----------------2--2--2--2------|
|--4---------------------2--2--2--2--|--4----------------0--0--0--0------|
|--2---------------------2--2--2--2--|--2--------------------------------|
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CHORUS:

jail-------------------------break
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|--0-----0--3/4--------------|--0-----0--3/4--------------|


let me outta here
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|--0-----0--3/4--------------|--0-----0--3/4--------------|


jail-------------------------break
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sixteen years
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Chorus Riff again with lyrics:

Jailbreak
Had more than I can take
Jailbreak

Fill 2 with lyrics:

Yeah

FILL 2:
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|--2-------------------|--(2)-------------------|
|--2-------------------|--(2)-------------------|
|--0-------------------|--(0)-------------------|



VERSE 2: Main Riff with lyrics

He said he'd seen his lady bein' fooled with
By another man
She was down and he was up
Had a gun in his hand

Uh...bullets started flyin' everywhere
N'people started to scream
Big man lyin' on the ground
With a hole in his body where his life had been




but it was all in the name of liberty
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|------------------------3--3--3--3--|-------------------3--3--3--3------|
|--2---------------------2--2--2--2--|--2----------------2--2--2--2------|
|--2---------------------0--0--0--0--|--2----------------0--0--0--0------|
|--0---------------------------------|--0--------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|

all in the name of liberty i got to be free
|--B5----------------------E5---E5---E5---E5---|--B5-----------------D5---D5---D5---D5-------|
|------------------------------------|-------------------3--3--3--3------|
|--4---------------------------------|--4----------------2--2--2--2------|
|--4---------------------2--2--2--2--|--4----------------0--0--0--0------|
|--2---------------------2--2--2--2--|--2--------------------------------|
|------------------------0--0--0--0--|-----------------------------------|



CHORUS:

jail-------------------------break
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|----------------2--5----4---|----------------2--5----4---|
|--0-----0--3/4--------------|--0-----0--3/4--------------|


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|----------------2--5----4---|----------------2--5----4---|
|--0-----0--3/4--------------|--0-----0--3/4--------------|


jail-------------------------break
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|----------------2--5----4---|----------------2--5----4---|
|--0-----0--3/4--------------|--0-----0--3/4--------------|


i got to break out outta here
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|----------------------------|-------------------3--------|
|----------------------------|-------------------2----0---|
|----------------------------|-------------------0----0---|
|----------------2--5----4---|----------------2-------X---|
|--0-----0--3/4--------------|--0-----0--3/4----------3---|



SOLO -- over Pre-Chorus Riff.



INTERLUDE: bass plays E pedal, with lead guitar fills and lyrics

Heartbeats...they were racin'
Freedom...he was chasin'

Spotlights........Sirens
Rifles...........Firin'
But he made it out...

bass out

M'with a bullet in his back



OUTRO: repeat Chorus Riff with lyrics and guitar solo.

Jailbreak
Jailbreak
Jailbreak

Jailbreak
Jailbreak
Jailbreak....
^Z