What Jail Is Like

Tom: Dbm
From: "Manuel Zanzi"
Subject: a/afgnan_whigs/*
Date: Tue, 02 Jun 1998 03:16:18 PDT
What jail is Like
Written By: Greg Dulli
Album: Gentlemen
Transcribed and submitted by Manuel Zanzi (*)
Chords used:
C#m: (2x)
B:
799877 (in verse) x24442 (in chorus)
Ab : 466544
A : 577655
E: (2x)
Intro Chords:
C#m
(let ring) Ab A (2x)
Verse Chords (for each chord one measure):
part1:
part2:
(distortion kicks in)
C#m - C#m - C#m - C#m
C#m - C#m - C#m - C#m
Chorus (distortion):
Riff under Intro and The first part of verse:
This is not totally accurate, mainly because It's pretty hard to
transcribe Piano. It sounds Ok.
C#m B Ab A
e-----------------------------------------------------------|
B------------------------------------------7-9-7------------|
G----------6------------6------------6-----------9-7-9-6----|
D------9-----9-7----9-----9-7----9-----9-7------------------|
A-----------------------------------------------------------|
E--(9)----------(7)----------(4)----------(5)---------------|
Riff under Chorus:
B C#m E E
e--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2/4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4/1212121212121212121212/151515-|
B--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4/5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5/1212121212121212121212/151515-|
G----------------------------------------------------------------|
D----------------------------------------------------------------|
A----------------------------------------------------------------|
E----------------------------------------------------------------|
Lyrics:

[Intro]
Verse1:
C#m B Ab A
I'll warn you, if cornered, I'll scratch my way out of the pen
C#m B Ab A
Wired, an animal. The claustrophobia begins
C#m
You think I'm scared of girls, Well maybe
But I'm not afraid of you
You want to scare me then you'll cling to me no matter what I do
Verse2:
C#m B Ab A
Tell you a secret They shared a needle once or twice
C#m B Ab A
I loved her, she loved me We slept together a couple of times
C#m
You think I'm proud of this, Well maybe
But the shame you never lose
Infatuated with a lunatic and cornered by the muse
Chorus1:
B C#m E
And it goes down every niiiiiight
This must be what jail is really liiiiiike
And I will scratch my way out of this peeeeeen, again
Verse part1
Verse3:
C#m B Ab A
Lonely? Maybe Or maybe not, It all depends
C#m B Ab A
Your ideal, your image Your definition of a friend
C#m
If what you're shoveling is company
Then I'd rather be alone
Resentment always goes much further than it was supposed to go
Repeat Chorus
Repeat Verse1 until "an animal".
end on C#m