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J A I L B R E A K
by AC-DC
from the album "'74 Jailbreak"
MAIN RIFF:
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--------------|

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
|----------------------|------------------------| |----------------------|------------------------| |----------------------|------------------------| |----------------------|------------------------| |----------------------|------------------------| |--0-------------------|--(0)-------------------|

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
A5 D5 D5 D5 D5 A5 D5 D5 D5 D5
|------------------------------------|-----------------------------------| |------------------------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 |----------------------------|----------------------------| |----------------------------|----------------------------| |----------------------------|----------------------------| |----------------------------|----------------------------| |----------------2--5----4---|----------------2--5----4---| |--0-----0--3/4--------------|--0-----0--3/4--------------|

let me outta here
|----------------------------|----------------------------| |----------------------------|----------------------------| |----------------------------|----------------------------| |----------------------------|----------------------------| |----------------2--5----4---|----------------2--5----4---| |--0-----0--3/4--------------|--0-----0--3/4--------------| jail-------------------------break |----------------------------|----------------------------| |----------------------------|----------------------------| |----------------------------|----------------------------| |----------------------------|----------------------------| |----------------2--5----4---|----------------2--5----4---| |--0-----0--3/4--------------|--0-----0--3/4--------------|

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

Chorus Riff again with lyrics:
Jailbreak
Had more than I can take
Jailbreak
Fill 2 with lyrics:
Yeah
FILL 2:
E5
|----------------------|------------------------| |----------------------|------------------------| |----------------------|------------------------| |--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
A5 D5 D5 D5 D5 A5 D5 D5 D5 D5
|------------------------------------|-----------------------------------| |------------------------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 |----------------------------|----------------------------| |----------------------------|----------------------------| |----------------------------|----------------------------| |----------------------------|----------------------------| |----------------2--5----4---|----------------2--5----4---| |--0-----0--3/4--------------|--0-----0--3/4--------------| |----------------------------|----------------------------| |----------------------------|----------------------------| |----------------------------|----------------------------| |----------------------------|----------------------------| |----------------2--5----4---|----------------2--5----4---| |--0-----0--3/4--------------|--0-----0--3/4--------------| jail-------------------------break |----------------------------|----------------------------| |----------------------------|----------------------------| |----------------------------|----------------------------| |----------------------------|----------------------------| |----------------2--5----4---|----------------2--5----4---| |--0-----0--3/4--------------|--0-----0--3/4--------------|

i got to break out outta here
D5 G5
|----------------------------|----------------------------| |----------------------------|-------------------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....

Source: http://www.xguitar.com/guitar-tabs/ac_dc/74_jalbreak/jailbreak.txt

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