What jail is Like

By Afghan Whigs Written By: Greg Dulli Album: Gentlemen

Chords used: C#m/G#: 44665x C#m: x46654 Ab: 466544 E: x221xx D#m: 668856 E: x79997 A: 577455

Intro Chords: C#m/G# - C#m - Ab - E - Ab

Verse Chords (for each chord one measure): part1: C#m/G# - C#m - Ab - E - Ab C#m/G# - C#m - Ab - E - Ab

part2: (distortion kicks in) C#m/G# - C#m - Ab - E - Ab C#m/G# - C#m - Ab - E - Ab

Chorus (distortion): D#m - E - A - A

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 (x13321@4) B (x2444x@1) Ab (xx1114@1) A (x02220@1) 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 (x2444x@1) C#m (x13321@4) E (022100@1) E (022100@1) 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 (x13321@4) B (x2444x@1) Ab (xx1114@1) A (x02220@1)
I'll warn you, if cornered, I'll scratch my way out of the pen
C#m (x13321@4) B (x2444x@1) Ab (xx1114@1) A (x02220@1)
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 (x13321@4) B (x2444x@1) Ab (xx1114@1) A (x02220@1)
Tell you a secret They shared a needle once or twice
C#m (x13321@4) B (x2444x@1) Ab (xx1114@1) A (x02220@1)
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 (x2444x@1) C#m (x13321@4) E (022100@1)
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 (x13321@4) B (x2444x@1) Ab (xx1114@1) A (x02220@1)
Lonely? Maybe Or maybe not, It all depends
C#m (x13321@4) B (x2444x@1) Ab (xx1114@1) A (x02220@1)
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