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AFGHAN WHIGS


What Jail Is Like

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Chords used:

C#m  x46654

B:   799877 (in verse) x24442 (in chorus)

G#   466544

A    577655

E    x79997

Intro Chords: C#m (let ring)  Ab  A x2

Verse Chords (for each chord one measure): part1:

C#m - B - G# - A

C#m - B - G# - A

part2: (distortion kicks in)

C#m - C#m - C#m - C#m

C#m - C#m - C#m - C#m

Chorus (distortion):

B - C#m - E - E

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            G#           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            G#                A

I'll warn you, if cornered, I'll scratch my way out of the pen

C#m      B       G#                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         G#              A

Tell you a secret  They shared a needle once or twice

C#m            B            G#            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            G#           A

Lonely?        Maybe          Or maybe not, It all depends

C#m           B            G#           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