Jailbreak by Ac Dc

Scott H. Andrews

Jun 20 '94 at 10:41 pm edt

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Subject: TAB: "Jailbreak" by AC-DC
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Date: Mon, 20 Jun 94 22:41:50 EDT
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:
E5
E5
D5
A5
E5
E5
D5
A5
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||-------------------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
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|-------------------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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|--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
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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
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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--------------------------------|
|------------------------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--------------|
let me outta here
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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--------------|
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:
E5
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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

A5
D5 D5 D5 D5
A5
D5 D5 D5 D5
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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
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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--------------------------------|
|------------------------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

D5 G5
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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....