AFGHAN WHIGS - "what jail is like" Tablature

From: "Manuel Zanzi" <manuelzanzi@hotmail.com>
Subject: a/afgnan_whigs/what_jail_is_like.crd
Date: Tue, 02 Jun 1998 03:16:18 PDT


What jail is Like
By Afghan Whigs
Written By: Greg Dulli
Album: Gentlemen
Transcribed and submitted by Manuel Zanzi (manuelzanzi@hotmail.com)

Chords used:
C#m: x46654
B: 799877 (in verse) x24442 (in chorus)
Ab: 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 - Ab - A
C#m - B - Ab - 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 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