{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2360563,"song":"Out Of Jail","artist":"Waylon Jennings","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/2360563-out-of-jail-chords-by-waylon-jennings/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2360563?type=chord","rating":4.5873,"votes":8,"content":"[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\n        I sat at a bar having a beer[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\n        Tryin' to hold down the stool[/tab]\r\n\r\n        When a stranger walked in - stood there beside me\r\n[tab]              [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\n        And plopped down there like a fool[/tab]\r\n\r\n        He started drinkin' then he started talkin'\r\n[tab]                [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\n        About things that were wrong in his life[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\n        The more that i heard the more i believed[/tab]\r\n[tab]                             [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\n        The thing that was wrong was his wife[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\n        You talk about beauty,when we first met[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\n        She was all a man could desire[/tab]\r\n\r\n        Talk about love,one night with her\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\n        Would set your very soul on fire[/tab]\r\n\r\n        But loves little flame is out of control\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\n        About three feet high from behind[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]                                         [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\n        Ever since we've been married,well i've come to believe[/tab]\r\n[tab]                             [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\n        That love's for the dumb and the blind[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\n        'Cause you talk about ugly,when she gets mad[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\n        She goes from Jekill to Hyde[/tab]\r\n\r\n        She grits her teeth and her eyes roll back\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\n        And pivot from side to side[/tab]\r\n\r\n        She completely rewrites the whole English language\r\n[tab]             [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\n        Descriptive,four-lettered and loud[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]F[/ch]                         [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\n        Now i can't out think her,but i can sure out drink her[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                   [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\n        And that's what i'm doing here now[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]                              [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\n        I've spent seven years with the wrong woman[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]                       [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\n        Seven and going on eight[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]                     [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\n        She spent seven years naggin' and eatin'[/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]G[/ch]\r\n        I'm overwrought and she's overweight[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\n        If i try leavin' she has me arrested[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]                                     [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\n        And takes her own sweet time gettin' me out[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\n        If she ain't number one,she's in the top two[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\n        Of things that i could live without[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\n        Men commit murder and all kinds of mayhem[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]F[/ch]                                 [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\n        In a few years they're back on the streets[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\n        Highway robbery and white collar crime[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                           [ch]G[/ch]\r\n        And they laugh at the system they beat[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]F[/ch]                      [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\n        Sometimes i'm tempted - sometimes i'm ashamed[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]F[/ch]                        [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\n        Of the things that the law will allow[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\n        I could have killed her when i first met her[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                  [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\n        And i'd have been out of jail by now[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]           [ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\n        I could have killed her when we first met[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                   [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\n        And i've have been out of jail by now[/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n        When a stranger walked in - stood there beside me\n\n\n        He started drinkin' then he started talkin'\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n        Talk about love,one night with her\n\n\n        But loves little flame is out of control\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n        She grits her teeth and her eyes roll back\n\n\n        She completely rewrites the whole English language\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]","chords":["C/G","F","G"],"chord_diagrams":{"C/G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,4,2,0,1,0],"frets":[3,3,2,0,1,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}