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.

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:

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:

Verse1:

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

Wired, an animal. The claustrophobia begins

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:

Tell you a secret They shared a needle once or twice

I loved her, she loved me We slept together a couple of times

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:

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:

Lonely? Maybe Or maybe not, It all depends

Your ideal, your image Your definition of a friend

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