Johnny Cash - Jacob green
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I found some chords for this song on various websites, and none of them sounded
quite right to me. So, I decided to tweak them up a bit. These chords may not be
100% accurate, but they sound a lot better than the other chords floating around.
These chords are, in specific, for the live version on the CD/DVD "A Concert
Behind Prison Walls", but I'd imagine these, if slowed down, could apply to the
version on the album "Murder".
-Standard Tuning-
-No Capo-
-Chords Are Played As Follows-
G: 320003
D: xx0232
C: x32010
[Intro]
G
[Verse 1]
(G)
Jacob Green got busted for possession
next morning early he appeared in cDourt
But he was sCent to jail to wait
to be trialed Gat some later dCate
Next Gmorning early, there came a sad repDort
At the Gjail they took away his clothes to shame him
and to make sure Jacob Green had no pride Dleft
They Ccut of all his hair
Today they Gfound him hanging Cthere
afraGid to face the Dday he killed hiGmself
[Chorus]
It hCappened yesterdDay, and if you tCurn your head awGay
Somewhere in some dirty hole tChat scene will be reDrun
Not Conly Jacob GDreen, but many Cmore you've never Gseen
It could be someone that you Clove gets Gdone
like JDacob Green got Gdone
It could be someone that you Clove gets Gdone
like JDacob Green got Gdone
[Verse 2]
Jacobs father hired a team of lawyers
inspections and long inquiries were held
The sheriff then retired
and the papers said two guards were fired
They put a brand new coat of paint on Jacob's cell
But like a tomb that looks so white and shiny
inside you'll find corruption never seen
And somewhere out there tonight
In a dirty cell without a light
There will be locked up another Jacob Green
[Chorus]
(End on G)