Jailhouse Fire

Laura Veirs

  • Bb
  • Cm
  • D
  • Eb
    3
  • F
  • Gm
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Key:
Gm Eb D E|----3----3----3-----------3---3-----2----2--------------------| B|----3----3----3-----------3---3-----3----3--------------------| G|----3----3----3-----------3---3-----2----2--------------------| D|--5---------5-------3-------------0---0-----------------------| A|-------5---------5-----6----6---------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
I use the following pattern: Gm (4), Eb (2), D (2) throughout and that seems to work.
Gm Eb D Did you see that lady there they stripped her to her underwear
Gm Eb D She took it one step further and stripped to bare
Gm Eb D Through the rising flames and smoke she laughed as all the police choked
Gm Eb And then she danced in the government pyre
D Gm Eb The jailhouse is on fire
D Gm Eb D The jailhouse is on fire
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Whistle:
Eb Bb F Cm
Gm Eb She grabbed a guard and stole his keys unlocked the cells
D Gm Eb D And set us free and we ran and caught our pants on the old barbed wire
Gm Eb We hit the dirt we hit the road we jumped the fence
D Gm We kissed a toad and we hollared at the ladies
Eb In the churchyard choir
D Gm Eb The jailhouse is on fire
D Gm Eb D The jailhouse is on fire
Gm Eb D I hopped a train and headed west free woman now just like the rest
Gm Eb D All the hobos on the line called me a liar
Gm Eb D The train it choked and spewed and spat and coal smoke billowed thick and black
Gm Eb And she was everywhere and rising higher
D Gm Eb She set the jailhouse on fire
D Gm Eb She set the jailhouse on fire
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