Life in Jail by Islands Lyric and Guitar Chords

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If you are looking for Life in Jail guitar chords, you’ve come to the right place.
You can play Life in Jail by Islands using guitar or guitar.
This song by Islands can also be played by that instruments.
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Life in Jail guitar chords has rhythm and included in Arm’s Way (2008) album.
You can also find another musical genres, including jazz guitar chords, country music guitar chords, pop guitar chords, world music guitar chords, and rock guitar chords here.

Life in Jail by Islands Guitar Chords


Tabbed by Scott Melendez

Intro I

A
You sure you want to spend your
D
life in
Bm
jail?
A
How you gonna spend your
D
life in
Bm
jail?

[D/F#]I was on my wa

A
y


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Verse I
D, Bm, G, A x2

D
First break the sk
Bm
in, next ope
G
n the wound
A
.
Now forc
D
e your fingers i
Bm
n, and here'
G
s what you d
A
o:
D
Climb inside the
Bm
vein and
G
have some
A
heart


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Intro II

Y

A
ou said “I want to spend my l
D
ife in
Bm
jail”
Why
A
do you want to spend your
D
life in
Bm
jail?

[D/F#]”I’ve lost my w

A
ay”


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Verse II (same as Verse I)

“Pour concrete on me delicately, baby
so I can live my sedimental life sedentarily,” all life
“I could just sit here for hours and watch TV,” worthlessly


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Intro III (same as previous)
So that’s why you choose to spend your life in jail?
Who would choose to spend their life in jail?

You’ve lost your way


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Interlude I-(upbeat)
This part is hard to do as one person If you want to just play with the song strum back
forth between:

D
!
A
or

Guitar I


D----------------------------------------2-----------------------5-4-2---|
A---5-5-5-2--5-5-5-5-2--5-5-5-2--5-5-5-5-------------------------------5-|x?
E--------------------------------------------5-5--12/5-5-5-5-5-5---------|

Guitar II comes in about halfway through


D---------------------------------------------|
A----------------------------4-5-7-----4-5-7--|
E-2-3-4-5-5-2-3-4-5--12/5---5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-|
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Verse III(same as before)

“

D
blow my money on my fav
Bm
orite com
G
pany
A
they can blow holes in my ozone
D
so pour that propane on my clothes
I like i
Bm
t when my skin glo
G
ws
A
besides there’s nothing to live for”
unless you l
D
ive a little mo
Bm
re like
G
you’re going to
A
die


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Interlude II/Bridge (upbeat)

D, A x 1

D
so what the fuck are you going to do?
they robbed your life from you
A (pause)
tell them you want to get it back
if yo
A
u do, I’ve got your back
D
yes it’s something worth defending
so throw caution to the wind
A(pause)
and other platitudes
that w
A
ere written just for you
D
take a shit in their swimming pool
let them chase you if you do
A
finally something is happening to you
D
put an axe through the TV
blow up your radio,
A
though you can’t see them now
you’ll hear birds singing in your soul
D
sneak your way past the gates in a hard heart shape
A
if you’re gonna be a shark you better learn to stay awake


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Outro

Walk Up: D/F#, G, G#,A, A#, Bm

D
Ba, Ba, Ba,B
Bm
a,Ba,Ba,Ba,
A
Ba,Ba,Ba,
G
Ba…..X3

D
Why you wan
Bm
na spend you
A
r life in
G
jail?

End on D

….I think that’s about it! This is my favorite song off Arm’s Way. Has a great build up! Enjoy!

If you want to learn Islands Life in Jail guitar chords, The 5 chords we’ll look at are the C major, A major, G major, E major, and D major.
The reason we use all major chords is that the minor versions of any of these chords just require tiny adjustments.
Each one of those minor chords is completely based on its major counterpart

The more you practice, the easier guitar will feel to play Life in Jail. Guitar is hard to learn in the beginning, but gets easier the longer you stick with it.

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