Jailbreak

Thin Lizzy

Key of E · Chords: I II III IV V VI VII bV

Intro

E
(hold)
A E F# F# E E E F# E
(staccato)

Verse 1

A               E          F#       E F#
Tonight there's gonna be a jailbreak
A         E       F#  E F#
Somewhere in this town
A              E             F#     E F#
See me and the boys we don't like it
A               E            F#  E F#
So were getting up and going down

Verse 2

A          E                F#  E F#
Hiding low looking right to left
A          E                      F#  E F#
If you see us coming I think it's best
A            E                  F# E F#
To move away do you hear what I say
A    E        F#    E F#
From under my breath

Chorus

B                          E
Tonight there's gonna be a jailbreak
B                E
Somewhere in the town
B                          E
Tonight there's gonna be a jailbreak
   A         G# F#
So don't you be around
A E F# E F#
A         E  F#    E F#
Don't you be around
A E F# E F#

Verse 3

A               E        F#     E F#
Tonight there's gonna be trouble
A          E     F#     E F#
Some of us won't survive
A       E                F#      E F#
See the boys and me mean business
A       E           F#   E F#
Bustin' out dead or alive

Verse 4

A     E                         F#   E F#
I can hear the hound dogs on my trail
A                      E                F#  E F#
All hell breaks loose, alarm and sirens wail
A             E      F#  E F#
Like the game if you lose
A     E   F# E F#
Go to jail

Chorus

B                          E
Tonight there's gonna be a jailbreak
B                E
Somewhere in the town
B                          E
Tonight there's gonna be a jailbreak
   A         G# F#
So don't you be around
B                     E
Tonight there's gonna trouble
B                     E
I'm gonna find myself in
B                        E
Tonight there's gonna be trouble
   A     G#          F#
So woman stay with a friend
A G# F#
N.C.
You know it's safer
A G# F#
Breakout!

Solo

E E E G# E E A E E A# E E B
A A A C# A A D A A D# A A E
E E E G# E E A E E A# E E B
C# D E

Verse 5

A               E          F#      E F#
Tonight there's gonna be a breakout
A             E    F# E F#
Into the city zones
A              E          F#     E F#
Don't you dare to try and stop us
A                E   F# E F#
No one could for long

Verse 6

A           E     F#   E F#
Searchlight on my trail
A             E         F#          E F#
Tonight's the night all systems fail
A       E            F#    E F#
Hey you good lookin' female
A    E    F# E F#
Come here!

Chorus

B                          E
Tonight there's gonna be a jailbreak
B                E
Somewhere in the town
B                          E
Tonight there's gonna be a jailbreak
   A         G# F#
So don't you be around
B                        E
Tonight there's gonna be trouble
B                     E
I'm gonna find myself in
B                        E
Tonight there's gonna be trouble
   A     G#          F#
So woman stay with a friend