Jailhouse Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[D]I w[E]on't make love to you
[D]And I feel the love feel [E]love la love

[Chorus 1]
[D]Jailhouse gets emp[E]ty
[D]Rudy gets ple[E]nty
[D]The baton stick gets sho[E]rter
[D]Rudy gets tal[E]ler
[D]Can't fight against the you[E]th
'cuz we're [D]strong
Them are rude rude [E]people
[D]Can't fight against the you[E]th
'cuz we're [D]strong
And the rude rude [E]people

[Verse 1]
long, baby get now
[D]When I was a youth in 1983
was the [E]best day of my life
Had the '89 [D]vision
We didn't fuss or no fight
When [E]all the little daughters
wanna be my wife
Like a [D]vision
it was playin' on my [E]guitar
on my guitar
I had to be [D]there
I had to be there
I had to be [E]there
I had to be there
When the [D]rhythm was playin'
I [E]know that I'm gonna be there, yeah
Oh Bud [D]Gaugh will be singing there
and Eric [E]Wison will be banging out there, yeah
[D]Oh and we'll be all singing
with [E]version with versions
raggae [D]version, version, [E]version, version

[Solo 1]
[D][E][D][E]
[D][E][D][E]

[Verse 2]
[D]What has been told to the wis[E]e
and uprooted, [D]yeah
It's gonna be revealed
onto [E]babes and Sub[D]lime[E][D][E]

[Chorus 2]
[D]Can't fight against the you[E]th
right [D]now
Them are rude rude [E]people
[D]Can't fight against the res[E]istance
Oh right [D]now
And the rude rude [E]people

[Verse 3]
[D]We're gonna rule this lan[E]d
Among children
[D]We're gonna rule this lan[E]d
'Cuz when that [D]rhythm
it was playin' on my [E]guitar
on my guitar
I had to be [D]there
I had to be there
I had to be [E]there
I had to be there
Oh, [D]when I was a youth,
it was the best day
it was the [E]best day of my life
Had the '89 [D]vision
We didn't fuss or no fight
When [E]all the little daughters
wanna be my wife
When that [D]rhythm
it was playin' on my [E]guitar
on my guitar
I had to be [D]there
I had to be there
I had to be [E]there
I had to be there

[Solo 2]
I had to be there
[D][E][D][E]
[D][E][D][E]

[Chorus 3]
[D]Jailhouse gets emp[E]ty
[D]Rudy gets ple[E]nty
[D]The baton stick gets sho[E]rter
[D]Rudy gets tal[E]ler
[D]Can't fight against the you[E]th
'cuz we're [D]strong
Them are rude rude [E]people
[D]Can't fight against the youth