Fish In The Jailhouse Chords by Tom Waits
Tempo:
69.15 bpm
Chords used:
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Ab
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
Glory or justice, no judge, no joke, [Eb] I can break out of any old jail you know.
[E] The bars are iron, the walls are stone, all I need, man, [Eb] [Dm] is a [E] whole fish bowl.
[N] [Am]
Some fish in the jailhouse tonight.
[Ab]
[Am] [A] Alright, [Ab]
bring it here, [Am] there's some fish in the jailhouse tonight.
[Gb] Oh boy, [Am] there's some fish in the [Ab] jailhouse.
Fish in the [Am] jailhouse tonight.
Don't be an old malign, hammerhead shark, steelhead salmon,
bought a mud-banned car, [A]
[Ab] my [Dm] stand's on the side door,
I look at the other side of the shark.
[Am] Saturday night, I'll be in the Central Park,
[D]
[Am] there's some fish in the jailhouse tonight.
Alright, bring it here, there's some fish [Ab] in the jailhouse tonight.
[E] [Fm] Alright, [Am] there's some fish in the jailhouse tonight.
Oh boy, there's some [C] fish in the [D] jailhouse.
[Ab] Fish in the [Am] jailhouse tonight.
I can hear the sun tax on the 44 [A] kids,
[Am]
Whitfield Faraday, what I did.
[A] From [Dm] Yassin City down to Rolling Fork,
from [Am] Nashville to Kenosha, moved down to New York,
[D] [Am] some fish in the jailhouse [D] tonight.
Alright, bring it [D] here, there's some fish in the [F] jailhouse [Am] tonight.
Alright, [D] [Ab] oh [D] boy, there's some fish in the [Fm] jailhouse tonight.
[C] There's some [Fm] fish in the jailhouse tonight.
There's some [Cm] fish in the [C] jailhouse, [Fm] fish in the [Am] jailhouse tonight.
Give [Em] [Am]
[D] [Am] [D] [A]
[Dm] [G] [Dm] [Am] [D] [E]
[Am] me a nice good cover, for shaking up the feet,
I'm gonna fashion me, a beast full of [E] skeleton teeth,
have [A] fun here child, I [D] won't be late,
[Am] you can bet your [A] freedom, [E] I'm gonna [Am] clean my house big.
Some fish in the [C] jailhouse tonight.
Some fish in the jailhouse tonight.
Some fish in the jailhouse, fish in the jailhouse tonight.
[D] Some fish in the jailhouse tonight.
[G] So if anything doesn't help [Cm] tonight, [D]
[E] The bars are iron, the walls are stone, all I need, man, [Eb] [Dm] is a [E] whole fish bowl.
[N] [Am]
Some fish in the jailhouse tonight.
[Ab]
[Am] [A] Alright, [Ab]
bring it here, [Am] there's some fish in the jailhouse tonight.
[Gb] Oh boy, [Am] there's some fish in the [Ab] jailhouse.
Fish in the [Am] jailhouse tonight.
Don't be an old malign, hammerhead shark, steelhead salmon,
bought a mud-banned car, [A]
[Ab] my [Dm] stand's on the side door,
I look at the other side of the shark.
[Am] Saturday night, I'll be in the Central Park,
[D]
[Am] there's some fish in the jailhouse tonight.
Alright, bring it here, there's some fish [Ab] in the jailhouse tonight.
[E] [Fm] Alright, [Am] there's some fish in the jailhouse tonight.
Oh boy, there's some [C] fish in the [D] jailhouse.
[Ab] Fish in the [Am] jailhouse tonight.
I can hear the sun tax on the 44 [A] kids,
[Am]
Whitfield Faraday, what I did.
[A] From [Dm] Yassin City down to Rolling Fork,
from [Am] Nashville to Kenosha, moved down to New York,
[D] [Am] some fish in the jailhouse [D] tonight.
Alright, bring it [D] here, there's some fish in the [F] jailhouse [Am] tonight.
Alright, [D] [Ab] oh [D] boy, there's some fish in the [Fm] jailhouse tonight.
[C] There's some [Fm] fish in the jailhouse tonight.
There's some [Cm] fish in the [C] jailhouse, [Fm] fish in the [Am] jailhouse tonight.
Give [Em] [Am]
[D] [Am] [D] [A]
[Dm] [G] [Dm] [Am] [D] [E]
[Am] me a nice good cover, for shaking up the feet,
I'm gonna fashion me, a beast full of [E] skeleton teeth,
have [A] fun here child, I [D] won't be late,
[Am] you can bet your [A] freedom, [E] I'm gonna [Am] clean my house big.
Some fish in the [C] jailhouse tonight.
Some fish in the jailhouse tonight.
Some fish in the jailhouse, fish in the jailhouse tonight.
[D] Some fish in the jailhouse tonight.
[G] So if anything doesn't help [Cm] tonight, [D]
Key:
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_ _ _ _ _ _ Glory or justice, no judge, no joke, _ [Eb] I can break out of any old jail you know.
[E] _ The bars are iron, _ the walls are stone, _ all I need, man, [Eb] [Dm] is a [E] whole fish bowl.
[N] _ _ _ [Am] _
_ Some fish in the jailhouse tonight.
_ [Ab] _
_ _ [Am] _ [A] _ _ Alright, [Ab]
bring it here, [Am] there's some fish in the jailhouse tonight.
[Gb] Oh boy, [Am] there's some fish in the [Ab] jailhouse.
Fish in the [Am] jailhouse tonight.
Don't be an old malign, hammerhead shark, _ steelhead salmon,
_ bought a mud-banned car, [A] _
[Ab] my [Dm] stand's on the side door,
I look at the other side of the shark. _
[Am] Saturday night, _ I'll be in the Central Park, _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Am] there's some fish in the jailhouse tonight.
_ Alright, bring it here, there's some fish [Ab] in the jailhouse tonight.
_ [E] [Fm] Alright, _ [Am] there's some fish in the jailhouse tonight.
Oh boy, _ there's some [C] fish in the [D] jailhouse.
[Ab] Fish in the [Am] jailhouse tonight.
I can hear the sun tax on the 44 [A] kids,
_ _ [Am]
Whitfield Faraday, _ what I did.
[A] From [Dm] Yassin City down to Rolling Fork,
from [Am] Nashville to Kenosha, moved down to New York, _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] [Am] some fish in the jailhouse [D] tonight.
Alright, bring it [D] here, there's some fish in the [F] jailhouse [Am] tonight.
Alright, [D] [Ab] oh [D] boy, there's some fish in the [Fm] jailhouse tonight.
[C] There's some [Fm] fish in the jailhouse tonight.
There's some [Cm] fish in the [C] jailhouse, [Fm] fish in the [Am] jailhouse tonight.
_ Give _ _ _ _ [Em] _ [Am] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [D] _ [A] _
_ [Dm] _ [G] _ [Dm] _ _ [Am] _ [D] _ [E] _
_ [Am] _ me a nice good cover, for shaking up the feet,
_ I'm gonna fashion me, a beast full of [E] skeleton teeth,
have [A] fun here child, I [D] won't be late,
[Am] you can bet your [A] freedom, [E] I'm gonna [Am] clean my house big.
Some fish in the [C] jailhouse tonight.
Some fish in the jailhouse tonight.
Some fish in the jailhouse, fish in the jailhouse tonight.
[D] Some fish in the jailhouse tonight.
[G] So if anything doesn't help [Cm] tonight, _ [D]
[E] _ The bars are iron, _ the walls are stone, _ all I need, man, [Eb] [Dm] is a [E] whole fish bowl.
[N] _ _ _ [Am] _
_ Some fish in the jailhouse tonight.
_ [Ab] _
_ _ [Am] _ [A] _ _ Alright, [Ab]
bring it here, [Am] there's some fish in the jailhouse tonight.
[Gb] Oh boy, [Am] there's some fish in the [Ab] jailhouse.
Fish in the [Am] jailhouse tonight.
Don't be an old malign, hammerhead shark, _ steelhead salmon,
_ bought a mud-banned car, [A] _
[Ab] my [Dm] stand's on the side door,
I look at the other side of the shark. _
[Am] Saturday night, _ I'll be in the Central Park, _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Am] there's some fish in the jailhouse tonight.
_ Alright, bring it here, there's some fish [Ab] in the jailhouse tonight.
_ [E] [Fm] Alright, _ [Am] there's some fish in the jailhouse tonight.
Oh boy, _ there's some [C] fish in the [D] jailhouse.
[Ab] Fish in the [Am] jailhouse tonight.
I can hear the sun tax on the 44 [A] kids,
_ _ [Am]
Whitfield Faraday, _ what I did.
[A] From [Dm] Yassin City down to Rolling Fork,
from [Am] Nashville to Kenosha, moved down to New York, _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] [Am] some fish in the jailhouse [D] tonight.
Alright, bring it [D] here, there's some fish in the [F] jailhouse [Am] tonight.
Alright, [D] [Ab] oh [D] boy, there's some fish in the [Fm] jailhouse tonight.
[C] There's some [Fm] fish in the jailhouse tonight.
There's some [Cm] fish in the [C] jailhouse, [Fm] fish in the [Am] jailhouse tonight.
_ Give _ _ _ _ [Em] _ [Am] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [D] _ [A] _
_ [Dm] _ [G] _ [Dm] _ _ [Am] _ [D] _ [E] _
_ [Am] _ me a nice good cover, for shaking up the feet,
_ I'm gonna fashion me, a beast full of [E] skeleton teeth,
have [A] fun here child, I [D] won't be late,
[Am] you can bet your [A] freedom, [E] I'm gonna [Am] clean my house big.
Some fish in the [C] jailhouse tonight.
Some fish in the jailhouse tonight.
Some fish in the jailhouse, fish in the jailhouse tonight.
[D] Some fish in the jailhouse tonight.
[G] So if anything doesn't help [Cm] tonight, _ [D]