Islands – Life In Jail (Ukulele)

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Tabbed by Scott Melendez Intro I
A                               D       Bm
You sure you want to spend your life in jail?

A                        D       Bm
How you gonna spend your life in jail?

D/F#          A
I was on my way
----------------------------------------------- Verse I D, Bm, G, A x2
D                 Bm          G          A
First break the skin, next open the wound.

        D               Bm          G           A
Now force your fingers in, and here's what you do:

D               Bm       G          A
Climb inside the vein and have some heart
----------------------------------------------- Intro II
 A                            D      Bm
You said "I want to spend my life in jail"

    A                        D       Bm
Why do you want to spend your life in jail?

D/F#           A
"I've lost my way"
-------------------------------------------------- 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 ----------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------ 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 and 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-|
------------------------------------------------------------------ Verse III(same as before)
 D                      Bm       G
"blow my money on my favorite company

A
they can blow holes in my ozone

D
so pour that propane on my clothes

        Bm                G
I like it when my skin glows

A
besides there's nothing to live for"

            D              Bm     G                A
unless you live a little more like you're going to die
-------------------------------------------------------- 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

     A
if you do, I've got your back

D
yes it's something worth defending
so throw caution to the wind
                 A(pause)
and other platitudes

      A
that were 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
--------------------------------------------------------- Outro Walk Up: D/F#, G, G#,A, A#, Bm
D           Bm         A        G
Ba, Ba, Ba,Ba,Ba,Ba,Ba,Ba,Ba,Ba,Ba.....X3

D          Bm          A         G
Why you wanna spend your life in 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!