Johnny Cash – Jacob Green (Guitar)

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Chords

I found some chords for this song on various websites, and none of them sounded quite right to me. So, I decided to tweak them up a bit. These chords may not be 100% accurate, but they sound a lot better than the other chords floating around. These chords are, in specific, for the live version on the CD/DVD "A Concert Behind Prison Walls", but I'd imagine these, if slowed down, could apply to the version on the album "Murder". -Standard Tuning- -No Capo- -Chords Are Played As Follows- G: 320003 D: xx0232 C: x32010 [Intro] G [Verse 1]
(G)
Jacob Green got busted for possession

                                   D
next morning early he appeared in court

            C
But he was sent to jail to wait

              G              C
to be trialed at some later date

     G                                  D
Next morning early, there came a sad report

       G
At the jail they took away his clothes to shame him

                                          D
and to make sure Jacob Green had no pride left

     C
They cut of all his hair

           G                 C
Today they found him hanging there

    G              D               G
afraid to face the day he killed himself
[Chorus]
    C              D               C               G
It happened yesterday, and if you turn your head away

                              C                   D
Somewhere in some dirty hole that scene will be rerun

    C           D              C                 G
Not only Jacob Green, but many more you've never seen

                             C         G                
It could be someone that you love gets done

      D              G
like Jacob Green got done

                             C         G                
It could be someone that you love gets done

      D              G
like Jacob Green got done
[Verse 2] Jacobs father hired a team of lawyers inspections and long inquiries were held The sheriff then retired and the papers said two guards were fired They put a brand new coat of paint on Jacob's cell But like a tomb that looks so white and shiny inside you'll find corruption never seen And somewhere out there tonight In a dirty cell without a light There will be locked up another Jacob Green [Chorus] (End on G)