Out Of Jail
by They Might Be Giants
Transcribed by Adam Lane

This is a really simple tune, and not origionally one of my favorites
on John Henry, but lately I've noticed how much fun it is to play.

Intro
EE Piano Chord 
 FF Piano Chord 
 GG Piano Chord 


Verse
GG Piano Chord 
               CC Piano Chord 
                    GG Piano Chord 
              DD Piano Chord 

Long before the screen door slammed, she was out of xenia
GG Piano Chord 
                   CC Piano Chord 
                GG Piano Chord 
              DD Piano Chord 

A stranger could have loved that town, but she had to leave

Chorus
AmAm Piano Chord 
                 DD Piano Chord 
          AmAm Piano Chord 
             DD Piano Chord 

I wish I'd gotten to know her before I fell in love
GG Piano Chord 
                   AmAm Piano Chord 

I could say who's to blame, say who's the man in this
FF Piano Chord 
          DD Piano Chord 

cautionary tale
GG Piano Chord 
                          AmAm Piano Chord 

But I swore I'd be true and I'll swear and I'll swear
FF Piano Chord 
               DD Piano Chord 

Til kitten's out of jail

Verse
It was like a TV show, the way she stole that car
Easy now to criticize, easy now to talk

Chorus
I thought my luck was changing, I guess I was wrong
I could say who's to blame, say who's the man in this
cautionary tale
But I swore I'd be true and I'll swear and I'll swear
Til kitten's out of jail

Bridge
EmEm Piano Chord 
     FF Piano Chord 
    CC Piano Chord 
       GG Piano Chord 

Didn't want to be a slave
EmEm Piano Chord 
          FF Piano Chord 
   GG Piano Chord 

just turned out that way

(Organ solo:listen for the rythm)
GG Piano Chord 
 AmAm Piano Chord 
 FF Piano Chord 
 DD Piano Chord 
  GG Piano Chord 
 AmAm Piano Chord 
 FF Piano Chord 
 DD Piano Chord 


Chorus
I thought my luck was changing, I guess I was wrong
I could say she's to blame, say she's the man in this
cautionary tale
But I swore I'd be true and I'll swear and I'll swear
Til kitten's out of jail

Outro
G Am F D (Repeat this a couple times, then end on G)