Giants - Out Of Jail guitar tab

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

E F G

Verse

G C G D

Long before the screen door slammed, she was out of xenia

G C G D

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

Chorus

Am D Am D

I wish I'd gotten to know her before I fell in love

G Am

I could say who's to blame, say who's the man in this

F D

cautionary tale

G Am

But I swore I'd be true and I'll swear and I'll swear

F D

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

Em F C G

Didn't want to be a slave

Em F G

just turned out that way

(Organ solo:listen for the rythm)

G Am F D G Am F D

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)