Johnny Cash

Johnny Cash - Jacob Green guitar chord

JACOB GREEN

Written by Johnny Cash ***********

Recorded live at Osteraker Prison,

Stockholm, Sweden October 3, 1972

B-side of Columbia single

INTRO: G

G

1) Jacob Green got busted for possession

D

next morning early he appeared in court

G

But he was sent to jail to wait

Am D

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

G Am

They cut of all his hair

G D

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

G G D G

Somewhere in some dirty hole the scene will be rerun

C D C G

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

G D G

It could be someone that you love gets done

D G

like Jacob Green got done

G D G

It could be someone that you love gets done

D G

like Jacob Green got done

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:

C D C G

It happened yesterday, and if you turn your head away

G G D G

Somewhere in some dirty hole the scene will be rerun

C D C G

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

G D G

It could be someone that you love gets done

D G

like Jacob Green got done

G D G

It could be someone that you love gets done

D G

like Jacob Green got done

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