D D+ Bm
D D+ Bm
D D+ Bm
C D C
D C D C
D C D C
D C D C D C D C
Youuuu, we're caught in the act of sniffing glue and
D C D C D
youuu just keep getting high now so what can I do?
Bm F#m
The jail man took me away
G Gm
On what would have been our wedding day
D D+ Bm
I'm all lost out here at the bar
D D+ Bm
Playing guitar, living out of my car
G A D A7
There's no more glue, but I'll see you
Ref.
D
I'm just a jailbird (for your love)
Bm
I'm just a jailbird honey
Marking years on the wall
G A
I got some sniffing to do
D A7
To get as high as you
D C D C D C D C
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D C D C D C D C
Weeeee stuck rubber cement into the fair,
D C D C
rode all the rides, but you wanted to fly,
D C D
So you jumped off into the air.
Bm F#m
The neon lights and cotton candy skies,
G Gm
Couldn't bring you down from those highs,
D D+ Bm
Oh now, you're so sad, oh girl,
D D+ Bm
I see you talking to a squirrel (?)
G A D A7
Kissing its lips, why not mine? (So kiss me please!)
D
I'm just a jailbird (for your love)
Bm
I'm just a jailbird honey
Marking years on the wall
G A
I got some sniffing to do
D F#
To get as high as you
G Gm
G Gm
D C D C D C D C
D C D C D C D C
Bm F#m
When The jail man take me away
G Gm
I won't cry, I'll just obey.
D D+ Bm
Oh now, you're so sad, oh girl,
D D+ Bm
I see you on the Tilt-a-Whirl,
G A D A7
Kissing its lips, why not mine? (So kiss me please!)
D
I'm just a jailbird (for your love)
Bm
I'm just a jailbird honey
Marking years on the wall
G A
I got some sniffing to do
D A7
To get as high as you
Solo
D D Bm Bm (Gm6 G) (A A7) D Gm6
G Gm G Gm
D C D C D C D
would be nice if someone could correct the lyrics
