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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+Jeroen Pollentier +
+jeroenpollentier@hotmail.com+
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