Johnny Cash - Jacob Green

i found some chords for this song on various websites , and none of them sounded
quite right to me . so , i decided to tweak them up a bit . these chords may not be
100% accurate , but they sound a lot better than the other chords floating around .

these chords are , in specific , for the live version on the cd/Dvd “a concert
behind prison walls” , but i’d imagine these , if slowed down , could apply to the
version on the album “murder” .

– standard tuning –

– no capo –

– chords are played as follows –
G : 320003
D : xx0232
C : x32010

[ intro ]
G

[ verse 1 ]
( G )
jacob green got busted for possession
D
next morning early he appeared in court
C
but he was sent to jail to wait
G C
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
C
they cut of all his hair
G C
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
C D
somewhere in some dirty hole that scene will be rerun
C D C G
not only jacob green , but many more you’ve never seen
C G
it could be someone that you love gets done
D G
like jacob green got done
C G
it could be someone that you love gets done
D G
like jacob green got done

[ verse 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 ]

( end on G )