Behind Bars
Recorded by Jelly Roll
Album: Whitsitt Chapel (2023)

(Capo on 1)

(Intro.)
(Em)Most of my friends are behind (G)bars
They're (Am)servin' time so I can get long (Em)gone, yeah

(Verse)
(Em) Jack's got a rap sheet a (G)country mile long
We're (Am)thick as thieves, but he'll leave me
Still (Em)drunk wakin' up on the neighbor's lawn
(Em) Jose's got a death wish, we've (G)had some crazy nights
But he's (Am)been with me since about '03
You could (Em)say we're doin' life

(Chorus)
(Em)Most of my friends are behind (G)bars
They're (Am)servin' time so I can get long (Em)gone
(Em)Most of my friends are behind (G)bars
I'll (Am)break 'em out and pour 'em up real (Em)strong

(Verse)
(Em) I fell out with Jim Beam, but I (G)still see him around
But I (Am)wish him well, but can't take the hell that he (Em)put me through downtown
(Em) Sometimes an old boy's gotta (G)know when s**t ain't for ya
Well, every (Am)time I drink it might be me (Em)versus the state of Georgia

(Chorus)
(Em)Most of my friends are behind (G)bars
They're (Am)servin' time so I can get long (Em)gone
(Em)Most of my friends are behind (G)bars
I'll (Am)break 'em out and pour 'em up real (Em)strong

(Solo)
|(Em) / / / |(G) / / / |(Am) / / / |(Em) / / / |
 
(Break)
Well, I said (Em)Jacks's locked up in Lynchburg and Jose's (G)on parole down south
Jim's (Am)on the run for shootin' someone and is (Em)hidin' out down in Parkside

(Chorus)
(Em)Most of my friends are behind (G)bars
They're (Am)servin' time so I can get long (Em)gone
(Em)Most of my friends are behind (G)bars
I'll (Am)break 'em out and pour 'em up real (Em)strong

(Outro.)
(Em)Most of my friends are behind (G)bars
They're (Am)servin' time so I can get long (Em)gone
(Em)Most of my friends are behind (G)bars
I'll (Am)break 'em out and pour 'em up real (Em)strong - - - - -