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Prison Song by System Of A Down
Prison Song
Tuning
C G C F A D
[Intro]
(all of intro and chorus is p.m.)
D|---------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------|
F|---------------------------------------------------------|
C|-------------------------------------------------3-3-3-3-|
G|--0--1--3--1---0--1--3--1---0--1--3--1---0--1----1-1-1-1-|
C|--0--1--3--1---0--1--3--1---0--1--3--1---0--1------------|
repeat 2
D|---------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------|
F|---------------------------------------------------------|
C|---------------------------------------------------------|
G|--0--1--3--1---0--1--3--1---0--1--3--1---0--1------------|
C|--0--1--3--1---0--1--3--1---0--1--3--1---0--1------------|
D|-----------|
A|-----------|
F|-----------|
C|--3-3-3-3--|
G|--1-1-1-1--|
C|-----------|
[Chorus]
D|---------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------|
F|---------------------------------------------------------|
C|---------------------------------------------------------|
G|--0-1-0-1-0-1-0---0-1-0-1-0-1-0---0-1-0-1-0-1-0---0-1----|
C|--0-1-0-1-0-1-0---0-1-0-1-0-1-0---0-1-0-1-0-1-0---0-1-0--|
D|-----------|
A|-----------|
F|-----------|
C|--3-3-3-3--|
G|--1-1-1-1--|
C|-----------|
repeat 2
D|---------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------|
F|---------------------------------------------------------|
C|---------------------------------------------------------|
G|--0-1-0-1-0-1-0---0-1-0-1-0-1-0---0-1-0-1-0-1-0---0-1----|
C|--0-1-0-1-0-1-0---0-1-0-1-0-1-0---0-1-0-1-0-1-0---0-1----|
D|-----------|
A|-----------|
F|-----------|
C|--3-3-3-3--|
G|--1-1-1-1--|
C|-----------|
[Verse]
(slight p.m.)
D|---------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------|
F|---------------------------------------------------------|
C|------8----------------8----------------8----------------|
G|--6-------6--------6-------6--------6-------6------------|
C|---------------------------------------------------------|
repeat 2
D|---------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------|
F|---------------------------------------------------------|
C|------8----------------8----------------8----------------|
G|--6-------6--------6-------6--------6-------6------------|
C|---------------------------------------------------------|
(there trying to build a prison)
(p.m.)
D|---------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------|
F|---------------------------------------------------------|
C|----8---8---8--------------------------------------------|
G|-6----6---6---6------------------------------------------|
C|---------------------------------------------------------|
[Chorus]
D|---------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------|
F|---------------------------------------------------------|
C|---------------------------------------------------------|
G|--0-1-0-1-0-1-0---0-1-0-1-0-1-0---0-1-0-1-0-1-0---0-1----|
C|--0-1-0-1-0-1-0---0-1-0-1-0-1-0---0-1-0-1-0-1-0---0-1-0--|
D|-----------|
A|-----------|
F|-----------|
C|--3-3-3-3--|
G|--1-1-1-1--|
C|-----------|
repeat 2
D|---------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------|
F|---------------------------------------------------------|
C|---------------------------------------------------------|
G|--0-1-0-1-0-1-0---0-1-0-1-0-1-0---0-1-0-1-0-1-0---0-1----|
C|--0-1-0-1-0-1-0---0-1-0-1-0-1-0---0-1-0-1-0-1-0---0-1----|
D|-----------|
A|-----------|
F|-----------|
C|--3-3-3-3--|
G|--1-1-1-1--|
C|-----------|
[Verse]
(slight p.m.)
D|---------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------|
F|---------------------------------------------------------|
C|------8----------------8----------------8----------------|
G|--6-------6--------6-------6--------6-------6------------|
C|---------------------------------------------------------|
repeat 2
D|---------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------|
F|---------------------------------------------------------|
C|------8----------------8----------------8----------------|
G|--6-------6--------6-------6--------6-------6------------|
C|---------------------------------------------------------|
(there trying to build a prison)
(p.m.)
D|---------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------|
F|---------------------------------------------------------|
C|----8---8---8--------------------------------------------|
G|-6----6---6---6------------------------------------------|
C|---------------------------------------------------------|
[Chorus]
D|---------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------|
F|---------------------------------------------------------|
C|---------------------------------------------------------|
G|--0-1-0-1-0-1-0---0-1-0-1-0-1-0---0-1-0-1-0-1-0---0-1----|
C|--0-1-0-1-0-1-0---0-1-0-1-0-1-0---0-1-0-1-0-1-0---0-1-0--|
D|-----------|
A|-----------|
F|-----------|
C|--3-3-3-3--|
G|--1-1-1-1--|
C|-----------|
repeat 2
D|---------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------|
F|---------------------------------------------------------|
C|---------------------------------------------------------|
G|--0-1-0-1-0-1-0---0-1-0-1-0-1-0---0-1-0-1-0-1-0---0-1----|
C|--0-1-0-1-0-1-0---0-1-0-1-0-1-0---0-1-0-1-0-1-0---0-1----|
D|-----------|
A|-----------|
F|-----------|
C|--3-3-3-3--|
G|--1-1-1-1--|
C|-----------|
here is the half time feel:
(uses to guitars at the same time fig. a is a electric,
fig. b is a 12 string acoustic)
[Fig. A]
(let ring)
D|---------------------------------------------------------|
A|------3-------------------2------------------------------|
F|----------3-------3-----------2--------------------------|
C|--------------3-------------------2----------------------|
G|----------------------0----------------------------------|
C|---------------------------------------------------------|
[Fig. B]
(let ring)
D|---------------------------------------------------------|
A|------3--------------------------------------------------|
F|--3-------3-------------------2--------------------------|
C|--------------3-----------2-------2----------------------|
G|------------------1---0----------------------------------|
C|---------------------------------------------------------|
[Interlude]
|--p.m.--|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------3-3-3-3-----|
|---------------------------------------------1-1-1-1-----|
|-0--0--0--0--0--0-0-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0---------------|
repeat 2
(all p.m.)
D|---------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------|
F|---------------------------------------------------------|
C|-----------------------------------------------3-3-3-3---|
G|--0--0------0--0--0------0--0--0------0--0--0--1-1-1-1---|
C|--0--0------0--0--0------0--0--0------0--0--0------------|
repeat
[Outro]
D|---------------------------------------------------------|
A|------3-------------------2------------------------------|
F|----------3-------3-----------2--------------------------|
C|--------------3-------------------2----------------------|
G|----------------------0----------------------------------|
C|---------------------------------------------------------|
"They're trying to build a prison,
They're trying to build a prison,
Following the rights movements
You clamped down with your iron fists,
Drugs became conveniently
Available for all the kids,
Following the rights movements
You clamped down with your iron fists,
Drugs became conveniently
Available for all the kids,
I buy my crack, my smack, my bitch,
Right here in Hollywood,
Nearly 2 million Americans are incarcerated
In the prison system, prison system
Prison system of the U.S.
They're trying to build a prison
They're trying to build a prison,
They're trying to build a prison,
They're trying to build a prison, (for you and me)
Another prison system,
Another prison system,
Another prison system.
Minor drug offenders fill your prisons
You don't even flinch
All our taxes paying for your wars
Against the new non-rich,
Minor drug offenders fill your prisons
You don't even flinch
All our taxes paying for your wars
Against the new non-rich,
I buy my crack, my smack, my bitch,
Right here in Hollywood,
The percentage of Americans in the prison system, prison system
Prison system, has doubled since 1985
They're trying to build a prison
They're trying to build a prison,
They're trying to build a prison,
They're trying to build a prison,
Another prison system,
Another prison system,
Another prison system.
For you and me, for you and me , for you and me.
They're trying to build a prison,
They're trying to build a prison,
They're trying to build a prison,
For you and me,
Oh baby, you and me.
All research and successful drug policy shows
That treatment should be increased,
And law enforcement decreased,
While abolishing mandatory minimum sentences,
All research and successful drug policy shows
That treatment should be increased,
And law enforcement decreased,
While abolishing mandatory minimum sentences.
Utilizing drugs to pay for secret wars around the world,
Drugs are now your global policy,
Now you police the globe,
I buy my crack, my smack, my bitch,
Right here in Hollywood,
Drug money is used to rig elections,
And train brutal corporate sponsored
Dictators around the world.
They're trying to build a prison
They're trying to build a prison,
They're trying to build a prison,
They're trying to build a prison, (for you and me to live in)
Another prison system,
Another prison system,
Another prison system. (for you and me)
For you and I, for you and I , for you and I.
They're trying to build a prison,
They're trying to build a prison,
They're trying to build a prison,
For you and me,
Oh baby, you and me.
----------------
version 2
Tuning for song is:
D
A
F
C
G
C
I'm not quite sure about the verse, it sounds good to me though.
Intro:
D:-------------------------------------------
A:-------------------------------------------
F:-------------------------------------------
C:-0------0-1-3-1-0-1-3-1-0-1-3-1-0-1-3-3-3-3
G:-0------0-1-3-1-0-1-3-1-0-1-3-1-0-1-1-1-1-1
C:-0------0-1-3-1-0-1-3-1-0-1-3-1-0-1--------
D:------------------------------------
A:------------------------------------
F:------------------------------------
C:-0-1-3-1-0-1-3-1-0-1-3-1-0-1-3-3-3-3
G:-0-1-3-1-0-1-3-1-0-1-3-1-0-1-1-1-1-1
C:-0-1-3-1-0-1-3-1-0-1-3-1-0-1--------
D:------------------------
A:------------------------
F:------------------------
C:-0-1-3-1-0-1-3-1-0-1-3-1
G:-0-1-3-1-0-1-3-1-0-1-3-1
C:-0-1-3-1-0-1-3-1-0-1-3-1
Chorus 1:
D:--------------------------------------------------------
A:--------------------------------------------------------
F:--------------------------------------------------------
C:-3-3-3-3-0-1-0-3-0-1-0-0-1-0-3-0-1-0-0-1-0-3-0-1-0-0-1-0
G:-1-1-1-1-0-1-0-3-0-1-0-0-1-0-3-0-1-0-0-1-0-3-0-1-0-0-1-0
C:---------0-1-0-3-0-1-0-0-1-0-3-0-1-0-0-1-0-3-0-1-0-0-1-0
D:--------------------------------------------------------
A:--------------------------------------------------------
F:--------------------------------------------------------
C:-3-3-3-3-0-1-0-3-0-1-0-0-1-0-3-0-1-0-0-1-0-3-0-1-0-0-1-0
G:-1-1-1-1-0-1-0-3-0-1-0-0-1-0-3-0-1-0-0-1-0-3-0-1-0-0-1-0
C:---------0-1-0-3-0-1-0-0-1-0-3-0-1-0-0-1-0-3-0-1-0-0-1-0
D:--------------------------------------------
A:--------------------------------------------
F:--------------------------------------------
C:-3-3-3-3-0-1-3-1-0-1-3-1-0-1-3-1-0-1-3-3-3-3
G:-1-1-1-1-0-1-3-1-0-1-3-1-0-1-3-1-0-1-1-1-1-1
C:---------0-1-3-1-0-1-3-1-0-1-3-1-0-1--------
D:--------------------------------------------------------
A:--------------------------------------------------------
F:--------------------------------------------------------
C:-0-1-0-3-0-1-0-0-1-0-3-0-1-0-0-1-0-3-0-1-0-0-1-0-3-3-3-3
G:-0-1-0-3-0-1-0-0-1-0-3-0-1-0-0-1-0-3-0-1-0-0-1-0-1-1-1-1
C:-0-1-0-3-0-1-0-0-1-0-3-0-1-0-0-1-0-3-0-1-0-0-1-0--------
Verse 1:
D:-------
A:-------
F:---3---
C:-1---1-
G:-------
C:-------
Chorus 2:
D:--------------------------------------------------------
A:--------------------------------------------------------
F:--------------------------------------------------------
C:-3-3-3-3-0-1-0-3-0-1-0-0-1-0-3-0-1-0-0-1-0-3-0-1-0-0-1-0
G:-1-1-1-1-0-1-0-3-0-1-0-0-1-0-3-0-1-0-0-1-0-3-0-1-0-0-1-0
C:---------0-1-0-3-0-1-0-0-1-0-3-0-1-0-0-1-0-3-0-1-0-0-1-0
D:--------
A:--------
F:--------
C:-3-3-3-3
G:-1-1-1-1
C:--------
VERSE 2 (Same as verse 1)
CHORUS 1
Bridge:
D:--------------------------------
A:--------------------------------
F:--------------------------------
C:-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2
G:-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0
C:--------------------------------
"oh baby, you and me..."
D:------------------------------------
A:------------------------------------
F:------------------------------------
C:-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3
G:-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-1-1-1
C:-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--------
|_______________________________________|x6
CHORUS 1
End:
D:----------------------------------
A:----------------------------------
F:----------------------------------
C:-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0
G:-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0
C:---------------------------------0
"oh baby, you and me..."
"They're trying to build a prison,
They're trying to build a prison,
Following the rights movements
You clamped down with your iron fists,
Drugs became conveniently
Available for all the kids,
Following the rights movements
You clamped down with your iron fists,
Drugs became conveniently
Available for all the kids,
I buy my crack, my smack, my bitch,
Right here in Hollywood,
Nearly 2 million Americans are incarcerated
In the prison system, prison system
Prison system of the U.S.
They're trying to build a prison
They're trying to build a prison,
They're trying to build a prison,
They're trying to build a prison, (for you and me)
Another prison system,
Another prison system,
Another prison system.
Minor drug offenders fill your prisons
You don't even flinch
All our taxes paying for your wars
Against the new non-rich,
Minor drug offenders fill your prisons
You don't even flinch
All our taxes paying for your wars
Against the new non-rich,
I buy my crack, my smack, my bitch,
Right here in Hollywood,
The percentage of Americans in the prison system, prison system
Prison system, has doubled since 1985
They're trying to build a prison
They're trying to build a prison,
They're trying to build a prison,
They're trying to build a prison,
Another prison system,
Another prison system,
Another prison system.
For you and me, for you and me , for you and me.
They're trying to build a prison,
They're trying to build a prison,
They're trying to build a prison,
For you and me,
Oh baby, you and me.
All research and successful drug policy shows
That treatment should be increased,
And law enforcement decreased,
While abolishing mandatory minimum sentences,
All research and successful drug policy shows
That treatment should be increased,
And law enforcement decreased,
While abolishing mandatory minimum sentences.
Utilizing drugs to pay for secret wars around the world,
Drugs are now your global policy,
Now you police the globe,
I buy my crack, my smack, my bitch,
Right here in Hollywood,
Drug money is used to rig elections,
And train brutal corporate sponsored
Dictators around the world.
They're trying to build a prison
They're trying to build a prison,
They're trying to build a prison,
They're trying to build a prison, (for you and me to live in)
Another prison system,
Another prison system,
Another prison system. (for you and me)
For you and I, for you and I , for you and I.
They're trying to build a prison,
They're trying to build a prison,
They're trying to build a prison,
For you and me,
Oh baby, you and me.
----------------
version 3
This song is mainly played with distortion. It sounds like Daron also
uses some other effects on the riff he plays during the verses.
The asterisks (*) mean that the measures enclosed are repeated. If you
have any comments, suggestions, or want to point out a mistake, please
email me.
The tuning for this song is as follows:
C#
G#
E
B
F#
B
|------|------------------|---------------------|-------|
|------|------------------|---------------------|-------|
|------|*-----------------|-------------3-3-3-3-|------*|
|------|*-----------------|-------------3-3-3-3-|------*|
|-0----|--0-1-3-1-0-1-3-1-|-0-1-3-1-0-1-1-1-1-1-|-------|
|-0----|--0-1-3-1-0-1-3-1-|-0-1-3-1-0-1---------|-------|
intro repeat once
-----------------|---------|---------------|
-----------------|---------|---------------|
-----------------|---------|-------3-3-3-3-|
-----------------|---------|-------3-3-3-3-|
-0-1-3-1-0-1-3-1-|-0-1-3-1-|-------1-1-1-1-|
-0-1-3-1-0-1-3-1-|-0-1-3-1-|---------------|
pause
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|*-------------------------------|-----------------------3-3-3-3-*|
|*-------------------------------|-----------------------3-3-3-3-*|
|--0-1-0-3-0-1-0---0-1-0-3-0-1-0-|-0-1-0-3-0-1-0---0-1-0-1-1-1-1--|
|--0-1-0-3-0-1-0---0-1-0-3-0-1-0-|-0-1-0-3-0-1-0---0-1-0----------|
Riff 1 repeat once (this riff played for chorus as well)
|-----------------|---------------------|-------|
|-----------------|---------------------|-------|
|-----------------|-------------3-3-3-3-|-------|
|-----------------|-------------3-3-3-3-|-------|
|---0-3-1-0-1-3-1-|-0-1-3-1-0-1-1-1-1-1-|-------|
|---0-3-1-0-1-3-1-|-0-1-3-1-0-1---------|-------|
(riff 1)
|--------------|---------------|
|--------------|---------------|
|--3-------3---|---3-------3---|
|1---1---1---1-|-1---1---1---1-|
|--------------|---------------|
|--------------|---------------|
Riff 2 played during verses
|---------------|---------------------|-----------------|
|---------------|-----3---------2-----|-----------------|
|------------3--|-------3---------2---|*----------------|
|------------3--|---------3---------2-|*----------------|
|-0--1--0----1--|-----------1-0-------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-0--1--0-------|---------------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
"for you and me..... for baby you and me..."
---------------------|--------------|-----------------------|
---------------------|--------------|-----------------------|
------------3-3-3-3-*|-*------------|--------------3-3-3-3-*|
------------3-3-3-3-*|-*------------|--------------3-3-3-3-*|
0-0-0-0-0-0-1-1-1-1--|--0-0---0-0-0-|-0-0-0--0-0-0-1-1-1-1--|
0-0-0-0-0-0----------|--0-0---0-0-0-|-0-0-0--0-0-0----------|
"war research and successful..."
"They're trying to build a prison,
They're trying to build a prison,
Following the rights movements
You clamped down with your iron fists,
Drugs became conveniently
Available for all the kids,
Following the rights movements
You clamped down with your iron fists,
Drugs became conveniently
Available for all the kids,
I buy my crack, my smack, my bitch,
Right here in Hollywood,
Nearly 2 million Americans are incarcerated
In the prison system, prison system
Prison system of the U.S.
They're trying to build a prison
They're trying to build a prison,
They're trying to build a prison,
They're trying to build a prison, (for you and me)
Another prison system,
Another prison system,
Another prison system.
Minor drug offenders fill your prisons
You don't even flinch
All our taxes paying for your wars
Against the new non-rich,
Minor drug offenders fill your prisons
You don't even flinch
All our taxes paying for your wars
Against the new non-rich,
I buy my crack, my smack, my bitch,
Right here in Hollywood,
The percentage of Americans in the prison system, prison system
Prison system, has doubled since 1985
They're trying to build a prison
They're trying to build a prison,
They're trying to build a prison,
They're trying to build a prison,
Another prison system,
Another prison system,
Another prison system.
For you and me, for you and me , for you and me.
They're trying to build a prison,
They're trying to build a prison,
They're trying to build a prison,
For you and me,
Oh baby, you and me.
All research and successful drug policy shows
That treatment should be increased,
And law enforcement decreased,
While abolishing mandatory minimum sentences,
All research and successful drug policy shows
That treatment should be increased,
And law enforcement decreased,
While abolishing mandatory minimum sentences.
Utilizing drugs to pay for secret wars around the world,
Drugs are now your global policy,
Now you police the globe,
I buy my crack, my smack, my bitch,
Right here in Hollywood,
Drug money is used to rig elections,
And train brutal corporate sponsored
Dictators around the world.
They're trying to build a prison
They're trying to build a prison,
They're trying to build a prison,
They're trying to build a prison, (for you and me to live in)
Another prison system,
Another prison system,
Another prison system. (for you and me)
For you and I, for you and I , for you and I.
They're trying to build a prison,
They're trying to build a prison,
They're trying to build a prison,
For you and me,
Oh baby, you and me.
----------------
version 4
Tuning for song is:
D
A
F
C
G
C
I'm not quite sure about the verse, it sounds good to me though.
Intro:
D:-------------------------------------------
A:-------------------------------------------
F:-------------------------------------------
C:-0------0-1-3-1-0-1-3-1-0-1-3-1-0-1-3-3-3-3
G:-0------0-1-3-1-0-1-3-1-0-1-3-1-0-1-1-1-1-1
C:-0------0-1-3-1-0-1-3-1-0-1-3-1-0-1--------
D:------------------------------------
A:------------------------------------
F:------------------------------------
C:-0-1-3-1-0-1-3-1-0-1-3-1-0-1-3-3-3-3
G:-0-1-3-1-0-1-3-1-0-1-3-1-0-1-1-1-1-1
C:-0-1-3-1-0-1-3-1-0-1-3-1-0-1--------
D:------------------------
A:------------------------
F:------------------------
C:-0-1-3-1-0-1-3-1-0-1-3-1
G:-0-1-3-1-0-1-3-1-0-1-3-1
C:-0-1-3-1-0-1-3-1-0-1-3-1
Chorus 1:
D:--------------------------------------------------------
A:--------------------------------------------------------
F:--------------------------------------------------------
C:-3-3-3-3-0-1-0-3-0-1-0-0-1-0-3-0-1-0-0-1-0-3-0-1-0-0-1-0
G:-1-1-1-1-0-1-0-3-0-1-0-0-1-0-3-0-1-0-0-1-0-3-0-1-0-0-1-0
C:---------0-1-0-3-0-1-0-0-1-0-3-0-1-0-0-1-0-3-0-1-0-0-1-0
D:--------------------------------------------------------
A:--------------------------------------------------------
F:--------------------------------------------------------
C:-3-3-3-3-0-1-0-3-0-1-0-0-1-0-3-0-1-0-0-1-0-3-0-1-0-0-1-0
G:-1-1-1-1-0-1-0-3-0-1-0-0-1-0-3-0-1-0-0-1-0-3-0-1-0-0-1-0
C:---------0-1-0-3-0-1-0-0-1-0-3-0-1-0-0-1-0-3-0-1-0-0-1-0
D:--------------------------------------------
A:--------------------------------------------
F:--------------------------------------------
C:-3-3-3-3-0-1-3-1-0-1-3-1-0-1-3-1-0-1-3-3-3-3
G:-1-1-1-1-0-1-3-1-0-1-3-1-0-1-3-1-0-1-1-1-1-1
C:---------0-1-3-1-0-1-3-1-0-1-3-1-0-1--------
D:--------------------------------------------------------
A:--------------------------------------------------------
F:--------------------------------------------------------
C:-0-1-0-3-0-1-0-0-1-0-3-0-1-0-0-1-0-3-0-1-0-0-1-0-3-3-3-3
G:-0-1-0-3-0-1-0-0-1-0-3-0-1-0-0-1-0-3-0-1-0-0-1-0-1-1-1-1
C:-0-1-0-3-0-1-0-0-1-0-3-0-1-0-0-1-0-3-0-1-0-0-1-0--------
Verse 1:
D:---10--
A:-------
F:-7----7
C:-------
G:-------
C:-------
Chorus 2:
D:--------------------------------------------------------
A:--------------------------------------------------------
F:--------------------------------------------------------
C:-3-3-3-3-0-1-0-3-0-1-0-0-1-0-3-0-1-0-0-1-0-3-0-1-0-0-1-0
G:-1-1-1-1-0-1-0-3-0-1-0-0-1-0-3-0-1-0-0-1-0-3-0-1-0-0-1-0
C:---------0-1-0-3-0-1-0-0-1-0-3-0-1-0-0-1-0-3-0-1-0-0-1-0
D:--------
A:--------
F:--------
C:-3-3-3-3
G:-1-1-1-1
C:--------
VERSE 2 (Same as verse 1)
CHORUS 1
Bridge:
D:--------------------------------
A:--------------------------------
F:--------------------------------
C:-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2
G:-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0
C:--------------------------------
"oh baby, you and me..."
D:------------------------------------
A:------------------------------------
F:------------------------------------
C:-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3
G:-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-1-1-1
C:-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--------
|_______________________________________|x6
CHORUS 1
End:
D:----------------------------------
A:----------------------------------
F:----------------------------------
C:-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0
G:-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0
C:---------------------------------0
"oh baby, you and me..."
"They're trying to build a prison,
They're trying to build a prison,
Following the rights movements
You clamped down with your iron fists,
Drugs became conveniently
Available for all the kids,
Following the rights movements
You clamped down with your iron fists,
Drugs became conveniently
Available for all the kids,
I buy my crack, my smack, my bitch,
Right here in Hollywood,
Nearly 2 million Americans are incarcerated
In the prison system, prison system
Prison system of the U.S.
They're trying to build a prison
They're trying to build a prison,
They're trying to build a prison,
They're trying to build a prison, (for you and me)
Another prison system,
Another prison system,
Another prison system.
Minor drug offenders fill your prisons
You don't even flinch
All our taxes paying for your wars
Against the new non-rich,
Minor drug offenders fill your prisons
You don't even flinch
All our taxes paying for your wars
Against the new non-rich,
I buy my crack, my smack, my bitch,
Right here in Hollywood,
The percentage of Americans in the prison system, prison system
Prison system, has doubled since 1985
They're trying to build a prison
They're trying to build a prison,
They're trying to build a prison,
They're trying to build a prison,
Another prison system,
Another prison system,
Another prison system.
For you and me, for you and me , for you and me.
They're trying to build a prison,
They're trying to build a prison,
They're trying to build a prison,
For you and me,
Oh baby, you and me.
All research and successful drug policy shows
That treatment should be increased,
And law enforcement decreased,
While abolishing mandatory minimum sentences,
All research and successful drug policy shows
That treatment should be increased,
And law enforcement decreased,
While abolishing mandatory minimum sentences.
Utilizing drugs to pay for secret wars around the world,
Drugs are now your global policy,
Now you police the globe,
I buy my crack, my smack, my bitch,
Right here in Hollywood,
Drug money is used to rig elections,
And train brutal corporate sponsored
Dictators around the world.
They're trying to build a prison
They're trying to build a prison,
They're trying to build a prison,
They're trying to build a prison, (for you and me to live in)
Another prison system,
Another prison system,
Another prison system. (for you and me)
For you and I, for you and I , for you and I.
They're trying to build a prison,
They're trying to build a prison,
They're trying to build a prison,
For you and me,
Oh baby, you and me.
----------------
version 5
Guitar I (C G C F A D) - Electric, Heavily Distorted
Guitar II (C G C F A D) - Electric, Crunchy
Guitar III (D G C F A D) - Acoustic, Clean
INTRO:
102 bpm (roughly)
Gtr I
3/4 4/4
PM----------------------------------------------|
W W E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S S s
|---------|---------|-----------------|---------------------|
|---------|---------|-----------------|---------------------|
|---------|---------|-----------------|---------------------|
|---------|---------|-----------------|-------------3-3-3-3-|
|-0-------|---------|-0-1-3-1-0-1-3-1-|-0-1-3-1-0-1-1-1-1-1-|
|-0-------|---------|-0-1-3-1-0-1-3-1-|-0-1-3-1-0-1---------|
2/4 4/4
PM--------------------------|
W W E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S S s
|---------|---------|-----------------|---------------------|
|---------|---------|-----------------|---------------------|
|---------|---------|-----------------|---------------------|
|---------|---------|-----------------|-------------3-3-3-3-|
|---------|---------|-0-1-3-1-0-1-3-1-|-0-1-3-1-0-1-1-1-1-1-|
|---------|---------|-0-1-3-1-0-1-3-1-|-0-1-3-1-0-1---------|
5/4 4/4
PM----------------------|
W H E E E E E E E E E E E E H Q S S S s
|---------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------|
|---------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------|
|---------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------|
|---------|-----------------|-----------------|-----3-3-3-3-|
|---------|---------0-1-3-1-|-0-1-3-1-0-1-3-1-|-----1-1-1-1-|
|---------|---------0-1-3-1-|-0-1-3-1-0-1-3-1-|-------------|
PM----------------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 2x
||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||
||o---------------------------------|---------------------------------o||
||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||
||----------------------------------|-------------------------3-3-3-3--||
||o---0-1-0-1-0-1-0---0-1-0-1-0-1-0-|---0-1-0-1-0-1-0---0-1-0-1-1-1-1-o||
||----0-1-0-1-0-1-0---0-1-0-1-0-1-0-|---0-1-0-1-0-1-0---0-1-0----------||
|-Rhy Fig 1 end Rhy Fig 1-|
PM--------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S S s
|-----------------|---------------------|-----------|
|-----------------|---------------------|-----------|
|-----------------|---------------------|----Rhy----|
|-----------------|-------------3-3-3-3-|---Fig-1---|
|-0-1-3-1-0-1-3-1-|-0-1-3-1-0-1-1-1-1-1-|-----------|
|-0-1-3-1-0-1-3-1-|-0-1-3-1-0-1---------|-----------|
|-Rhy Fig 2 end Rhy Fig 2-|
VERSE
Gtr II
PM------| PM----| PM------------| PM------------------------|
E e e e E e E e E e E e e e e e E e E e E e e e E e e e E e e e
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|---------------8---|-----<8>-----------|-----------------|
|-----8-------<8>---|-----<8>-----------|---------------8---|-----8-------8---|
|---6---6---6-----6-|---6-----6---6---6-|---6-----6---6---6-|---6---6---6---6-|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
Gtr I
PM--------------------------------------|
W W E e e e E e e e E e e e S S S S S S s s
|---------|---------|-----------------|-------------------------|
|---------|---------|-----------------|-------------------------|
|---------|---------|-----------------|-------------------------|
|---------|---------|-----8-------8---|-----8-----8---8---8---8-|
|---------|---------|---6---6---6---6-|---6---6-----6---6---6---|
|---------|---------|-----------------|-------------------------|
CHORUS
Gtr I
Rhy Fig 1 x2
VERSE
Gtr II
PM PM--| PM----| PM--| PM----| PM--| PM----| PM--| PM
E e E e E e E e E e E e e e E e E e E e E e E e E e E e E e E e
|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------<8>---|-----<8>-------<8>---|---------------------|---------------<8>---|
|-----<8>-------------|---------------------|---------------<8>---|-----<8>-------------|
|---6-----6---6-----6-|---6-----6---6-----6-|---6-<8>-6---6-----6-|---6-----6---6-----6-|
|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
Gtr I
PM PM PM----| PM--------------|
W W E e E E E e E e E e E e S S S S S S s s
|---------|---------|-----------------------|---------------------------|
|---------|---------|-----------------------|---------------------------|
|---------|---------|-----------------<8>---|---------------------------|
|---------|---------|-----<8>---------------|-----<8>-----8---8---8---8-|
|---------|---------|---6-----<6>---6-----6-|---6-----6-----6---6---6---|
|---------|---------|-----------------------|---------------------------|
CHORUS
Gtr I
Rhy Fig 1 x2, Rhy Fig 2, then:
3/4
PM----------------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------|
|---0-1-0-1-0-1-0---0-1-0-1-0-1-0-|---0-1-0-1-0-1-0---0-1-0-|
|---0-1-0-1-0-1-0---0-1-0-1-0-1-0-|---0-1-0-1-0-1-0---0-1-0-|
Gtr I
4/4
W E E E E E E E E
|---------|-----------------|
|---------|-3---------2-----|
|---------|---3---3-----2---|
|-3-------|-----3---------2-|
|-1-------|---------0-------|
|---------|-----------------|
|
|Gtr III
| H. E E E E E E E E E
|---------|-------------5---|
|---------|---------------5-|
|---------|-7---------------|
|-------8-|---8-------7-----|
|---------|-----8-----------|
|---------|-------6-5-------|
BRIDGE:
Gtr I
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S S S E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S S S
|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|---------------------|
|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|---------------------|
|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|---------------------|
|-----------------|-------------3-3-3-3-|-----------------|-------------3-3-3-3-|
|-----------------|-------------1-1-1-1-|-----------------|-------------1-1-1-1-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0---------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0---------|
PM------------------------------|
E E E S S E E E S E E E S S E E S S S S 4x
||--------------------|------------------------||
||o-------------------|-----------------------o||
||--------------------|------------------------||
||--------------------|---------------3-3-3-3--||
||o-0-0-----0-0-0---0-|-0-0-----0-0-0-1-1-1-1-o||
||--0-0-----0-0-0---0-|-0-0-----0-0-0----------||
Gtr II Gtr I
PM PM--| PM----| PM---------------|
W W E e E e E e E e E e E e S S S S S S S s
|---------|---------|---------------------|---------------------------|
|---------|---------|---------------------|---------------------------|
|---------|---------|---------------------|---------------------------|
|---------|---------|-----<8>-------<8>---|-----<8>-----8---8---8---8-|
|---------|---------|---6-----6---6-----6-|---6-----6-----6---6---6---|
|---------|---------|---------------------|---------------------------|
CHORUS
Gtr I
Rhy Fig 1 x2, Rhy Fig 2, then:
3/4
PM----------------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------|
|---0-1-0-1-0-1-0---0-1-0-1-0-1-0-|---0-1-0-1-0-1-0---0-1-0-|
|---0-1-0-1-0-1-0---0-1-0-1-0-1-0-|---0-1-0-1-0-1-0---0-1-0-|
Gtr I
4/4
W E E E E E E E E W
|---------|-----------------|-1-------|
|---------|-3---------2-----|-3-------|
|---------|---3---3-----2---|-2-------|
|-3-------|-----3---------2-|-0-------|
|-1-------|---------0-------|-0-------|
|---------|-----------------|-0-------|
|
|Gtr III
| W W W
|---------|-----------------|---------|
|---------|-----------------|-6-------|
|---------|-----------------|-7-------|
|---------|-----------------|-7-------|
|---------|-----------------|-5-------|
|---------|-----------------|---------|
"They're trying to build a prison,
They're trying to build a prison,
Following the rights movements
You clamped down with your iron fists,
Drugs became conveniently
Available for all the kids,
Following the rights movements
You clamped down with your iron fists,
Drugs became conveniently
Available for all the kids,
I buy my crack, my smack, my bitch,
Right here in Hollywood,
Nearly 2 million Americans are incarcerated
In the prison system, prison system
Prison system of the U.S.
They're trying to build a prison
They're trying to build a prison,
They're trying to build a prison,
They're trying to build a prison, (for you and me)
Another prison system,
Another prison system,
Another prison system.
Minor drug offenders fill your prisons
You don't even flinch
All our taxes paying for your wars
Against the new non-rich,
Minor drug offenders fill your prisons
You don't even flinch
All our taxes paying for your wars
Against the new non-rich,
I buy my crack, my smack, my bitch,
Right here in Hollywood,
The percentage of Americans in the prison system, prison system
Prison system, has doubled since 1985
They're trying to build a prison
They're trying to build a prison,
They're trying to build a prison,
They're trying to build a prison,
Another prison system,
Another prison system,
Another prison system.
For you and me, for you and me , for you and me.
They're trying to build a prison,
They're trying to build a prison,
They're trying to build a prison,
For you and me,
Oh baby, you and me.
All research and successful drug policy shows
That treatment should be increased,
And law enforcement decreased,
While abolishing mandatory minimum sentences,
All research and successful drug policy shows
That treatment should be increased,
And law enforcement decreased,
While abolishing mandatory minimum sentences.
Utilizing drugs to pay for secret wars around the world,
Drugs are now your global policy,
Now you police the globe,
I buy my crack, my smack, my bitch,
Right here in Hollywood,
Drug money is used to rig elections,
And train brutal corporate sponsored
Dictators around the world.
They're trying to build a prison
They're trying to build a prison,
They're trying to build a prison,
They're trying to build a prison, (for you and me to live in)
Another prison system,
Another prison system,
Another prison system. (for you and me)
For you and I, for you and I , for you and I.
They're trying to build a prison,
They're trying to build a prison,
They're trying to build a prison,
For you and me,
Oh baby, you and me.
----------------
version 6
Tuning : DAFCGC
Tablature legend
=================
<>-harmonics
*-palm mute
~-let note ring
Intro(palm muted)
X1 / X3(on 3rd time - pause here)
|-------|--------------------------------/--------|
|-------|-------------------------------/---------|
|-------|------------------------------/----------|
|-------|-----------------------------v-----------|
|-0-----|-0-1-3-1-0-1-3-1-0-1-3-1-0-1--8-8-8-8----|
|-0-----|-0-1-3-1-0-1-3-1-0-1-3-1-0-1--8-8-8-8----|
Chorus 1st part X2(palm muted)
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-0-1-0-3-0-1-0--0-1-0-3-0-1-0--0-1-0-3-0-1-0--0-1-0--8-8-8-8-|
|-0-1-0-3-0-1-0--0-1-0-3-0-1-0--0-1-0-3-0-1-0--0-1-0--8-8-8-8-|
Chorus 2nd part X1(palm muted)
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-0-1-3-1-0-1-3-1-0-1-3-1-0-1--8-8-8-8----|
|-0-1-3-1-0-1-3-1-0-1-3-1-0-1--8-8-8-8----|
Chorus 1st part X1(palm muted)
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-0-1-0-3-0-1-0--0-1-0-3-0-1-0--0-1-0-3-0-1-0--0-1-0--8-8-8-8-|
|-0-1-0-3-0-1-0--0-1-0-3-0-1-0--0-1-0-3-0-1-0--0-1-0--8-8-8-8-|
Verse riff X8-pause-X7(sometimes Daron plays <8> on string up)
|-------------|
|-------------|
|-------------|
|-----<8>-----|
|-<6>-----<6>-|
|-------------|
Pre-chorus(palm muted)X1
|---------------|
|---------------|
|---------------|
|---8---8---8---|
|-6---6---6---6-|
|---------------|
Chorus 1st part X2(palm muted)
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-0-1-0-3-0-1-0--0-1-0-3-0-1-0--0-1-0-3-0-1-0--0-1-0--8-8-8-8-|
|-0-1-0-3-0-1-0--0-1-0-3-0-1-0--0-1-0-3-0-1-0--0-1-0--8-8-8-8-|
Verse riff X8-pause-X7(Daron often plays <8> on string up)
|-------------|
|-------------|
|-------------|
|-----<8>-----|
|-<6>-----<6>-|
|-------------|
Pre-chorus(palm muted)X1
|---------------|
|---------------|
|---------------|
|---8---8---8---|
|-6---6---6---6-|
|---------------|
Chorus 1st part X2(palm muted)
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-0-1-0-3-0-1-0--0-1-0-3-0-1-0--0-1-0-3-0-1-0--0-1-0--8-8-8-8-|
|-0-1-0-3-0-1-0--0-1-0-3-0-1-0--0-1-0-3-0-1-0--0-1-0--8-8-8-8-|
Chorus 2nd part X1(palm muted)
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-0-1-3-1-0-1-3-1-0-1-3-1-0-1--8-8-8-8----|
|-0-1-3-1-0-1-3-1-0-1-3-1-0-1--8-8-8-8----|
Chorus 1st advanced part X1
\ (acoustic guitar) /
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------3-----------2---|
|--------------------------------------------------------3---3-------2---2-|
|--------------------------------------------------------------3-6-5-------|
|-0-1-0-3-0-1-0--0-1-0-3-0-1-0--0-1-0-3-0-1-0--0-1-0--8--------------------|
|-0-1-0-3-0-1-0--0-1-0-3-0-1-0--0-1-0-3-0-1-0--0-1-0--8--------------------|
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Interlude 1st part X2
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|------------------------------8-8-8-8-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--8-8-8-8-|
* * * *
Interlude 2nd part(palm muted)X4
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0--0--8-8-8-8-|
|-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0--0--8-8-8-8-|
Verse riff X3(sometimes Daron plays <8> on string up)
|-------------|
|-------------|
|-------------|
|-----<8>-----|
|-<6>-----<6>-|
|-------------|
Pre-chorus(palm muted)X1
|---------------|
|---------------|
|---------------|
|---8---8---8---|
|-6---6---6---6-|
|---------------|
Chorus 1st part X2(palm muted)
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-0-1-0-3-0-1-0--0-1-0-3-0-1-0--0-1-0-3-0-1-0--0-1-0--8-8-8-8-|
|-0-1-0-3-0-1-0--0-1-0-3-0-1-0--0-1-0-3-0-1-0--0-1-0--8-8-8-8-|
Chorus 2nd part X1(palm muted)
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-0-1-3-1-0-1-3-1-0-1-3-1-0-1--8-8-8-8----|
|-0-1-3-1-0-1-3-1-0-1-3-1-0-1--8-8-8-8----|
Chorus 1st advanced part X1
\ (clean guitar) /
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------3-----------2---|
|--------------------------------------------------------3---3-------2---2-|
|--------------------------------------------------------------3-6-5-------|
|-0-1-0-3-0-1-0--0-1-0-3-0-1-0--0-1-0-3-0-1-0--0-1-0--8--------------------|
|-0-1-0-3-0-1-0--0-1-0-3-0-1-0--0-1-0-3-0-1-0--0-1-0--8--------------------|
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Outro(clean)X1
|----2~~~~~~~~-|
|---2~~~~~~~~~-|
|--2~~~~~~~~~~-|
|-2~~~~~~~~~~~-|
|--------------|
|--------------|
"They're trying to build a prison,
They're trying to build a prison,
Following the rights movements
You clamped down with your iron fists,
Drugs became conveniently
Available for all the kids,
Following the rights movements
You clamped down with your iron fists,
Drugs became conveniently
Available for all the kids,
I buy my crack, my smack, my bitch,
Right here in Hollywood,
Nearly 2 million Americans are incarcerated
In the prison system, prison system
Prison system of the U.S.
They're trying to build a prison
They're trying to build a prison,
They're trying to build a prison,
They're trying to build a prison, (for you and me)
Another prison system,
Another prison system,
Another prison system.
Minor drug offenders fill your prisons
You don't even flinch
All our taxes paying for your wars
Against the new non-rich,
Minor drug offenders fill your prisons
You don't even flinch
All our taxes paying for your wars
Against the new non-rich,
I buy my crack, my smack, my bitch,
Right here in Hollywood,
The percentage of Americans in the prison system, prison system
Prison system, has doubled since 1985
They're trying to build a prison
They're trying to build a prison,
They're trying to build a prison,
They're trying to build a prison,
Another prison system,
Another prison system,
Another prison system.
For you and me, for you and me , for you and me.
They're trying to build a prison,
They're trying to build a prison,
They're trying to build a prison,
For you and me,
Oh baby, you and me.
All research and successful drug policy shows
That treatment should be increased,
And law enforcement decreased,
While abolishing mandatory minimum sentences,
All research and successful drug policy shows
That treatment should be increased,
And law enforcement decreased,
While abolishing mandatory minimum sentences.
Utilizing drugs to pay for secret wars around the world,
Drugs are now your global policy,
Now you police the globe,
I buy my crack, my smack, my bitch,
Right here in Hollywood,
Drug money is used to rig elections,
And train brutal corporate sponsored
Dictators around the world.
They're trying to build a prison
They're trying to build a prison,
They're trying to build a prison,
They're trying to build a prison, (for you and me to live in)
Another prison system,
Another prison system,
Another prison system. (for you and me)
For you and I, for you and I , for you and I.
They're trying to build a prison,
They're trying to build a prison,
They're trying to build a prison,
For you and me,
Oh baby, you and me.
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version 7
Tuning for this song is:
C#
G#
E
B
F#
B
Intro:
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|------|-----------------------|---------------------------
|------|-----------------------|----------------3-3-3-3----
|------|-----------------------|----------------3-3-3-3----
|-0----|--0-1-3-1-0-1-3-1--|--0-1-3-1-0-1--1-1-1-1---------
|-0----|--0-1-3-1-0-1-3-1--|--0-1-3-1-0-1------------------
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-----------------------------------3-3-3-3----------
-----------------------------------3-3-3-3----------
-0-1-3-1-0-1-3-1-0-1-3-1------1-1-1-1---------------
-0-1-3-1-0-1-3-1-0-1-3-1----------------------------
[Pause]
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|----------------------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------------------
|--0-1-0-3-0-1-0---0-1-0-3-0-1-0---0-1-0-3-0-1-0---0-1-0---
|--0-1-0-3-0-1-0---0-1-0-3-0-1-0---0-1-0-3-0-1-0---0-1-0---
|--------------------|---------------------------------
|--------------------|---------------------------------
|--------------------|------------------3-3-3-3--------
|--------------------|------------------3-3-3-3--------
|---0-3-1-0-1-3-1----|--0-1-3-1-0-1---1-1-1-1----------
|---0-3-1-0-1-3-1----|--0-1-3-1-0-1--------------------
|------------------------------
|------------------------------
|--3-------3------3-------3----
|1---1---1---1--1---1--1--1----
|------------------------------
|------------------------------
Riff 2
|---------------|------------------------|-----------------
|---------------|-----3---------2--------|-----------------
|------------3--|-------3---------2------|-----------------
|------------3--|---------3---------2----|-----------------
|-0--1--0---1---|-----------1--0---------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-
|-0--1--0-------|------------------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-
-----------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------
--------------3-3-3-3-------------------------------3-3-3-3
--------------3-3-3-3-------------------------------3-3-3-3
0-0-0-0-0-0---1-1-1-1---0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0--0-0-0--1-1-1-1
0-0-0-0-0-0--------------0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0--0-0-0--------
"They're trying to build a prison,
They're trying to build a prison,
Following the rights movements
You clamped down with your iron fists,
Drugs became conveniently
Available for all the kids,
Following the rights movements
You clamped down with your iron fists,
Drugs became conveniently
Available for all the kids,
I buy my crack, my smack, my bitch,
Right here in Hollywood,
Nearly 2 million Americans are incarcerated
In the prison system, prison system
Prison system of the U.S.
They're trying to build a prison
They're trying to build a prison,
They're trying to build a prison,
They're trying to build a prison, (for you and me)
Another prison system,
Another prison system,
Another prison system.
Minor drug offenders fill your prisons
You don't even flinch
All our taxes paying for your wars
Against the new non-rich,
Minor drug offenders fill your prisons
You don't even flinch
All our taxes paying for your wars
Against the new non-rich,
I buy my crack, my smack, my bitch,
Right here in Hollywood,
The percentage of Americans in the prison system, prison system
Prison system, has doubled since 1985
They're trying to build a prison
They're trying to build a prison,
They're trying to build a prison,
They're trying to build a prison,
Another prison system,
Another prison system,
Another prison system.
For you and me, for you and me , for you and me.
They're trying to build a prison,
They're trying to build a prison,
They're trying to build a prison,
For you and me,
Oh baby, you and me.
All research and successful drug policy shows
That treatment should be increased,
And law enforcement decreased,
While abolishing mandatory minimum sentences,
All research and successful drug policy shows
That treatment should be increased,
And law enforcement decreased,
While abolishing mandatory minimum sentences.
Utilizing drugs to pay for secret wars around the world,
Drugs are now your global policy,
Now you police the globe,
I buy my crack, my smack, my bitch,
Right here in Hollywood,
Drug money is used to rig elections,
And train brutal corporate sponsored
Dictators around the world.
They're trying to build a prison
They're trying to build a prison,
They're trying to build a prison,
They're trying to build a prison, (for you and me to live in)
Another prison system,
Another prison system,
Another prison system. (for you and me)
For you and I, for you and I , for you and I.
They're trying to build a prison,
They're trying to build a prison,
They're trying to build a prison,
For you and me,
Oh baby, you and me.
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version 8
Drop C Tuning
U all know that., here we go
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0--|
0--|
Riff 1
3x
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-------|------------------------------------------| |
-------|------------------------------------------| |
-------|------------------------------------------| |--3x
0-1-3-1|-8-8-8-8----------------------------------| |
0-1-3-1|-8-8-8-8----------------------------------|--|
Their trying to build a prison....
Riff 2
3x
-------------|---------------|--|
-------------|---------------| |
-------------|---------------| |
-------------|---------------| |--2x
0-1-0-3-0-1-0|0-1-0-8-8-8-8--| |
0-1-0-3-0-1-0|0-1-0-8-8-8-8--|--|
Riff 1(only once):RRRAAAHHHHHHH
Riff 2(only once):
Riff 3
12x
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---8-----------------|
6-----6--------------|
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a
Riff 3a
4x
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---8-----------------|
6-----6--------------|
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a
Riff 2:Their trying to build a prison...
Riff 3:
Riff 3a:
Riff 2:
Riff 1(only once):
Riff 2(only once):
Riff 4:
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--3----3--2----2-----|
----3-------2--------|
------3-------2------|
0--------------------|
---------------------|
Riff 5:
3x
----|-------|---------|
----|-------|---------|
----|-------|---------|
----|-------|---------|
0--0|0--0--0|8-8-8-8--|
0--0|0--0--0|8-8-8-8--|
Riff 5a:
3x
----|-------|---------|
----|-------|---------|
----|-------|---------|
----|-------|---------|
0--0|0--0--0|8-8-8-8--|
0--0|0--0--0|8-8-8-8--|
* * * * *
Riff 3a:
Riff 2:
Riff 1(only once):
Riff 2(only once):
Riff 4a:
-----------------------1---|
---3-----3--2----------3---|
-----3--------2--------2---|
-------3--------2------0---|
0-----------------2--------|
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Prison Song Ending(live)
Riff 1
(1)-1-----3--1--0----------------------|
(3)---3------------3------3--------5---|
(2)-----2---------------3---3----5---5-|
(0)------------------------------------|
----------------------1--------3-------|
---------------------------------------|
Riff 2
1-----1-----1--0-----0-----0-----|
--3-----3--------1-----1---------|
----2-----2--------0-----0-------|
---------------------------------|
---------------------------------|
---------------------------------|
Repeat these and this goes into Know
"They're trying to build a prison,
They're trying to build a prison,
Following the rights movements
You clamped down with your iron fists,
Drugs became conveniently
Available for all the kids,
Following the rights movements
You clamped down with your iron fists,
Drugs became conveniently
Available for all the kids,
I buy my crack, my smack, my bitch,
Right here in Hollywood,
Nearly 2 million Americans are incarcerated
In the prison system, prison system
Prison system of the U.S.
They're trying to build a prison
They're trying to build a prison,
They're trying to build a prison,
They're trying to build a prison, (for you and me)
Another prison system,
Another prison system,
Another prison system.
Minor drug offenders fill your prisons
You don't even flinch
All our taxes paying for your wars
Against the new non-rich,
Minor drug offenders fill your prisons
You don't even flinch
All our taxes paying for your wars
Against the new non-rich,
I buy my crack, my smack, my bitch,
Right here in Hollywood,
The percentage of Americans in the prison system, prison system
Prison system, has doubled since 1985
They're trying to build a prison
They're trying to build a prison,
They're trying to build a prison,
They're trying to build a prison,
Another prison system,
Another prison system,
Another prison system.
For you and me, for you and me , for you and me.
They're trying to build a prison,
They're trying to build a prison,
They're trying to build a prison,
For you and me,
Oh baby, you and me.
All research and successful drug policy shows
That treatment should be increased,
And law enforcement decreased,
While abolishing mandatory minimum sentences,
All research and successful drug policy shows
That treatment should be increased,
And law enforcement decreased,
While abolishing mandatory minimum sentences.
Utilizing drugs to pay for secret wars around the world,
Drugs are now your global policy,
Now you police the globe,
I buy my crack, my smack, my bitch,
Right here in Hollywood,
Drug money is used to rig elections,
And train brutal corporate sponsored
Dictators around the world.
They're trying to build a prison
They're trying to build a prison,
They're trying to build a prison,
They're trying to build a prison, (for you and me to live in)
Another prison system,
Another prison system,
Another prison system. (for you and me)
For you and I, for you and I , for you and I.
They're trying to build a prison,
They're trying to build a prison,
They're trying to build a prison,
For you and me,
Oh baby, you and me.
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version 9
Intro
E
B
G 1
D 2
A 2
E
E
B
G 1
D 2 3 5 3
A 2 3 5 3 repeat 3 x on forth time add
E 1 3 1
E
B
G 1 1
D 2 3 5 3 2 2
A 2 3 5 3 2 2
E 1 3 1 2
Part 4
E E
B B
G 1 do it 24x than add G
D 2 D 5
A 2 A 3 do 4 x after the 24
E E
Repeat the above PART 4
VERSE
E
B
G 7
D 5 5
A
E
Use part 4 for chorus
Verse
Chorus
BREAKDOWN
E
B
G 7 6
D 8 8 7 7
A 8 7
E
E
B
G
D 0 D 8
A 0 I think 17 times than A 8
E 0 E 8
outro
E
B
G 7 6
D 8 8 7 7
A 8 7
E
E 1
B 3
G 2
D
A
E
"They're trying to build a prison,
They're trying to build a prison,
Following the rights movements
You clamped down with your iron fists,
Drugs became conveniently
Available for all the kids,
Following the rights movements
You clamped down with your iron fists,
Drugs became conveniently
Available for all the kids,
I buy my crack, my smack, my bitch,
Right here in Hollywood,
Nearly 2 million Americans are incarcerated
In the prison system, prison system
Prison system of the U.S.
They're trying to build a prison
They're trying to build a prison,
They're trying to build a prison,
They're trying to build a prison, (for you and me)
Another prison system,
Another prison system,
Another prison system.
Minor drug offenders fill your prisons
You don't even flinch
All our taxes paying for your wars
Against the new non-rich,
Minor drug offenders fill your prisons
You don't even flinch
All our taxes paying for your wars
Against the new non-rich,
I buy my crack, my smack, my bitch,
Right here in Hollywood,
The percentage of Americans in the prison system, prison system
Prison system, has doubled since 1985
They're trying to build a prison
They're trying to build a prison,
They're trying to build a prison,
They're trying to build a prison,
Another prison system,
Another prison system,
Another prison system.
For you and me, for you and me , for you and me.
They're trying to build a prison,
They're trying to build a prison,
They're trying to build a prison,
For you and me,
Oh baby, you and me.
All research and successful drug policy shows
That treatment should be increased,
And law enforcement decreased,
While abolishing mandatory minimum sentences,
All research and successful drug policy shows
That treatment should be increased,
And law enforcement decreased,
While abolishing mandatory minimum sentences.
Utilizing drugs to pay for secret wars around the world,
Drugs are now your global policy,
Now you police the globe,
I buy my crack, my smack, my bitch,
Right here in Hollywood,
Drug money is used to rig elections,
And train brutal corporate sponsored
Dictators around the world.
They're trying to build a prison
They're trying to build a prison,
They're trying to build a prison,
They're trying to build a prison, (for you and me to live in)
Another prison system,
Another prison system,
Another prison system. (for you and me)
For you and I, for you and I , for you and I.
They're trying to build a prison,
They're trying to build a prison,
They're trying to build a prison,
For you and me,
Oh baby, you and me.
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