The Jail That Sets You Free Chords

KeyEm Capo2st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays533

The Jail That Sets You Free by Asaf Avidan is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Em with a capo on the 2st fret. It uses the chords Em, C, Am, G and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
Em
Text
16
Speed
  			

Standard tuning  
 
 

Em 
Lately I've been picking at the fossil in my throat  
It's hard to stare into the ocean  
and to try to stay afloat  
    C                               Am 
Now don't upset yourself due to the changing of my mood  
            Em 
I'm hard to please sometimes  
I'm hard to please sometimes  

Em  
I'm on a staircase to the bottom of the bottom of my soul  
Although my feet are still connected  
They are out of my control  
    C                            Am 
Now please refrain yourself from worrying on my behalf  
                        Em 
I'm hard to understand sometimes  
I'm hard to understand sometimes  

G 
Honey come with me  
Em 
It's just you and me  
G                  
Baby believe it's  
Em 
As simple as can be  
D                               Em 
I will be the jail that sets you free  
D                               Em 
I will be the jail that sets you free  

Em 
I'm shuffling underneath my pillow for the bed-crumbs of my mind  
It's hard to look there for a future  
when I left it all behind  
    C                                     Am 
And please don't condescend and say you've heard this one before  
            Em 
I'm hard to please sometimes  
I'm hard to please sometimes  

Em 
And while you're offering a handshake to a goddamn amputee  
I feel my phantom heart is scratching in a train-wreck memory  
    C                                   Am 
And please don't try to cure me with on rectifying glance  
            Em 
I'm hard to understand sometimes  
I'm hard to understand sometimes  



G 
Honey come with me  
Em 
It's just you and me  
G                  
Baby believe it's  
Em 
As simple as can be  
D                               Em 
I will be the jail that sets you free  
D                               Em 
I will be the jail that sets you free  

G ' Em x2 

            G           Em 
I'm hard to please sometimes  
            G           Em 
I'm hard to please sometimes  
D 
I will be the jail that makes you  
D 
I will be the jail that breaks you  
D                               Em 
I will be the jail that sets you free 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante