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Ladies in the Female Jail – guitar crd

Ladies in the Female Jail | guitar crd
By Pete Townshend, 1972
>Unreleased

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transcribed by                             Whotabs                    
litgo@aol.com          1999-12-24          www.thewho.net/whotabs     
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[Note: patterns are approximate]

Capo on 3

Bb6   623363          G      355433
Gm7   323363          G5     355xxx
F/C   x37563          G6     375xxx
C     x35553          Am     577555
F     xx3565          Bm     799777
Eb    x65343          Csus4  8x10 10 88
Bb    6x3366          

[intro; main pattern]
||:Bb6  Gm7 |F/C  C C   :||x4

      Eb             Bb
I was walking in the street
       F                   C
When a brick hit me in the ear
       Eb                Bb
It was wrapped in toilet paper
         F                      C
Saying, "Please, get us out of here."
  F                          
I looked toward the prison
                                  C
I saw the flames, heard the women wail
              Eb                     Bb
I thought, "tonight, you're alright, boy,"
          F                    Bb6  Gm7 |F/C  C C  [repeat intro]
There's a riot in the female jail

               G5 G5 G6 G6 ...
They've broken out 
Storming the town again
They're up and down
Their plainclothes just can't earn them a win

               G
They've been defiled
               Am
They've been denied
               Bm        Csus4
They've been deprived
                        Bb6  Gm7 |F/C  C C  [repeat intro]
And they're looking for me

I ran right up to the gates
So that I could be the first one raped
I was there when they brung class here [?]
And I got the whole show taped

I carried welsh [?], sand and whiskey
To seduce all the prettiest tails
I thought, tonight, I'm alright, boy
There's a riot in the female jail

They've broken out
Storming the town again
Went up and down
They been inside, just can't be run away

They've been defiled
They've been denied
They've been deprived
And they're looking for me

[bridge]
G          G6          G         G6
All of the sudden they came through
C                       
Followed by the latest screws
Bb                         F       
Don't mind the screws they screw to
Bb                       F        G   C   F/C C   F/C C 
  They keep losing their blues

I was the first in line
And I got carried to my dream come true
Then the fire when out
And they started to round up a girl or two

Tomorrow I'll be cleaning their windows
With my lover up there
Passing hacksaw blades and keys to the...

F
Ladies in the female
F
Cold, lonely female
    F
The ladies in the female
F                    Bb6  Gm7 |F/C  C C  [repeat intro to end]
Ladies in the female jail

Oh yeah..

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litgo@aol.com

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