A
I looked for trouble and I found it son
Straight down the barrel of a lawman's gun
A
I tried to run but I don't think I can
A
You make one move and you're a dead man friend
D
Ain't living long like this
A
Can't live at all like this can I baby
E
He slipped the handcuffs on behind my back
And left me reeling on a steel rail rack
D
They got'em all in the jailhouse baby
A
I Ain't living long like this
A
Grew up in Houston off the wayside drive
Son of a carhop in some all night dive
Dad drove a stock car to an early death
All I remember was a drunk man's breath
D
Ain't living long like this
A
Can't live at all like this can I baby
E
We know the story how the wheel goes 'round
Don't let them take you to the man downtown
D
They got em all in the jailhouse baby
A
Ain't living long like this
Can't live at all like this can i baby
SOLO
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I live with Angel she's a roadhouse queen
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Makes Texas Ruby look like Sandra Dee
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I want to love her but I don't know how
I'm at the bottom of the jailhouse now
D
Ain't living long like this
A
Can't live at all like this can I baby
E
You know the story about the jailhouse rock
Go on and do it but just don't get caught
D
They got em all in the jailhouse baby
A
Ain't living long like this
Can't live at all like this can i baby
Ain't living long like this
D A D A D A and fade out