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