| (verse 1) |
| 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, |
| (chorus) |
| 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, |
| (verse 2) |
| 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, |
| (chorus) |
| 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, |
| (bridge) |
| 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, |
| (chorus) |
| 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, |
Outro - F - C - F - C - F - C