| D | A | |
| I look for trouble and i found it son |
| Straight down the barrel of a lawman's gun |
| I tried to run but i don't think i can |
| You make one move and you're a dead man friend |
| D | |
| Ain't living l | ong like this |
| A | |
| Can't live at | all like this,can i baby? |
| E | |
| He s | lipped the handcuffs on behind my back |
| And left me reeling on a steel reel rack |
| D | |
| They got'em | all in the jailhouse baby |
| A | |
| Ain't living lo | ng like this |
| Can't live at all like this,can i baby? |
| Verse 2: |
| A | |
| G | rew up in Houston off the wayside drives |
| Son of a carhop and some all night dives |
| Dad drove a stock car to an early death |
| All i remember was a drunk man's breath |
| D | |
| Ain't living l | ong like this |
| A | |
| Can't live at | all like this,can i baby? |
| E | |
| You | know the story how the wheel goes 'round |
| Don't let them take you to the man down town |
| D | |
| Can't sleep at | all in a jailhouse baby |
| A | |
| Ain't living l | ong like this |
| Can't live at all like this,can i baby? |
| Verse 3: |
| A | |
| I l | ive with Angel she's a roadhouse queen |
| Makes Texas Ruby look like Sandra Dee |
| I want to love her but i don't know how |
| I'm at the bottom in the jailhouse now |
| D | |
| Ain't living l | ong like this |
| A | |
| Can't live at | all like this,can i baby? |
| E | |
| You | know the story about the jailhouse rock |
| Don't want to do it but just don't get caught |
| D | |
| They got'em | all in the jailhouse baby |
| A | |
| Ain't living l | ong like this |
| Can't live at all like this,can i baby? |
| Thanks to David M. Potter for the lyrics. |
| Perret Charles-Amir : perret@diva.univ-mlv.fr |