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 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 reel rack
                    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?


Verse 2:
         A
        Grew 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 long 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 long like this

        Can't live at all like this,can i baby?


Verse 3:
           A
        I live 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 long 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 long like this