D    G  A

[Verse 1]
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I looked for trouble and I found it son
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Straight down the barrel of a lawman's gun
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I tried to run but I don't think I can
                               E        A
You make one move and you're a dead man friend

[Chorus]
             D
Ain't living long like this
              A
Can't live at all like this, can I baby
D  E
    He slipped the handcuffs on behind my back
E
left me reeling on a steel rail rack
             D                         D/F#  D/G
They got 'em all in the jailhouse baby
             A
Ain't living long like this
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Can't live at all like this, can I baby

[Verse 2]
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Grew up in Houston off the wayside drive
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Son of a carhop in some all night dive
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Dad drove a stock car to an early death
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All I remember was a drunk man's breath

[Chorus]
             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
E
Don't let them take you to the man downtown
               D                         D/F#  D/G
Can't sleep at all in the jailhouse baby
             A
Ain't living long like this
                             E       A
Can't live at all like this, can I baby

[Solo]
D  A  D    G  A          E   D  E    D          A  F#m  G  A

[Verse 3]
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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
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I'm at the bottom of the jailhouse now

[Chorus]
             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