[Verse]
E 
The warden threw a party in the county jail,
E 
Prison band was there and they began to wail,
E 
Band was jumpin' and the joint began to swing,
E 
Should've heard thosed knocked out jail birds sing,
[Chorus]
     A                E 
Lets rock, everybody, lets rock,
B7 
Everybody in the whole cell block,
E 
Was dancing to the jailhouse rock.
[Verse]
E 
Spider Murphy played the tenor saxophone, 
E 
Little Joe was blowin' on the slide trombone, 
E 
The drummer boy from Illinois went crash, boom, bang,
E 
The whole rhythm section was the purple gang,
[Chorus]
     A                E 
Lets rock, everybody, lets rock,
B7 
Everybody in the whole cell block,
E 
Was dancing to the jailhouse rock.
[Verse]
E 
Number forty-seven said to number three,
E 
You're the cutest jailbird I ever did see,
E 
I sure would be delighted with your company,
E 
Come on and do the jailhouse rock with me,
[Chorus]
     A                E 
Lets rock, everybody, lets rock,
B7 
Everybody in the whole cell block,
E 
Was dancing to the jailhouse rock.
[Verse]
E 
The sad sack was a sittin on a block of stone,
E 
Way over in the corner weepin all alone,
E 
The warden said, hey, buddy, don't you be no square,
E 
If you can't find a partner use a wooden chair,
[Chorus]
     A                E 
Lets rock, everybody, lets rock,
B7 
Everybody in the whole cell block,
E 
Was dancing to the jailhouse rock.
[Verse]
E 
Shifty Henry said to bugs, for heavens sake, 
E 
No ones lookin, now's our chance to make a break,
E 
Bugsy turned to shifty and he said, nix nix,
E 
I wanna stick around a while and get my kicks,
[Chorus]
     A                E 
Lets rock, everybody, lets rock,
B7 
Everybody in the whole cell block,
E 
Was dancing to the jailhouse rock.