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I Ain't Living Long Like This

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Waylon Jennings

Version
studio
published by
malei
Tone
A-
A+
Slide
A -> La
Video
Chords
	 
[Intro]
D G A
[Verse]
A
I looked for trouble and I found it son
A
Straight down the barrel of a lawman's gun
A
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
A
Can't live at all like this, can I baby
[Verse]
A
Grew up in Houston off the wayside drive
A
Son of a carhop in some all night dive
A
Dad drove a stock car to an early death
A
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]
A A/G
I live with Angel, she's a roadhouse queen
A
Makes Texas Ruby look like Sandra Dee
A
I want to love her but I don't know how
A
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
Can't live at all like this, can I baby
[Outro]
D A D A D A