[Intro]
D    G  A
[Versetto]
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
[Ritornello]
             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
[Versetto]
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
[Ritornello]
             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
[Versetto]
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
[Ritornello]
             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]
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