Ain’t Livin’ Long Like This
By Waylon Jennings


A
I looked for trouble and found it son
A
Straight down the barrel of a lawman’s gun
A
I try to run but I don’t think I can
A
You make one move and you’re a dead man
             D
Ain’t livin’ long like this
A
I can’t live at all like this can I baby-
E
He slipped the cuffs on behind my back
E
Then left me freezing on a steel rail rack
         D 
They got ‘em all in the jailhouse baby
             A
Ain’t livin’ long like this
A
Can’t live at all like this, can I baby

A
Grew up in Houston off a 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
             D
Ain’t livin’ 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 ‘em take you to the man downtown
            D
Can’t sleep at all in the jailhouse baby
             A
Ain’t livin’ long like this
A
Can’t live at all like this, can I baby

Instrumental
A
I live for Angel, she’s the roadhouse queen
A
Make 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
             D
Ain’t livin’ long like this
A
Can’t live at all like this, can I baby
E
You know the story ‘bout the jailhouse rock
E
Go on and do it just don’t get caught
          D
They got ‘em all in the jailhouse, baby
             A
Ain’t livin’ long like this
A
I can’t live at all like this, can I baby

Instrumental

Fade out…