Verse 1:
   D   A
 	 I look for trouble and i found it son

 	 Straight down the barrel of a lawman's gun
                            
 	 I tried to run but i don't think i can
               
 	 You make one move and you're a dead man friend
                      D
 	 Ain't living long like this
                     A
 	 Can't live at all like this,can i baby?
            E
 	 He slipped the handcuffs on behind my back

 	 And left me reeling on a steel reel rack
                    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?


Verse 2:
         A 
 	 Grew up in Houston off the wayside drives

 	 Son of a carhop and some all night dives

 	 Dad drove a stock car to an early death

 	 All i remember was a drunk man's breath
                      D
 	 Ain't living long like this
                     A
 	 Can't live at all like this,can i baby?
            E 
 	 You know the story how the wheel goes 'round

 	 Don't let them take you to the man down town
                      D
 	 Can't sleep at all in a jailhouse baby
                      A
 	 Ain't living long like this

 	 Can't live at all like this,can i baby?


Verse 3:
           A   
 	 I live with Angel she's a roadhouse queen

 	 Makes Texas Ruby look like Sandra Dee

 	 I want to love her but i don't know how

 	 I'm at the bottom in the jailhouse now
                      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

 	 Don't want to 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?