G# I look for trouble and i found it son Straight down the barrel of a lawmanʼs gun I tried to run but i donʼt think i can You make one move and youʼre a dead man friend C# Ainʼt living long like this G# Canʼt live at all like this,can i baby? D# He slipped the handcuffs on behind my back And left me reeling on a steel reel rack C# They gotʼem all in the jailhouse baby G# Ainʼt living long like this Canʼt live at all like this,can i baby? G# 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 manʼs breath C# Ainʼt living long like this G# Canʼt live at all like this,can i baby? D# You know the story how the wheel goes ʼround Donʼt let them take you to the man down town C# Canʼt sleep at all in a jailhouse baby G# Ainʼt living long like this Canʼt live at all like this,can i baby? G# I live with Angel sheʼs a roadhouse queen Makes Texas Ruby look like Sandra Dee I want to love her but i donʼt know how Iʼm at the bottom in the jailhouse now C# Ainʼt living long like this G# Canʼt live at all like this,can i baby? D# You know the story about the jailhouse rock Donʼt want to do it but just donʼt get caught C# They gotʼem all in the jailhouse baby G# Ainʼt living long like this Canʼt live at all like this,can i baby?