Jailhouse Chords by Earl Cunningham

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_ [C#m] I don't want to go in a jail
_ jail
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_ [C#m] _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ Oh, [C#m] what a hell when you end up [F#m] in a jailhouse
_ _ [C#m] Oh, _ [F#m] _ say what a [C#m] tribulation when you end up [F#m] in a curfew
_ [C#m] Why, _ [F#m] the first time I [C#m] see you come in a [F#m] jailhouse
The other time I [C#m] see you gone in a courthouse
[F#m] The next time I [C#m] see you gone in [F#m] a penitentiary
_ _ [C#m] Man, you gone [F#m] rub a century
[C#m] But, my friend, it's better [F#m] than the cemetery
_ [C#m] Why, you _ [F#m] _ _
bad [C#m] boy mind, you end up in a [F#m]
jailhouse
[C#m] Why, you _ [F#m] _ _
rude [C#m] boy mind, you end [F#m] up in a jailhouse
[C#m] Oh, _ _ _ [F#m] _ _
bad [C#m] boy mind, you end [F#m] up in a jailhouse
[C#m] Why, oh, why, [F#m] oh, got ten man in [C#m] my fist smoke one [F#m] cigarette
And twelve man in [C#m] my fist burn one [F#m] spiffed ale
Oh, what a [C#m] tribulation when you end [F#m] up in a jailhouse
_ [C#m] Why, oh, _ _ say what a tribulation when you end up [F#m] in a jailhouse
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[C#m] what a hell when you end up [F#m] in a _ jailhouse
[C#m] Lord, oh, _ _ [F#m] _ _ _
[C#m] what a hell when you walk up [F#m] in a roadblock
[C#m] Oh, _ _ the [C#] next time I see you come [C#m] in a jailhouse
The other [G#] time I see you gone [C#m] to the courthouse
The other [G#] time I see you gone in a [F#m] _ [C#m] penitentiary
_ Man, you gone spend a century
I _ _ say it's better [F#m] than the cemetery _
[C#m] Why, you _ _ [F#m] _ rude [C#m] boy mind, you end up [F#m] in a jailhouse _
[C#m] Why, you _ [F#m] _ life is [C#m] so hard when you down in [F#m] a jailhouse _
[C#m] Why, you _ [F#m] _ [C#m] ten man in my fist smoke one cigarette
[F#m] _ Ten man in [C#m] my fist burn one spiffed [F#m] ale
Man, I say [C#m] it's better when you end up in [F#m] a jailhouse
_ [C#m] And down you [F#m] gone in a courthouse
Next [C#m] thing you find yourself [A] in a [C#m] poorhouse
Why, you bad boy _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ [C#m] jailhouse
_ I don't [A] want to [C#m] go in a jailhouse _ _ _ _ _
_ [G#] Jailhouse, life is so [A] [C#m] hard in a jailhouse
_ Bad [A] boy, [C#m] you gon' [C#] feel it
Bad [A] boy, [C#m] you gon' feel it
_ Down in [A] a [C#m] jailhouse _
Behave yourself bad [A] boy
_ [C#] You gon' feel it down in [A] a [G#] jailhouse _
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