Chords for In The Jail House Now - Johnny Cash
Tempo:
90.85 bpm
Chords used:
C#
G#
F#
D#
F
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[F] [C#]
I had a friend named Bill Camel.
He used to rob, steal, and gamble.
And on the side he had begged, [F#] so he mopped up.
I told him he shouldn't do it, and Camel told me he knew it.
[D#] So he started begging with a bucket [G#] instead of a cup.
He's in the jailhouse now.
He's in the jailhouse now.
He's in the [F#] jailhouse now.
He's in the jailhouse now.
[G#] Well, Camel flubbed his dub when he wore a tuxedo to the country club.
He's in the jailhouse now.
He's in the [C#] jailhouse now.
[F#] Yoga boy.
All yoga.
[C#]
[G#] [C#]
I met his old gal Sadie.
She said, have you seen Bill lately?
I said, I don't believe that [F#] he's about.
She went down to the jail.
She went down to take him as mail.
[D#] Then she whispered, Sheriff, please don't [G#] let him out.
He's in the [C#] jailhouse now.
He's in the [F#] jailhouse now.
[G#] While Camel's put away, Sadie's with the sheriff every day.
He's in the [C#] jailhouse now.
He's in the jailhouse now.
[F#] Oh, yo.
[C#]
[G#]
[C#] Well, I remember the last election.
The pro-efficientists were in action.
They're trying to elect themselves the [F#] president.
Bill Camel and John Austin walked from New Orleans to Boston, [D#] and they've got a bottle in every [G#] settlement.
They're in the [G#] jailhouse now.
[C#] They're in the [F#] jailhouse now.
[G#] They were down at the railroad track stealing a train to haul it back.
They're in the jailhouse now.
[C#]
I had a friend named Bill Camel.
He used to rob, steal, and gamble.
And on the side he had begged, [F#] so he mopped up.
I told him he shouldn't do it, and Camel told me he knew it.
[D#] So he started begging with a bucket [G#] instead of a cup.
He's in the jailhouse now.
He's in the jailhouse now.
He's in the [F#] jailhouse now.
He's in the jailhouse now.
[G#] Well, Camel flubbed his dub when he wore a tuxedo to the country club.
He's in the jailhouse now.
He's in the [C#] jailhouse now.
[F#] Yoga boy.
All yoga.
[C#]
[G#] [C#]
I met his old gal Sadie.
She said, have you seen Bill lately?
I said, I don't believe that [F#] he's about.
She went down to the jail.
She went down to take him as mail.
[D#] Then she whispered, Sheriff, please don't [G#] let him out.
He's in the [C#] jailhouse now.
He's in the [F#] jailhouse now.
[G#] While Camel's put away, Sadie's with the sheriff every day.
He's in the [C#] jailhouse now.
He's in the jailhouse now.
[F#] Oh, yo.
[C#]
[G#]
[C#] Well, I remember the last election.
The pro-efficientists were in action.
They're trying to elect themselves the [F#] president.
Bill Camel and John Austin walked from New Orleans to Boston, [D#] and they've got a bottle in every [G#] settlement.
They're in the [G#] jailhouse now.
[C#] They're in the [F#] jailhouse now.
[G#] They were down at the railroad track stealing a train to haul it back.
They're in the jailhouse now.
[C#]
Key:
C#
G#
F#
D#
F
C#
G#
F#
[F] _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _
I had a friend named Bill Camel.
He used to rob, steal, and gamble.
And on the side he had begged, [F#] so he mopped up. _
I told him he shouldn't do it, and Camel told me he knew it.
[D#] So he started begging with a bucket [G#] instead of a cup.
He's in the jailhouse now.
He's in the jailhouse now.
He's in the [F#] jailhouse now.
He's in the jailhouse now.
[G#] Well, Camel flubbed his dub when he wore a tuxedo to the country club.
He's in the jailhouse now.
He's in the [C#] jailhouse now.
[F#] Yoga boy.
_ All yoga.
[C#] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G#] _ _ _ [C#] _ _
_ I met his old gal Sadie.
She said, have you seen Bill lately?
I said, I don't believe that [F#] he's about. _
_ She went down to the jail.
She went down to take him as mail.
[D#] Then she whispered, Sheriff, please don't [G#] let him out.
He's in the [C#] jailhouse now.
He's in the [F#] jailhouse now. _
_ [G#] While Camel's put away, Sadie's with the sheriff every day.
He's in the [C#] jailhouse now.
He's in the jailhouse now.
[F#] _ _ Oh, yo.
_ [C#] _ _
_ _ _ _ [G#] _ _ _ _
[C#] _ _ Well, I remember the last election.
The pro-efficientists were in action.
They're trying to elect themselves the [F#] president.
_ _ Bill Camel and John Austin walked from New Orleans to Boston, [D#] and they've got a bottle in every [G#] settlement.
_ They're in the [G#] jailhouse now.
[C#] They're in the [F#] jailhouse now.
_ [G#] They were down at the railroad track stealing a train to haul it back.
They're in the jailhouse now.
_ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _ _
I had a friend named Bill Camel.
He used to rob, steal, and gamble.
And on the side he had begged, [F#] so he mopped up. _
I told him he shouldn't do it, and Camel told me he knew it.
[D#] So he started begging with a bucket [G#] instead of a cup.
He's in the jailhouse now.
He's in the jailhouse now.
He's in the [F#] jailhouse now.
He's in the jailhouse now.
[G#] Well, Camel flubbed his dub when he wore a tuxedo to the country club.
He's in the jailhouse now.
He's in the [C#] jailhouse now.
[F#] Yoga boy.
_ All yoga.
[C#] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G#] _ _ _ [C#] _ _
_ I met his old gal Sadie.
She said, have you seen Bill lately?
I said, I don't believe that [F#] he's about. _
_ She went down to the jail.
She went down to take him as mail.
[D#] Then she whispered, Sheriff, please don't [G#] let him out.
He's in the [C#] jailhouse now.
He's in the [F#] jailhouse now. _
_ [G#] While Camel's put away, Sadie's with the sheriff every day.
He's in the [C#] jailhouse now.
He's in the jailhouse now.
[F#] _ _ Oh, yo.
_ [C#] _ _
_ _ _ _ [G#] _ _ _ _
[C#] _ _ Well, I remember the last election.
The pro-efficientists were in action.
They're trying to elect themselves the [F#] president.
_ _ Bill Camel and John Austin walked from New Orleans to Boston, [D#] and they've got a bottle in every [G#] settlement.
_ They're in the [G#] jailhouse now.
[C#] They're in the [F#] jailhouse now.
_ [G#] They were down at the railroad track stealing a train to haul it back.
They're in the jailhouse now.
_ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _ _