Am _ _ _
G _ _ _
Am _
G _ .
C _ I had a friend named Ramblin' Bob who used to steal, gamble and rob.
He
Am thought he was the smartest guy
F in town.
_ But I found out last Monday that Bob got locked up Sunday.
D They've got him in the jailhouse
G way downtown.
_ _
C He's in the jailhouse now.
G F He's in the jailhouse now.
C I
G told him once or twice to quit playing cards and shooting dice.
_ He's in the
Am jailhouse now.
_
F _ _ _ _ _ .
Hooray,
C hooray, hooray, _ _
G hooray, _ _ _
Am hooray, hooray.
_ .
_ _ _ _ _
F _ _ _ .
_
B _ _ _
Dm _ _ _
Am _ .
_ _
G _
C He played a game called poker.
He knuckled, whisked and yokeled.
But shooting dice was his
F greatest game.
Now he's
Am downtown
F in jail.
Nobody to go his bail.
The
D judge done said that
Am he
G refused a fine.
Am He's in the jailhouse now.
F He's in the jailhouse now.
Am I
G told him once or twice to quit
Dm playing cards and shooting
B dice.
G He's in
Am the jailhouse now.
_ .
Holly,
F holly, _ _ holly, _
Am holly, _ _ _
G holly, _ holly,
Am holly, holly.
_ _ _ .
_ _ _
F _ _ _ _
Dm _ .
_
G _ _ _ _
Am _ _ _ .
_ I went out last Tuesday, met a girl named Susan.
I told her I was the swellest man
F around.
_ .
We started to spend my money.
Am Then she started to
F call me honey.
D We took in every cabaret
G in town.
Am We're in the jailhouse now.
We're in the
F jailhouse now.
_ .
I told the
B judge right to his face, we didn't like to see
G this place.
Am We're in the jailhouse now.
_
F Holly, holly, _ _ holly,
C _ holly, _ _ _
G holly, holly,
C holly, holly.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
N _ .