Jailhouse Rock Chords by Elvis Presley

Tempo:
83.25 bpm
Chords used:

Eb

D

Ebm

Ab

Gm

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Jailhouse Rock chords
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[D] [Eb] [Eb]
[D] [Eb] [D] [Eb]
[Eb] [D] [Ebm]
[Ab] [Eb] [Gm]
[D] [Ebm] [Eb]
[D] [Eb] [D]
[Eb] [D] [Eb]
[Ab] [Eb] The [D] prison band was dancing, they [C] began to wail.
The band was [Eb] jumping and the drum began to swing.
[Eb] You should have heard the knocked out [D] jailbird sing [Eb] out loud.
The old cell [D]
[Eb] block was dancing to the [D] jailhouse rock.
[Eb] Spider Murphy [B] played us in the [Ab] saxophone.
Little Joe was blowing [Eb] on the slide trombone.
[Gm]
[Dm] Everybody in old [Ab] cell [Eb] block was dancing to the [G] jailhouse rock.
[Ebm] Slag [Eb] [Gm]
[Bb] [Ebm] [Eb] [D]
[Eb] sack was sitting on a block [D] of stone.
[Eb] Over in the corner weeping all [D] alone.
[Eb] The warden said, hey buddy, don't you be [D] no squab.
[Eb] You can't find a partner, use a wooden chair [C] that's raw.
[Ebm] Everybody in [Eb] [Bb]
[D] [C] old cell block [Eb] was dancing to the jailhouse rock.
[D]
[Eb] Shifter Henry said, the bugs for [D] heaven's sake.
[Eb] The warden's looking out his chest to make a [D] break.
[Eb] Roger turned to Shifter and he said, Nick, [D] Nick.
[Eb] I want to stick around a while [B] to get my kicks in.
[Eb] [Eb] Everybody left the rock.
[Bb] [Gb]
[D] Everybody in old [Ebm] cell block [Eb] was dancing to the jailhouse [D]
[Eb] [D]
[Eb] rock.
[D] [Eb] Dancing to the jailhouse rock.
Dancing to the jailhouse [D] rock.
[Eb] Dancing to the jailhouse rock.
Dancing to the jailhouse rock.
[N]
Key:  
Eb
12341116
D
1321
Ebm
13421116
Ab
134211114
Gm
123111113
Eb
12341116
D
1321
Ebm
13421116
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Let's start jamming Elvis Presley - Jailhouse Rock chords, familiarize yourself with these chords - Eb, Eb, D and Eb in sequence. To build a solid grasp, start slowly at 41 BPM and then match the original tempo of 83 BPM. Configure the capo to your vocal range and chord preference, remembering the key of G Minor.

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[D] _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
[D] _ [Eb] _ _ [D] _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ [D] _ [Ebm] _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
[D] _ _ [Ebm] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ [Eb] _ _ _ [D] _
[Eb] _ _ _ [D] _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ The [D] prison band was dancing, they [C] began to wail.
The band was [Eb] jumping and the drum began to swing.
[Eb] You should have heard the knocked out [D] jailbird sing [Eb] out loud.
The old cell [D]
[Eb] block was dancing to the [D] jailhouse rock.
[Eb] Spider Murphy [B] played us in the [Ab] saxophone.
Little Joe was blowing [Eb] on the slide trombone.
_ [Gm]
[Dm] Everybody in old [Ab] cell [Eb] block was dancing to the [G] jailhouse rock. _
[Ebm] Slag _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Gm] _
[Bb] _ _ [Ebm] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [D] _
[Eb] sack was sitting on a block [D] of stone.
[Eb] Over in the corner weeping all [D] alone.
[Eb] The warden said, hey buddy, don't you be [D] no squab.
[Eb] You can't find a partner, use a wooden chair [C] that's raw.
[Ebm] _ Everybody in [Eb] _ _ _ [Bb] _
[D] [C] old cell block [Eb] was dancing to the jailhouse rock.
[D]
[Eb] Shifter Henry said, the bugs for [D] heaven's sake.
[Eb] The warden's looking out his chest to make a [D] break.
[Eb] Roger turned to Shifter and he said, Nick, [D] Nick.
[Eb] I want to stick around a while [B] to get my kicks in.
[Eb] _ _ [Eb] Everybody left the rock.
_ [Bb] _ [Gb]
[D] Everybody in old [Ebm] cell block [Eb] was dancing to the jailhouse [D] _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
[Eb] _ rock.
[D] [Eb] Dancing to the jailhouse rock.
Dancing to the jailhouse [D] rock.
[Eb] Dancing to the jailhouse rock.
Dancing to the jailhouse rock.
_ _ _ [N] _ _

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