Chords for Memphis Jug Band - He's In The Jailhouse Now (1930)

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_ _ I remember last election, Jim Jones got in action, said he's voting for the man that
[G] paid the biggest price.
_ Next day at the polls, he voted with heart and soul, [D] but instead of voting once, he [G] voted twice.
_ _ [C] _ He's in the [D] [C] jailhouse now.
_ _ [F] _ He's in the jailhouse now.
_ [G] Instead of him staying at home, letting those white folks business alone.
_ He's in the [C]
jailhouse now.
_ You remember Henry Crew, that soul had no good news.
He sold it to the [G] police on the beach.
_ _ Now Henry's feeling funny, police give him mock [D] money.
He's got a ball and chain [G] around his feet.
_ [C] _ He's in the jailhouse now.
_ _ [F] He's in the jailhouse now.
_ [G] The judge gave him two years, and Henry's shedding tears.
He's in the [C]
jailhouse now.
_ Play that thing. _
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_ _ Son was walking down the street, a little cheeky chance to meet.
_ Went to have a [G] cabaret in town.
_ _ He bought lots of liquor, trouble got bigger.
[D] _ _ _ Now Sonny's [G] jailhouse bound.
_ _ [C] He's in the jailhouse now.
_ _ [F] He's in the jailhouse now.
_ _ [G] If he's got no political friends, Judge Sanders, he will suspend.
He's in the [C] jailhouse now.
_ Jim Johnson liked to roam around, played with every gal in town, until he played it with [G] Benny's wife.
_ And Benny caught him in the face.
Now it's a disgrace.
[D] _ But now he's [G] graveyard bound.
_ _ [C] He's in the jailhouse now.
_ _ [F] He's in the jailhouse now.
_ _ [G] Benny was his friend, place of letting that matter in.
He's in the [C] jailhouse now. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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