In the Jailhouse Now by Jimmie Rodgers (1928) Chords

[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.
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[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.
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Holly, [F] holly, holly, [Am] holly, [G] holly, holly, [Am] holly, holly.
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[F] [Dm] .
[G] [Am] .
I went out last Tuesday, met a girl named Susan.
I told her I was the swellest man [F] around.
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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.
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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] .