Verse 1:

D A

I look for trouble and i found it son



Straight down the barrel of a lawman's gun



I tried to run but i don't think i can



You make one move and you're a dead man friend

D

Ain't living long like this

A

Can't live at all like this,can i baby?

E

He slipped the handcuffs on behind my back



And left me reeling on a steel reel rack

D

They got'em all in the jailhouse baby

A

Ain't living long like this



Can't live at all like this,can i baby?





Verse 2:

A

Grew up in Houston off the wayside drives



Son of a carhop and some all night dives



Dad drove a stock car to an early death



All i remember was a drunk man's breath

D

Ain't living long like this

A

Can't live at all like this,can i baby?

E

You know the story how the wheel goes 'round



Don't let them take you to the man down town

D

Can't sleep at all in a jailhouse baby

A

Ain't living long like this



Can't live at all like this,can i baby?





Verse 3:

A

I live with Angel she's a roadhouse queen



Makes Texas Ruby look like Sandra Dee



I want to love her but i don't know how



I'm at the bottom in the jailhouse now

D

Ain't living long like this

A

Can't live at all like this,can i baby?

E

You know the story about the jailhouse rock



Don't want to do it but just don't get caught

D

They got'em all in the jailhouse baby

A

Ain't living long like this



Can't live at all like this,can i baby?