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JAILHOUSE ROCK
Elvis Presley
For [E] in verses, slide from [Eb]
[E] The warden threw a party in the county jail
Prison band was there and they began to wail
Band was jumpin' and the joint began to swing
Should've heard thosed knocked out jail birds sing
Lets [A7] Rock ! Everybody lets [E] Rock !
Every-[B7]-body in the whole cell [A7] block
Was [E] dancin' to the [A7] Jailhouse [E] Rock!
[E] Spider Murphy played the tenor saxophone
Little Joe was blowin' on the slide trombone
The drummer boy for Illinois went crash, boom, bang !
The whole rhythm section was the purple gang
Lets [A7] Rock ! Everybody lets [E] Rock !
Every-[B7]-body in the whole cell [A7] block
Was [E] dancin' to the [A7] Jailhouse [E] Rock!
[E] Number forty seven said to Number Three:
You're the cutest jailbird I ever did see.
I sure would be delighted with your company
Come on and do the jailhouse rock with me.
Lets [A7] Rock ! Everybody lets [E] Rock !
Every-[B7]-body in the whole cell [A7] block
Was [E] dancin' to the [A7] Jailhouse [E] Rock!
[E] The sad sack was a-sittin' on a block of stone
Way over in the corner weeping all alone
The warden said: " Hey, buddy, don't you be no square.
If you can't find a partner use a wooden chair !"
Lets [A7] Rock ! Everybody lets [E] Rock !
Every-[B7]-body in the whole cell [A7] block
Was [E] dancin' to the [A7] Jailhouse [E] Rock!
[E] Shifty Henry said to Bugs: "For Heaven's sakes,
No one's lookin'; now's our chance to make a break
Bugsy turned to Shifty and he said " Nix, nix;
I wanna stick around a while and get my kicks.
Lets [A7] Rock ! Everybody lets [E] Rock !
Every-[B7]-body in the whole cell [A7] block
Was [E] dancin' to the [A7] Jailhouse [E] Rock!
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