Jailhouse Rock Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[G]The[F#] one[G][F#][G][F#]
[Gm]who threw a part[G]y
in the county jail
[F#]The [G]prison band was there
and they began to wail
[F#]The [G]band was jumping
and the joint began to sway
[F#]You should have [Bb]heard
those knocked [G]out [Bb]jailbirds sing
[G]Let's [C]rock, [Em]everybody [C]let[Em]'s
[G]rock[Em][G][Em][G][Em]
Everybody [Dm]in t[C]he whole[Gm]sale block[C]
[Em]Was danc[G]ing to the jail
[Em]house [G]rock[C][G]
[Bb]Spider [G]Murphy played the
tenor [Abdim]saxophone[Bb]
[Eb]Little Joe was blowing
on a [G]side [Bb]trombone
[C]The [Bb]drummer [Csus4]born from Illinois
[C]would cra[Gm]sh, boom, ban[Eb]g
[Gm]The [Bb]whole wind section was
a purple gangland [C]rock
Spider Murphy,
everybody there's [G]a rock[Em]
Everybody [G]in the whole south [C]block
[G]Was dancing to the jail
[Em]house [G]rock[C]
Num[Fm]ber 47 [F]sent to number 3
[E]You're [F]the cut[Fm]est gel[F],
but I haven't it seen
[E]I s[Fm]ure would b[F]e delighted
with your company
Come [Fm]on and do the Jail
[Bb]house Rock [Ab]with me
Let's [Bb]rock, everybody [Fm]let's rock
[F]Every[Dm] body[F][Dm][C][E]
[Abaug]in the whole cell block[Bb]
Let's dance and [Dm]do the Jailhouse R[Bb]ock[Fm]
[Ab][G][F][Dm][C]
[Bb][Fm][Bb][F][Dm]
[Em]The sad [Am]sack was s[C]itting
on a [Am]block of [F]stone
Way [Am]over in a corner
weeping [D]all alone
The [C]warden said,
hey buddy [D]don't you be [Am]no square
If you [C]can't [G]find a [D]potter
use a wooden chair
[C]Let[G]'s roc[D]k!
Get up everybody, let's [A]rock!
You [F#]know that you wanna
Everybody [C]in [Am]the hotel[C] block[Dm]
[D]Was dancing [Am]to the j[Dm]ail
[Am]house [Dm]rock[F]
Shifty Henry said to
Bugs for heaven's sake
No one is looking now's
your chance to make a break
Now Bugsie turned to Shifty
and he said, nix nix
[F]I w[F#]anna stick around a while
and get [F#m]my kicks
[A]Let's [Bm]rock, [F#]everybody [Ebm]let's [F#]rock
You [A]know every[Bm]body in
the whole South Block
[D]What was dancing [F#]to
the jailhouse rock?
They were dancing to the
jailhouse rock
[F#]Dancing to the jailhouse rock

[Outro 1]
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