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Jailhouse Rock

artist:Elvis Presley

, writer:Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller



   Chords:
 {t:Jailhouse Rock}
{artist: Elvis Presley}
{key: D }
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfrC8PAQtlg Capo 1
{c: } 
[D] 
 
[D] The warden threw a party in the county jail,
[D] Prison band was there and they began to wail,
[D] Band was jumpin' and the joint began to swing,
[D] Should've heard thosed knocked out jail birds sing, 

Lets [G] rock, everybody, [D] lets rock,
Every-[A7]body in the whole cell [G7] block,
[D] Were dancing to the jailhouse rock. 

[D] Spider Murphy played the tenor saxophone, 
[D] Little Joe was blowin' on the slide trombone, 
[D] The drummer boy from Illinois went crash, boom, bang,
[D] The whole rhythm section was the purple gang, 

Lets [G] rock, everybody, [D] lets rock,
Every-[A7]body in the whole cell [G7] block,
[D] Were dancing to the jailhouse rock. 

[D] Number forty-seven said to number three,
[D] You're the cutest jailbird I ever did see,
[D] I sure would be delighted with your company,
[D] Come on and do the jailhouse rock with me, 

Lets [G] rock, everybody, [D] lets rock,
Every-[A7]body in the whole cell [G7] block,
[D] Were dancing to the jailhouse rock. 

[D] The sad sack was a sittin on a block of stone,
[D] Way over in the corner weepin all alone,
[D] The warden said, hey, buddy, don't you be no square,
[D] If you can't find a partner use a wooden chair, 

Lets [G] rock, everybody, [D] lets rock,
Every-[A7]body in the whole cell [G7] block,
[D] Were dancing to the jailhouse rock. 

[D] Shifty Henry said to bugs, for heavens sake, 
[D] No ones lookin, now's our chance to make a break,
[D] Bugsy turned to shifty and he said, nix nix,
[D] I wanna stick around a while and get my kicks, 
 
Lets [G] rock, everybody, [D] lets rock,
Every-[A7]body in the whole cell [G7] block,
[D] Were dancing to the jailhouse rock.
[D] Dancing to the jailhouse rock.				




Note: Standard GCEA Usual Ukulele Tuning.

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