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.
