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Song: Jailhouse rock By: Elvis Presley

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3 Chords for this song:

E, A, B7

Jailhouse rock

E
The warden threw a party in the county jail,
E
Prison band was there and they began to wail,
E
band was jumpin  and the joint began to swing,
E
Should ve heard thosed knocked out jail birds sing,

A                E
Lets rock, everybody, lets rock,
B7
everybody in the whole cell block,
E
Was dancing to the jailhouse rock.

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

A                E
Lets rock, everybody, lets rock,
B7
everybody in the whole cell block,
E
Was dancing to the jailhouse rock.

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

A                E
Lets rock, everybody, lets rock,
B7
everybody in the whole cell block,
E
Was dancing to the jailhouse rock.

E
The sad sack was a sittin on a block of stone,
E
Way over in the corner weepin all alone,
E
The warden said, hey, buddy, don t you be no square,
E
If you can t find a partner use a wooden chair,

A                E
Lets rock, everybody, lets rock,
B7
everybody in the whole cell block,
E
Was dancing to the jailhouse rock.

E
Shifty Henry said to bugs, for heavens sake, 
E
No ones lookin, now s our chance to make a break,
E
bugsy turned to shifty and he said, nix nix,
E
I wanna stick around a while and get my kicks,

A                E
Lets rock, everybody, lets rock,
B7
everybody in the whole cell block,
E
Was dancing to the jailhouse rock.

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Jailhouse rock

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