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Chords in this song3
capo 1 — sounds a semitone higherSong
Capo 1st
Chords used: E, A, B7
Verse 1
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,
Chorus
Lets rock, everybody, lets rock,
Everybody in the whole cell block,
Was dancing to the jailhouse rock.
Verse 2
Spider Murphy played the tenor saxophone,
Little Joe was blowin' on the slide trombone,
The drummer boy from Illinois went crash, boom, bang,
The whole rhythm section was the purple gang,
Chorus
Lets rock, everybody, lets rock,
Everybody in the whole cell block,
Was dancing to the jailhouse rock.
Verse 3
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,
Chorus
Lets rock, everybody, lets rock,
Everybody in the whole cell block,
Was dancing to the jailhouse rock.
Verse 4
The sad sack was a sittin on a block of stone,
Way over in the corner weepin all alone,
The warden said, hey, buddy, don't you be no square,
If you can't find a partner use a wooden chair,
Chorus
Lets rock, everybody, lets rock,
Everybody in the whole cell block,
Was dancing to the jailhouse rock.
Verse 5
Shifty Henry said to bugs, for heavens sake,
No ones 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,
Chorus
Lets rock, everybody, lets rock,
Everybody in the whole cell block,
Was dancing to the jailhouse rock.
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