C You looked for trouble and you found it son
Straight down the barrel of a lawman's gun
C You tried to run but I don't think you can
C You make one move and you're a dead man friend
Ain't living F long like this
Can't live at C all like this can I baby
G He slipped the handcuffs on behind your back
And left me freezing on a steel rail track
They got'em F all in the jailhouse baby
I Ain't living l C ong like this
C Grew up in Houston off the wayside drive
Son of a carhop in some all night dives
Dad drove a stock car to an early death
All I remember was a drunk man's breath
I Ain't living F long like this
Can't live at C all like this can I baby
Y G ou know the story how the wheel goes 'round
Don't let them take you to the man downtown
They got ie F all in the jailhouse baby
Ain't living C long like this
Can't live at all like this can i baby
SOLO
C You live with Angel she's a roadhouse queen
C Makes Texas Ruby look like Sandra Dee
C You want to love her but you don't know how
Your at the bottom in the jailhouse now
Ain't living F long like this
Can't live at C all like this can I baby
G You know the story about the jailhouse rock
Go on and do it but just don't get caught
Can't sleep at F all in the jailhouse baby
Ain't living C long like this
Can't live at all like this can i baby
Ain't living long like this
F C F C F C and fade out
Emmylou Harris
