In The Jailhouse Now chords by Webb Pierce

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Key: E MajorE

Difficulty: Novice

Chorus:
E MajorE
 He's in the jailhouse now (he's in the jailhouse now)
           A augmentedA
He's in the jailhouse now (he's in the jailhouse now)
 B7B7
I told him once or twice
    B7B7
To quit playin' cards and shootin' dice
           E MajorE
He's in the jailhouse now

Verse 1:
   E MajorE
Well I had a friend named Rambling Bob
      E MajorE
Who used to steal, gamble and rob
                   A augmentedA
He thought he was the smartest guy in town
  A augmentedA
But I found out last Monday, that Bob got locked up Sunday
   F#F#                B7B7
They got him in the jailhouse way downtown


Chorus:
           E MajorE
He's in the jailhouse now (he's in the jailhouse now)
           A augmentedA
He's in the jailhouse now (he's in the jailhouse now)
 B7B7
I told him once or twice
    B7B7
To quit playin' cards and shootin' dice
           E MajorE
He's in the jailhouse now


Intrumental Break:
E MajorE    A augmentedA  B7B7   E MajorE


Verse 2:
   E MajorE
Well I went out last Tuesday
E MajorE
Met a girl named Susie
                  A augmentedA
I told her I was the swellest man around
     A augmentedA
Well she started and to spend my money
  A augmentedA
She started and to callin' me honey
  F#F#             B7B7
We took in every honky tonk in town


Chorus:
            E MajorE
We're in the jailhouse now (we're in the jailhouse now)
            A augmentedA
We're in the jailhouse now (we're in the jailhouse now)
   B7B7
They told us once or twice
    B7B7
To quit playin' cards and shootin' dice
            E MajorE
We're in the jail-house now