Tone [Eb]
Play order:
Verse 1, Chorus, Verse 2, Chorus, Verse
3, Chorus, Verse 4, Chorus, Verse 5, Chorus, End
===Verse 1===
[D] [Eb]The warden threw a party in the county jail
[D] [Eb]The prison band was there and they began to wail
[D] [Eb]The band was jumping and the joint began to swing
[D] [Eb]You should've heard those knocked out jailbirds sing
===Chorus===
Let's [Ab]rock, everybody, [Eb]let's rock
[Bb7]Everybody in the whole cell block
[Eb]Was dancing to the jailhouse rock
===Verse 2===
[D] [Eb]Spider Murphy played the tenor saxophone
[D] [Eb]Little Joe was blowing on the slide trombone
[D] [Eb]The drummer boy from Illinois went crash, boom, bang
[D] [Eb]The whole rhythm section was the purple gang
===Verse 3===
[D] [Eb]Number forty-seven said to number three
[D] [Eb]You the cutest jailbird I ever did see
[D] [Eb]I sure would be delighted with your company
[D] [Eb]Come on and do the jailhouse rock with me
===Verse 4===
[D] [Eb]Sad sack was sitting on a block of stone
[D] [Eb]Way over in the corner weeping all alone
[D] [Eb]The warden said, hey buddy, don't you be no square
[D] [Eb]If you can't find a partner use a wooden chair
===Verse 5===
[D] [Eb]Shifty Henry said to Bugs, for heaven's sake
[D] [Eb]No one's looking, now's our chance to make a break
[D] [Eb]Bugsy turned to Shifty and he said, nix nix
[D] [Eb]I want to stick around a while and get my kicks
===End===
[Eb]Dancing to the jailhouse rock 7x