Eb/ E/.......................................Eb/ E/ The warden threw a party in the county jail Eb/ E/.......................................Eb/ E/ prison band was there and they began to wail Eb/ E/.......................................Eb/ E/ band was jumpin' and the joint began to swing Eb/ E/.......................................Eb/ E/ should've heard thosed kocked out jail birds sing Chorus (*) A7 Lets Rock ! E Lets Rock ! B7 A7 Everybody in the whole cell block E A7 E Was a-dancin' to the Jail-house Rock! Eb/ E/.......................................Eb/ E/ Spider Murphy played the tenor saxophone Eb/ E/.......................................Eb/ E/ Little Joe was blowin' on the slide trombone Eb/ E/.......................................Eb/ E/ The drummer boy for Illinois went crash, boom, bang ! Eb/ E/.......................................Eb/ E/ The whole rhythm section was the purple gang Chorus (Play *) Eb/ E/.......................................Eb/ E/ Number forty seven said to Number Three: Eb/ E/.......................................Eb/ E/ You're the cutest jailbird I ever did see. Eb/ E/.......................................Eb/ E/ I sure would be delighted with your company Eb/ E/.......................................Eb/ E/ Come on and do the jailhouse rock with me. Chorus (Play *) Eb/ E/.......................................Eb/ E/ The sad sack was a-sittin' on a block of stone Eb/ E/.......................................Eb/ E/ Way over in the corner weeping all alone Eb/ E/.......................................Eb/ E/ The warden said: " Hey, buddy, don't you be no square. Eb/ E/.......................................Eb/ E/ If you can't find a partner use a wooden chair !" Chorus (Play *) Eb/ E/.......................................Eb/ E/ Shifty Henry said to Bugs: "For Heaven's sakes, Eb/ E/.......................................Eb/ E/ No one's lookin'; now's our chance to make a break Eb/ E/.......................................Eb/ E/ Bugsy turned to Shifty and he said " Nix, nix; Eb/ E/.......................................Eb/ E/ I wanna stick around a while and get my kicks. Chorus (Play *)
You can do a lot more with the song: (if your using a semi acoustic) After every Eb/E/ you can hit the board to make it sound like the drums E A7 E Was a-dancin' to the Jail-house Rock! At this point of time, you can remain on E if you find it hard switching between the chords Enoy... Mashaal M :beer: PS: revert back on coments pls