Jailhouse Rock chords by Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers

SimplifiedC# · D · G · A · Db

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Verse 1
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The warden threw
a party in the county jail.
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The prison band was there
and they began to wail.
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The band was jumpin' and
the joint began to swing.
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D 
You should've heard those
knocked out jailbirds sing.
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D 
Lets rock, everybody, lets  rock.
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G 
Everybody in the whole cell block
D 
Was dancin' to the jailhouse rock.
Spider Murphy played the
tenor saxophone,
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Little Joe was blowin'
on the slide trombone.
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D 
The drummer boy from Illinois went crash,
boom, bang,
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The whole rhythm section
was the purple gang.
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D 
Lets rock, everybody, lets rock.
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Everybody in the whole cell block
D 
Was dancin' to the jailhouse rock.
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Number forty- seven said
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to number three:
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You're the cutest jailbird I ever did see.
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I sure would be delighted
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with your company,
D 
Come on and do the
jailhouse rock with me.
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D 
Lets rock, everybody, lets rock.
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Everybody in the whole cell block
D 
Was dancin' to the jailhouse
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rock.
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D 
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The sad sack was a sittin'
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on a block of stone
Way over in the corner
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weepin' all alone.
The warden said, hey, buddy,
don't you be no square.
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If you can't find a partner
use a wooden chair.
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D 
Lets rock, everybody, lets rock.
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Everybody in the whole cell block
D 
Was dancin' to the
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jailhouse rock.
Shifty Henry said to bugs,
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for heavens sake,
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No ones lookin',
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now's our chance to make a break.
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Bugsy turned to shifty and he said, nix nix,
I wanna stick around a while
and get my kicks.
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Lets rock, everybody, lets rock.
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D 
Everybody in the whole cell block