In the Jailhouse Now (Song is really in B.)

Guitar intr.

C

I had a friend named Ramblin Bob, he used to steal gamble and rob

F

He thought he was the smartest guy around

Well I found out last Monday that Bob got locked up Sunday

D7 G

They've got him in the jailhouse way down town

C F

He's in the jailhouse now , He's in the jailhouse now

G

Well, I told him once or twice to stop playin cards and a’shootin dice

C

He's in the jailhouse now

F C

a-yiodeleyie-o-t-hee a-yiodeleyie-o-d-o-tee

G C

yo-dileyey-hee yo-dileyey-hee yo-diley-eeeee

C

Bob liked to play his poker, pinochle whist and euchre

F

But shootin’ dice was his favorite game

He got throw'd in jail, with nobody to go his bail

D7 G

The judge done said that he refused to the fine

C F

He's in the jailhouse now , He's in the jailhouse now

G

Well, I told him once or twice to stop playin cards and a’shootin dice

C

He's in the jailhouse now

F C

a-yiodeleyie-o-t-hee a-yiodeleyie-o-d-o-tee

G C

yo-dileyey-hee yo-dileyey-hee yo-diley-eeeee

C

Well I went out last Tuesday, I met a girl named Suzie

F

I said I was the swellest guy around

Well we started to spendin’ my money, and she started to callin’ me honey

D7 G

We took in every cabaret in town

C F

We're in the jailhouse now, we're in the jailhouse now

G

Well I told that judge right to his face, I don't like to see this place

C

We're in the jailhouse now

F C G C

'a-yodeleyie yodeleyie oh-ohoohdeleyie, 'a-yodeleyie odiyodeleyie e-iyodeleyie