I Ain't Living Long Like This

[C]You  looked for trouble and you found it son

Straight down the barrel of a lawman's gun
[C]You tried to run but I don't think you can
[C]You make one move and you're a dead man friend
Ain't living [F]long like this
Can't live at [C]all like this can I baby
[G]He slipped the handcuffs on behind your back

And left me freezing  on a steel rail track
They got'em [F]all in the jailhouse baby
I Ain't living l[C]ong like this
[C]Grew up in Houston off the wayside drive

Son of a carhop in some all night dives

Dad drove a stock car to an early death

All I remember was a drunk man's breath
I Ain't living [F]long like this
Can't live at [C]all like this can I baby
Y[G]ou know the story how the wheel goes 'round

Don't let them take you to the man downtown
They got ie [F]all in  the jailhouse baby
Ain't living [C]long like this

Can't live at all like this can i baby

[C]You live with Angel she's a roadhouse queen
[C]Makes Texas Ruby look like Sandra Dee
[C]You want to love her but you don't know how

Your at the bottom in the jailhouse now
Ain't living [F]long like this
Can't live at [C]all like this can I baby
[G]You know the story about the jailhouse rock

Go on and do it but just don't get caught
Can't sleep at [F]all in the jailhouse baby
Ain't living [C]long like this

Can't live at all like this can i baby

Ain't living long like  this

[F]      [C]       [F]        [C]        [F]         [C]   and  fade out