In the jailhouse now (video) (midi)

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He's in the jailhouse now (he's in the jailhouse now)

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he's in the jailhouse now (he's in the jailhouse now)

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I told him once or twice to quit playin' cards and shootin' dice,

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he's in the jailhouse now.

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1. Well, I had a friend named Ramblin' Bob

who used to steal, gamble and rob

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he thought he was the smartest guy in town.

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But I found out last Monday, that Bob got locked up Sunday,

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they got him in the jailhouse way downtown.

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2. Well, I went out last Tuesday, met a girl named Susie,

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I told her I was the swellest man around.

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Well, she started and to spend my money

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she started and to callin' me “honey”,

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we took in every honkytonk in town.

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We’re in the jailhouse now (we’re in the jailhouse now)

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We’re in the jailhouse now (We’re in the jailhouse now)

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They told us once or twice to quit playin' cards and shootin' dice,

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We’re in the jail…house now.

(orig. = capo 2nd; midi = no capo) (Webb Pierce)