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Version 1 Version 2 Version 3Capo 1st Chords used: E, A, B7 [Verse 1] E The warden threw a party in the county jail, E Prison band was there and they began to wail, E Band was jumpin' and the joint began to swing, E Should've heard thosed knocked out jail birds sing, [Chorus] A E Lets rock, everybody, lets rock, B7 Everybody in the whole cell block, E Was dancing to the jailhouse rock. [Verse 2] E Spider Murphy played the tenor saxophone, E Little Joe was blowin' on the slide trombone, E The drummer boy from Illinois went crash, boom, bang, E The whole rhythm section was the purple gang, [Chorus] A E Lets rock, everybody, lets rock, B7 Everybody in the whole cell block, E Was dancing to the jailhouse rock. [Verse 3] E Number forty-seven said to number three, E You're the cutest jailbird I ever did see, E I sure would be delighted with your company, E Come on and do the jailhouse rock with me, [Chorus] A E Lets rock, everybody, lets rock, B7 Everybody in the whole cell block, E Was dancing to the jailhouse rock. [Verse 4] E The sad sack was a sittin on a block of stone, E Way over in the corner weepin all alone, E The warden said, hey, buddy, don't you be no square, E If you can't find a partner use a wooden chair, [Chorus] A E Lets rock, everybody, lets rock, B7 Everybody in the whole cell block, E Was dancing to the jailhouse rock. [Verse 5] E Shifty Henry said to bugs, for heavens sake, E No ones lookin, now's our chance to make a break, E Bugsy turned to shifty and he said, nix nix, E I wanna stick around a while and get my kicks, [Chorus] A E Lets rock, everybody, lets rock, B7 Everybody in the whole cell block, E Was dancing to the jailhouse rock.