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Jailhouse Rock - Elvis Presley Chords

Chords: D#, E, A7, B7

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Genre: rock and roll, country, pop


Tune guitar down one semitone for best effect

[Intro]
D# E D# E

[Verse]
D# E
The warden threw a party in the county jail
D# E
Prison band was there and they began to wail
D# E
Band was jumpin' and the joint began to swing
D# E
Should've heard those knocked out jailbirds sing

[Chorus]
A7
Let's rock!
E
Everybody let's rock!
B7 A7
Everybody in the whole cell block
E A7 E
Was a-dancin' to the Jailhouse Rock!

[Verse]
D# E
Spider Murphy played the tenor saxophone
D# E
Little Joe was blowin' on the slide trombone
D# E
The drummer boy for Illinois went crash, boom, bang!
D# E
The whole rhythm section was the purple gang

[Chorus]
A7
Let's rock!
E
Everybody let's rock!
B7 A7
Everybody in the whole cell block
E A7 E
Was a-dancin' to the Jailhouse Rock!

[Verse]

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