Tom: D
D
Here we go, then.
D
Papapapa pahuparahupa (yeah)
D
Papapapa pahuparahupa (I like it)
G
Papapapa pahuparahupa (Sounds good)
D
Papapapa pahuparahupa
A G
Oooh, oooh,
D
Papapapa pahuparahupa
[Verse 1]
D
The warden threw a party in the county jail.
D
The prison band was there and they began to wail.
D
The band was jumpin' and the joint began to swing.
D
You should've heard those knocked out jailbirds sing.
D G
Let's rock, (Papapapa pahuparahupa)
G D
Everybody, let's rock. (Papapapa pahuparahupa)
D A G
Everybody in the whole cell block (Oooh, oooh)
G D
Was dancin' to the Jailhouse Rock (Papapapa pahuparahupa)
[Verse 2]
D
Oh there's a man in New Orleans who plays rock and roll (Paruha)
D
He's a guitar man with a great big soul (Paruha)
D
He lays down a beat like a ton of coal (Paruha)
D
He goes by the name of King Creole (Paruha)
D G
You know he's gone, gone, gone (Papapapa pahuparahupa)
G D
Jumpin' like a catfish on a pole (Papapapa pahuparahupa)
D A
You know he's gone, gone, gone (Oooh, oooh)
A G D
There are hip shaking King Creole (Papapapa pahuparahupa)
[Verse 3]
D
Spider Murphy played the tenor saxophone, (Paruha)
D
Little Joe was blowin' on the slide trombone. (Paruha)
D
The drummer boy from Illinois went crash, boom, bang, (Paruha)
D
The whole rhythm section was the Purple Gang. (Paruha)
D G
Let's rock, (Papapapa pahuparahupa)
G D
Everybody, let's rock. (Papapapa pahuparahupa)
D A G
Everybody in the whole cell block (Oooh, oooh)
G D
Was dancin' to the Jailhouse Rock (Papapapa pahuparahupa)
[Verse 4]
D
Well, he sings a song about a crawdad hole (Papapapa)
D
He sings a song about a jelly roll (Papapapa)
D
He sings a song about pork and greens (Papapapa)
D
He sings some blues 'bout New Orleans (Papapapa)
D G
You know he's gone, gone, gone (Papapapa pahuparahupa)
G D
Jumpin' like a catfish on a pole (Papapapa pahuparahupa)
D A
You know he's gone, gone, gone (Oooh, oooh)
A G D
There are hip shaking King Creole (Papapapa pahuparahupa)
D
Papapapa pahuparahupa
D
Papapapa pahuparahupa
D
Papapapa pahuparahupa
D
Papapapa pahuparahupa
D
Papapapa pahuparahupa
D
Papapapa pahuparahupa
D
Papapapa pahu Jailhouse Rock
D
Jailhouse rock (King Creole)
D
Jailhouse rock
D
Jailhouse rock (King Creole)
D
Jailhouse rock .....
