Tom: G
G
Standin' in the jailhouse
G7
A wishin' I was free (laugh)
C
I'd like to get out
(no chord)
But I ain't got a key
G D
I got them lonesome jail house blues
Verse 2
G G7
A waitin' for a train that'll take me away
C
And I'll be gone for many a day
G D G
I got them lonesome jail house blues
Verse 3
G G7
A standin' in the jail house lookin' at the street
C
This jail floor is hurtin' my feet
G D D7
I got them lonesome jailhouse blues
Verse 4
G G7
A watchin' my friends as they go by
C
They'd get me out if a they would try
G
I got them lonesome jailhouse blues
riff G C G D G G7 C G D G
Verse 5
G G7
A lookin' down a lonesome railroad line
C
Thinkin' of a girl that I left behind
G D
I got them lonesome jail house blues
G G7
The jury said I'd a have to go
C
When they sent me here without a show
G
I got them lonesome jail house blues
Outro
G G7
So goodbye friends I'm a leavin' today
C
The Pullman's trains gonna take me away
G D D7
I got them lonesome jail house blues
G G7
The govenors fare don't worry me
C
It's the way I feel that a makes me sing
G D7 C G
I got them lonesome jail house blues
