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Jailhouse Rock by Elvis Presley
Jailhouse Rock
Verse
|-------|-------|-------|-------|
|-------|-------|-------|-------|
|-8~-9~-|-8~-9~-|-8~-9~-|-8~-9~-|
|-8~-9~-|-8~-9~-|-8~-9~-|-8~-9~-|
|-6~-7~-|-6~-7~-|-6~-7~-|-6~-7~-|
|-------|-------|-------|-------|
Chorus (slightly palm muted)
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------2-2-4-2---------2-2-4-2-|--------------------------------|
|-0-0-4-4---------0-0-4-4---------|--------2-2-4-2---------2-2-4-2-|
|---------------------------------|-0-0-4-4---------0-0-4-4--------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------2-2-6-4---------2-2-4-2-|-------------------------|
|-0-0-4-4---------0-0-4-4---------|---------2-2-4-2-------2-|
|---------------------------------|-0-0-4-4---------0-0-4---|
Solo
|--8---8--8--8---8--8--8---8--8--8-|--8--8-------------------------|
|-12--12-12-12--12-12-12--12-12-12-|-12-12---9------9-----9-9-9-9--|
|----------------------------------|--------11b13r-11b13-13131313--|
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-5-------5--------------------|-------------------------|
|-5-------5--------------------|-------------------------|
|-6-------6--------------------|-1-1-2-2-1-1-2-2-1-1-2-2-|
|-7--7-7--7--7-7--6/7-7-7--7-7-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|-7--7-7--7--7-7--6/7-7-7--7-7-|-------------------------|
|-5--5-5--5--5-5--4/5-5-5--5-5-|-------------------------|
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version 2
Chords used in this song :
e
e ---|---|---|---|---|
B ---|---|---|---|---|
G -x-|---|---|---|---|
D ---|-x-|---|---|---|
A ---|-x-|---|---|---|
E ---|---|---|---|---| A
e ---|---|---|---|---|
B ---|-x-|---|---|---|
G ---|-x-|---|---|---|
D ---|-x-|---|---|---|
A ---|---|---|---|---|
E ---|---|---|---|---| D
e ---|-x-|---|---|---|
B ---|---|-x-|---|---|
G ---|-x-|---|---|---|
D ---|---|---|---|---|
A ---|---|---|---|---|
E ---|---|---|---|---| G
e ---|---|-x-|---|---|
B ---|---|---|---|---|
G ---|---|---|---|---|
D ---|---|---|---|---|
A ---|-x-|---|---|---|
E ---|---|-x-|---|---|
B
e ---|-o-|---|---|---|
B ---|---|---|-x-|---|
G ---|---|---|-x-|---|
D ---|---|---|-x-|---|
A ---|-x-|---|---|---|
E ---|-o-|---|---|---| E
e ---|---|---|---|---|
B ---|---|---|---|---|
G -x-|---|---|---|---|
D ---|-x-|---|---|---|
A ---|-x-|---|---|---|
E ---|---|---|---|---| F
e -x-|---|---|---|---|
B -x-|---|---|---|---|
G ---|-x-|---|---|---|
D ---|---|-x-|---|---|
A ---|---|-x-|---|---|
E -x-|---|---|---|---| Bb
e -o-|---|---|---|---|
B ---|---|-x-|---|---|
G ---|---|-x-|---|---|
D ---|---|-x-|---|---|
A -x-|---|---|---|---|
E -o-|---|---|---|---|
C
e ---|---|---|---|---|
B -x-|---|---|---|---|
G ---|---|---|---|---|
D ---|-x-|---|---|---|
A ---|---|-x-|---|---|
E ---|---|-o-|---|---|
Chords.
e A D G B e
-----------------
E | 0 2 2 1 0 0
F | 1 3 3 2 1 1
B | 6 8 8 7 6 6
C | 8 10 10 9 8 8
The intro and verses consists of sliding from E to F, it's hard, but with some practice
get it.
Intro and verses:
e / F
e / F
e / F
The warden threw a party in the county jail.
e / F
The prison band was there and they began to wail.
e / F
The band was jumpin and the joint began to swing.
e / F
You shouldve heard those knocked out jailbirds sing.
Chorus:
Bb F
Lets rock, everybody, lets rock.
C B
Everybody in the whole cell block
F
Was dancing to the jailhouse rock.
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version 3
Intro Verses
Q=164
$
4/4
Gtr I
|------||-----------|-----------------||-||-----------|----------------|
|--4---||o-5--------|-(5)----(5)-4---o||-||o-5--------|-(5)----(5)-4---|
|--3---||--4--------|-(4)----(4)-3----||-||--4--------|-(4)----(4)-3---|
|--5---||--6--------|-(6)----(6)-5----||-||--6--------|-(6)----(6)-5---|
|--6---||o-7--------|-(7)----(7)-6---o||-||o-7--------|-(7)----(7)-6---|
|------||-----------|-----------------||-||-----------|----------------|
|----------|----------------|----------|---------------|
|-5--------|-(5)----(5)-4---|-5--------|-(5)----(5)-4--|
|-4--------|-(4)----(4)-3---|-4--------|-(4)----(4)-3--|
|-6--------|-(6)----(6)-5---|-6--------|-(6)----(6)-5--|
|-7--------|-(7)----(7)-6---|-7--------|-(7)----(7)-6--|
|----------|----------------|----------|---------------|
Chorus
PM------------------------------|
|----------|---------||-----------------|------------------|
|-5--------|---------||-----------------|------------------|
|-4--------|---------||-----------------|------------------|
|-6--------|---------||---------2-2-4-2-|---------2-2-4-2--|
|-7--------|---------||-0-0-4-4---------|-0-0-4-4----------|
|----------|---------||-----------------|------------------|
PM------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|---------4-4-6-4-|
|---------2-2-4-2-|---------2-2-4-2-|-2-2-6-6---------|
|-0-0-4-4---------|-0-0-4-4---------|-----------------|
1.,2.,D.S.
To Coda
PM----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|----------------o||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|---------2-2-4-2-|-----------------|-----------------||
|-0-0-4-4---------|---------2-2-4-2-|---------2-2h4--o||
|-----------------|-0-0-4-4---------|-0-0-4-4---------||
Guitar Solo
3.
PM----------|
|-----------------||--12-12-12-(12)----12-12-|-(12)----12-12-(12)-12-12--|
|-----------------||---x--x--x----------x--x-|----------x--x-------x--x--|
|-----------------||--12-12-12-(12)-12-12-12-|-(12)-12-12-12-(12)-12-12--|
|-----------------||-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------||-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-0-4-4-4-(4)-4---||-------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|---9------9------(9)--9-------9-|
|--12b13--12b13==(12)r---12b13---|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|----------------------------------7-|-(7)-----------------|
|-(9)--9--9-----9-------(9)---9--9-7-|-(7)---------------5-|
|-----12-12b13-12pb13==(12)r-12-12-8-|-(8)-----8-(8)-----6-|
|----------------------------------9-|-(9)-9-9-9-(9)-9-9-7-|
|------------------------------------|-----9-9-9-(9)-9-9-7-|
|------------------------------------|-----7-7-7-(7)-7-7-5-|
D.S. al Coda
|--------------------|-------------2-2-|-0-0-0-0------||
|-(5)----------------|-----2-2-----2-2-|-0-0-0-0--4---||
|-(6)----------------|-1-1-2-2-1-1-2-2-|-1-1-1-1--3---||
|-(7)-7-7-7-(7)-7-7--|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2--5---||
|-(7)-7-7-7-(7)-7-7--|-2-2-----2-2-----|-2-2-2-2--6---||
|-(5)-5-5-5-(5)-5-5--|-0-0-----0-0-----|-0-0-0-0------||
Outro
&
PM-------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|
|---------2-2-4-2-||---------2-2-4-2-|---------2-2-4-2-|
|-0-0-4-4---------||-0-0-4-4---------|-0-0-4-4---------|
PM------------------------------------------------------------------|
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------o||
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
||o---------2-2-4-2-|---------2-2-4-2-|---------2-2-4-2-|---------2-2-4-2-o||
||--0-0-4-4---------|-0-0-4-4---------|-0-0-4-4---------|-0-0-4-4----------||
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version 4
Drop D Tuning (DADCGE)
Intro
|-------|-------|
|-------|-------|
|-6~-7~-|-6~-7~-|
|-6~-7~-|-6~-7~-|
|-4~-5~-|-4~-5~-|
|-------|-------|
Verse
|-------|-------|-------|-------|
|-------|-------|-------|-------|
|-6~-7~-|-6~-7~-|-6~-7~-|-6~-7~-|
|-6~-7~-|-6~-7~-|-6~-7~-|-6~-7~-|
|-4~-5~-|-4~-5~-|-4~-5~-|-4~-5~-|
|-------|-------|-------|-------|
Chorus (slightly palm muted)
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------0-0-2-0---------0-0-2-0-|---------------------------------|
|-----2-2-------------2-2---------|---------0-0-2-0---------0-0-2-0-|
|-5-5-------------5-5-------------|-0-0-4-4---------0-0-4-4---------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-----0-0-2-2-4-2---------0-0-2-0-|-------------------------------|
|-2-2-----------------2-2---------|---------0-0-2-0---------0-0-2-|
|-----------------5-5-------------|-0-0-4-4---------0-0-4-4-------|
Solo |<*bend G String notes*>|
|-10-10-10--10-10-10--10-10-10--10-10-10--|-------0-----0-----0---|
|-10-10-10--10-10-10--10-10-10--10-10-10--|-7-7-7---7-7---7-7---7-|
|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------------|-------3-----3---3-|
|-2-2-2--2-2--------------|-------2-----2---2-|
|-2-2-2--2-2--5-5-5--5-5--|-0-0-0---0-0---0-0-|
|-0-0-0--0-0--5-5-5--5-5--|-0-0-0---0-0---0-0-|
|-------------5-5-5--5-5--|-0-0-0---0-0---0-0-|
Outro
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------| Repeat X4
|---------0-0-2-0---------0-0-2-0-|
|-0-0-4-4---------0-0-4-4---------|
Verse
Chorus
Verse
Chorus
Verse
Chorus
Solo
Verse
Chorus
Verse
Chorus
Outro
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version 5
Eb/ E/ Eb/ E/
The warden threw a party in the county jail
prison band was there and they began to wail
band was jumpin' and the joint began to swing
should've heard thosed kocked out jail birds sing
Chorus
A7
Lets Rock !
E
Lets Rock !
B7 A7
Everybody in the whole cell block
E A7 E
Was a-dancin' to the Jail-house Rock!
Eb/ E/ Eb/ E/
Spider Murphy played the tenor saxophone
Little Joe was blowin' on the slide trombone
The drummer boy for Illinois went crash, boom, bang !
The whole rhythm section was the purple gang
Chorus
Eb/ E/ Eb/ E/
Number forty seven said to Number Three:
You're the cutest jailbird I ever did see.
I sure would be delighted with your company
Come on and do the jailhouse rock with me.
Chorus
Eb/ E/ Eb/ E/
The sad sack was a-sittin' on a block of stone
Way over in the corner weeping all alone
The warden said: " Hey, buddy, don't you be no square.
If you can't find a partner use a wooden chair !"
Chorus
Eb/ E/ Eb/ E/
Shifty Henry said to Bugs: "For Heaven's sakes,
No one's lookin'; now's our chance to make a break
Bugsy turned to Shifty and he said " Nix, nix;
I wanna stick around a while and get my kicks.
Chorus
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version 6
C#/ D/
The warden threw a party in the county jail
prison band was there and they began to wail
band was jumpin' and the joint began to swing
should've heard thosed kocked out jail birds sing
Chorus
G7
Lets Rock !
D
Everybody Lets Rock !
A7 G7
Everybody in the whole cell block
D
Was a-dancin' to the Jail-house Rock!
C#/ D/
Spider Murphy played the tenor saxophone
Little Joe was blowin' on the slide trombone
The drummer boy for Illinois went crash, boom, bang !
The whole rhythm section was the purple gang
Chorus
C#/ D/
Number forty seven said to Number Three:
You're the cutest jailbird I ever did see.
I sure would be delighted with your company
Come on and do the jailhouse rock with me.
Chorus
C#/ D/
The sad sack was a-sittin' on a block of stone
Way over in the corner weeping all alone
The warden said: " Hey, buddy, don't you be no square.
If you can't find a partner use a wooden chair !"
Chorus
C#/ D/
Shifty Henry said to Bugs: "For Heaven's sakes,
No one's lookin'; now's our chance to make a break
Bugsy turned to Shifty and he said " Nix, nix;
I wanna stick around a while and get my kicks.
Chorus
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