Song :
G
Intro :
Eb7 E7 Eb7 E7 Eb7 E7
Eb7 E7
The warden threw a party in the county jail
Eb7 E7
prison band was there and they began to wail
Eb7 E7
band was jumpin' and the joint began to swing
Eb7 E7
should've heard thosed kocked out jail birds sing
Chorus
A7
Lets Rock !
E7
Lets Rock !
B7 A7
Everybody in the whole cell block
E7 A7 E7
Was a-dancin' to the Jail-house Rock!
Eb7 E7 Eb7 E7
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
