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