Waylon Jennings - I aint living long like this

^AI looked for trouble and I found it son, ^AStraight down the barrel of a lawman's gun. ^ATried to run but I don't think I can. ^AYou make one move and you're a dead man friend. ^AAin't living ^Dlong like this. ^DCan't live at ^Aall like this, can I baby? ^E7He slipped the handcuffs behind my back ^E7and left me reeling on a steel reel rack. ^E7They got'em ^Dall in the jailhouse baby. ^ACan't live at all like this; ^ACan't live at all like this, Can I baby?

^AGrew up in Houston off of Wayside Drive. ^ASon of a carhop in some all night dive. ^ADad drove a stock car to an early death. ^AAll I remember was a drunk man's breath. ^AAin't living l^Dong like this. ^DCan't live at ^Aall like this; Can I baby? You ^E7know the story how the wheel goes 'round. ^E7Don't let them take you to the man down town. ^E7Can't sleep at ^Dall in a jailhouse baby. ^ACan't live at all like this; ^ACan't live at all like this, Can I baby?

^AI live with Angel she's a roadhouse queen, ^AMakes Texas Ruby look like Sandra Dee. ^AI want to love her but I don't know how, ^AI'm at the bottom of the jailhouse now. ^ACan't live at ^Dall like this, ^DCan't live at ^Aall like this; Can I baby? You ^E7know the story about the jailhouse rock. ^E7You want to do it just don't get caught. ^E7They got'em ^Dall in the jailhouse baby. ^DCan't live at ^Aall like this, ^ACan't live at all like this, can I baby?