In the Jailhouse Now by Jimmie Rodgers (1928) Chords

[Am] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Am] _ [G] _ .
[C] _ I had a friend named Ramblin' Bob who used to steal, gamble and rob.
He [Am] thought he was the smartest guy [F] in town.
_ But I found out last Monday that Bob got locked up Sunday.
[D] They've got him in the jailhouse [G] way downtown.
_ _ [C] He's in the jailhouse now.
[G] [F] He's in the jailhouse now.
[C] I [G] told him once or twice to quit playing cards and shooting dice.
_ He's in the [Am] jailhouse now.
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ .
Hooray, [C] hooray, hooray, _ _ [G] hooray, _ _ _ [Am] hooray, hooray.
_ .
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ .
_ [B] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [Am] _ .
_ _ [G] _ [C] He played a game called poker.
He knuckled, whisked and yokeled.
But shooting dice was his [F] greatest game.
Now he's [Am] downtown [F] in jail.
Nobody to go his bail.
The [D] judge done said that [Am] he [G] refused a fine.
[Am] He's in the jailhouse now.
[F] He's in the jailhouse now.
[Am] I [G] told him once or twice to quit [Dm] playing cards and shooting [B] dice.
[G] He's in [Am] the jailhouse now.
_ .
Holly, [F] holly, _ _ holly, _ [Am] holly, _ _ _ [G] holly, _ holly, [Am] holly, holly.
_ _ _ .
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ .
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ .
_ I went out last Tuesday, met a girl named Susan.
I told her I was the swellest man [F] around.
_ .
We started to spend my money.
[Am] Then she started to [F] call me honey.
[D] We took in every cabaret [G] in town.
[Am] We're in the jailhouse now.
We're in the [F] jailhouse now.
_ .
I told the [B] judge right to his face, we didn't like to see [G] this place.
[Am] We're in the jailhouse now.
_ [F] Holly, holly, _ _ holly, [C] _ holly, _ _ _ [G] holly, holly, [C] holly, holly.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ .