************** I AIN'T LIVING LONG LIKE THIS *************

written by Rodney Crowell

performed by Waylon Jennings.

Verse 1:
DD Piano Chord 
   AA Piano Chord 

I look for trouble and i found it son

Straight down the barrel of a lawman's gun

I tried to run but i don't think i can

You make one move and you're a dead man friend
DD Piano Chord 

Ain't living long like this
AA Piano Chord 

Can't live at all like this,can i baby?
EE Piano Chord 

He slipped the handcuffs on behind my back

And left me reeling on a steel reel rack
DD Piano Chord 

They got'em all in the jailhouse baby
AA Piano Chord 

Ain't living long like this

Can't live at all like this,can i baby?

Verse 2:
AA Piano Chord 

Grew up in Houston off the wayside drives

Son of a carhop and some all night dives

Dad drove a stock car to an early death

All i remember was a drunk man's breath
DD Piano Chord 

Ain't living long like this
AA Piano Chord 

Can't live at all like this,can i baby?
EE Piano Chord 

You know the story how the wheel goes 'round

Don't let them take you to the man down town
DD Piano Chord 

Can't sleep at all in a jailhouse baby
AA Piano Chord 

Ain't living long like this

Can't live at all like this,can i baby?

Verse 3:
AA Piano Chord 

I live with Angel she's a roadhouse queen

Makes Texas Ruby look like Sandra Dee

I want to love her but i don't know how

I'm at the bottom in the jailhouse now
DD Piano Chord 

Ain't living long like this
AA Piano Chord 

Can't live at all like this,can i baby?
EE Piano Chord 

You know the story about the jailhouse rock

Don't want to do it but just don't get caught
DD Piano Chord 

They got'em all in the jailhouse baby
AA Piano Chord 

Ain't living long like this

Can't live at all like this,can i baby?



Thanks to David M. Potter for the lyrics.