{"id":28860,"date":"2026-01-08T21:48:22","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T21:48:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/?p=28860"},"modified":"2026-01-08T21:48:22","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T21:48:22","slug":"hes-in-the-jailhouse-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/hes-in-the-jailhouse-now\/","title":{"rendered":"He’s in the Jailhouse Now"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jimmie Rodgers<\/p>\n

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[Intro]\r\nC<\/span> | C<\/span> G<\/span> | C<\/span> G<\/span> | C<\/span> F<\/span> | C<\/span>\r\n \r\n[Verse 1]\r\nC<\/span>\r\nI had a friend named Ramblin' Bob\r\n \r\nWho used ta steal, gamble and rob\r\n                                      F<\/span>\r\nHe thought he was the smartest guy in town\r\n \r\nBut I found out last Monday, that Bob got locked up Sunday\r\n        D<\/span>                                G<\/span>\r\nThey\u2019ve got him in the jailhouse way downtown\r\n \r\n{ CHORUS }\r\n                      C<\/span>\r\nHe's in the jailhouse now\r\n                      F<\/span>\r\nHe's in the jailhouse now\r\n  G<\/span>\r\nI told him once or twice\r\n \r\nTo quit playin' cards and shootin' dice\r\n                      C<\/span>\r\nHe's in the jailhouse now\r\n \r\n[Yodel 1]\r\nC<\/span>           F<\/span>\r\nOh lay-eee, Ee-ee-ee-heee\r\n          C<\/span>\r\nOh de oh, Ee-ee-ee-heee\r\n           G<\/span>\r\nAh-eee-oh, lay-ee-heee, yee-de-la-hee\r\n   C<\/span>\r\nOh-lay-heeee\r\n \r\n[Instrumental 1]\r\nC<\/span> | C<\/span> | F<\/span> | F<\/span> | G<\/span> | G<\/span> | G<\/span> | C<\/span> |\r\n \r\n[Verse 2]\r\nC<\/span>\r\nHe played a game called poker\r\n \r\nPee-knuckle, whist and Yoh-ker\r\n                                   F\r\nBut shootin\u2019 dice was his greatest game\r\n \r\nNow he\u2019s downtown in jail, nobody to go his bail\r\n    D                                 G\r\nThe judge done said that he refused a fine\r\n \r\n[repeat Chorus 1]\r\n \r\n[Yodel 2]\r\nC           F\r\nAh de yoh,  lay-eee-he-heeeeee\r\n            C\r\nAh lee oh,  lay ee-he-teeeeee\r\n            G\r\nAh de yoh,  lay-eee-he-heeeeee\r\n   C\r\nOh lay-eeeeeeee\r\n \r\n \r\n[Instrumental]\r\nC | C | F | F | G | G | G | C |\r\n \r\n[Verse 3]\r\nC\r\nI went out last Tuesday\r\n \r\nMet a girl named Susie\r\n                                   F\r\nI told her I was the swellest man around\r\n \r\nWe started t\u2019 spend my money\r\n \r\nThen she started to call me honey\r\n   D                        G\r\nWe took in every cabaret in town\r\n \r\n[Chorus 3]\r\nG                      C\r\nWe're in the jailhouse now\r\n                       F\r\nWe're in the jailhouse now\r\n  G\r\nI told that judge right to his face\r\n \r\nWe did\u2019t like to see this place\r\n                       C\r\nWe're in the jailhouse now\r\n \r\n[Yodel 3]\r\nC           F\r\nAh de yoh,  lay-eee-he-heeeeee\r\n            C\r\nAh lee oh,  lay ee-he-teeeeee\r\n            G\r\nAh de yoh,  lay-eee-he-heeeeee\r\n   C\r\nOh lay-eeeeeeee\r\n
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Jimmie Rodgers [Intro] C | C G | C G | C F | C [Verse 1] C I had a friend named Ramblin’ Bob Who used ta steal, gamble and rob F He thought he was the smartest guy in town But I found out last Monday, that Bob … CLICK TO VIEW SONGHe’s in the Jailhouse Now<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28860","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28860","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28860"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28860\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28861,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28860\/revisions\/28861"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28860"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28860"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28860"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}