Recorded in C 
Note :All verses and Chorus chorded the same. 
 
INTRO:  Strum The 
" C " 
 

VERSE ONE  
C 
I had a friend named Ramblin' Bob 
 
Who used to steal, gamble and rob 
                       C7             F 
He thought he was the smartest guy in town 
 
But I found out last Monday 
 
That Bob got locked up Sunday 
        D               D7                C 
They've got him in the jailhouse way down town. 
 
BRIDGE 
G                     C                C7        F 
He's in the jailhouse now..He's in the jailhouse now 
   G                                                G7 
I told him once or twice.To quit playin' cards and shootin' dice 
                      C 
He's in the jailhouse now.  
 
(Yodel) 
   F                     C 
O'-lay-hee......O'-dee-o-lee-hee 
         G                           C 
Ah'-he-o-lay-hee....Te-da-de-de...O'-lay-hee 
 
BRIDGE REPEAT INSTRUMENTALLY (NO YODEL) 
 
VERSE TWO 

He played a game called poker 

He knuckled with Dan Yoakum 

But shootin' dice was his greatest game 

Now he's downtown in jail 

Nobody to go his bail 

The judge done said that he will pay the fine. 
 
BRIDGE (WITH YODEL) 
 
REPEAT BRIDGE INSTRUMENTALLY (NO YODEL) 
 
VERSE THREE 

I went out last Tuesday 

Met a girl named Susie 

I told her I was the swellest man around 

We started to spend my money 

Then she started to call me honey 

We took in every cabaret in town. 

BRIDGE 2 
G                      C 
We're in the jailhouse now 
             C7        F 
We're in the jailhouse now 
  G 
I told the judge right to his face 
                  G7 
We didn't like to see this place 
                       C 
We're in the jailhouse now.  

(Yodel) 
   F                  C 
O'-lay-hee...O'-dee-o-lee-hee 
         G                         C 
Ah'-he-o-lay-hee..Te-da-de-de...O'-lay-hee