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Ain’t Living Long Like This lyrics and chords are intended for your personal use, it's a fun to do song by Waylon Jennings. There's very few chord changes in this classic, any of us amateurs can do it.
Ain’t Living Long Like This
by Waylon Jennings
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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
C
Ain't living long like this
G
Can't live at all like this can I baby
D7
He slipped the handcuffs on behind my back
And left me reeling on a steel reel rack
C
They got'em all in the jailhouse baby
G
Ain't living long like this
Can't live at all like this can I baby
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
C
Ain't living long like this
G
Can't live at all like this can I baby
D7
You know the story how the wheel goes 'round
Don't let them take you to the man down town
C
Can't sleep at all in a jailhouse baby
G
Ain't living long like this
Can't live at all like this can I baby
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
C
Ain't living long like this
G
Can't live at all like this can I baby
D7
You know the story about the jailhouse rock
Don't want to do it but just don't get caught
C
They got'em all in the jailhouse baby
G
Ain't living long like this
Can't live at all like this can I baby
This golden oldie has a great rhythm and very few chords and they are simple. It's primarily up to the vocalist to carry the rhythm, it's really easy to learn. Just copy and paste Ain’t Living Long Like This lyrics and chords and enjoy.
