Waylon Jennings – I Aint Living Long Like This (Guitar)

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[Intro] D G A [Verse 1]
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I looked for trouble and I found it son

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Straight down the barrel of a lawman's gun

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

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You make one move and you're a dead man friend
[Chorus]
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Ain't living long like this

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Can't live at all like this, can I baby

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    He slipped the handcuffs on behind my back

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left me reeling on a steel rail rack

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They got 'em all in the jailhouse baby

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Ain't living long like this

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Can't live at all like this, can I baby
[Verse 2]
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Grew up in Houston off the wayside drive

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Son of a carhop in some all night dive

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Dad drove a stock car to an early death

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All I remember was a drunk man's breath
[Chorus]
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Ain't living long like this

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Can't live at all like this, can I baby

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  We know the story how the wheel goes 'round

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Don't let them take you to the man downtown

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Can't sleep at all in the jailhouse baby

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Ain't living long like this

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Can't live at all like this, can I baby
[Solo] D A D G A E D E D A F#m G A [Verse 3]
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I live with Angel, she's a roadhouse queen

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Makes Texas Ruby look like Sandra Dee

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

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I'm at the bottom of the jailhouse now
[Chorus]
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Ain't living long like this

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Can't live at all like this, can I baby

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  You know the story about the jailhouse rock
Go on and do it but just don't get caught
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They got 'em all in the jailhouse baby

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Ain't living long like this
Can't live at all like this, can I baby [Outro] D A D A D A