G                          C         G
Well it's Christmas in the jailhouse again
                                       C              D
And I've been looking all around for a face to call a friend
         C            D                  G      D        Em
It seems everybody in here should have a better place to be
        C                    G                  D
Putting logs on the fire and presents under the tree

[Verse 2]
G                                       C                    G
Well you should listen to some of these stories that we have told
                                     C                             D
About the work we can't find and the women who have left us in the cold
         C                     D             G                Em
It seems all them things we're promised like peace and har-mo-ny
           C                       D          G
They don't apply when you're doing time for B&E

[Chorus]
    C         D                G
But everybody deserves a Merry Christmas
C                    D                    G
It don't matter what stupid things you've done
    C         D                G      Em
Everybody deserves a Merry Christmas
C                     D                   G
So come on baby let's have ourselves some fun

[Verse 3]
G                               C             G
Tell your momma I didn't mean a single word I said
                                     C                      D
About the funny way she walks or the watermelon size of her head
     C                   D             G                Em
This time things will be different, of that there is no doubt
       C                       D                G
If she would just come on down here and bail me out

[Chorus]
    C         D                G
But everybody deserves a Merry Christmas
C                    D                    G
It don't matter what stupid things you've done
    C         D                G      Em
Everybody deserves a Merry Christmas
C                     D                   G
So come on baby let's have ourselves some fun

[Verse 4]
G                                      C           G
Well I've traveled up and down and all across this land
                                C             D
I've seen the very best and the very worst of man
   C                D             G                Em
My brothers are the drifters, the beggars, and the thieves
      C                     D                      G
And I believe that baby was born for the ones like these

[Chorus]
               C         D                G
And that's why everybody deserves a Merry Christmas
C                    D                    G
It don't matter what stupid things you've done
    C         D                G      Em
Everybody deserves a Merry Christmas
C                     D                   G
So come on baby let's have ourselves some fun


[Outro]
      C                      D           G                        Em
And I know you've heard this story every year when the cold rolls in
                    C         G      D         G
And that's why it's Christmas in the jailhouse again