San Quentin chords

San Quentin

• C

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    C                    G                  C 
San Quentin, you've been livin' hell to me 
                       F                    C 
You've hosted me since nineteen sixty three 
G                                               C 
I've seen 'em come and go and I've seen them die 
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And long ago I stopped askin' why 

    C               G                C    
San Quentin, I hate evry inch of you. 
                       F                        C 
You've cut me and have scarred me thru an' thru. 
G                                    C 
And I'll walk out a wiser weaker man; 
C                      G                   C 
Mister Congressman why can't you understand. 

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    C             G                        C 
San Quentin, what good do you think you do? 
                    F                              C 
Do you think I'll be different when you're through? 
    G                                          C 
You bent my heart and mind and you may my soul, 
         C                   G                   C    
And your stone walls turn my blood a little cold. 

    C                G                    C  
San Quentin, may you rot and burn in hell. 
                              F            C 
May your walls fall and may I live to tell. 
    G                                   C  
May all the world forget you ever stood. 
        C             G                      C    
And may all the world regret you did no good. 

    C                    G                C 
San Quentin, you've been livin' hell to me.  

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