Key: G
Introduction:
G D7
A little boy knocked at the warden's door of Sing Sing then in tears
G
Said sir I understand that 8-3-9-6-8 lives here
C
Well that's my daddy sir and I just got to be near him
D7 G
If you can't let him out you just got to let me in
C G
Let me in let me in 8-3-9-6-8's my dad
D7 G
I watched them bury my momma and now he's all in the world I have
C G
I can break your little rocks put a hammer in my hand
D7 G
I just gotta be near daddy mister warden let me in
G D7
Well I've checked through California Alcatraz out on the Rock
G
From Folsom onto Leavenworth and no one had my pop
C
Then I found the old news clipping in my mommas souvenirs
D7 G
And here I am at Sing Sing 8-3-9-6-8 lives here
C G
Let me in let me in 8-3-9-6-8's my dad
D7 G
I watched them bury my momma and now he's all in the world I have
C G
I can break your little rocks put a hammer in my hand
D7 G
I just gotta be near daddy mister warden please let me in