Tono: B
Introducción:
B F# B
San Quentin, you've been livin' hell to me
E B
You've hosted me since nineteen sixty three
F# B
I've seen 'em come and go and I've seen them die
B F# B
And long ago I stopped askin' why
B F# B
San Quentin, I hate evry inch of you.
E B
You've cut me and have scarred me thru an' thru.
F# B
And I'll walk out a wiser weaker man
B F# B
Mister Congressman why can't you understand.
(solo)
B F# B
San Quentin, what good do you think you do?
E B
Do you think I'll be different when you're through?
F# B
You bent my heart and mind and you may my soul,
B F# B
And your stone walls turn my blood a little cold.
B F# B
San Quentin, may you rot and burn in hell.
E B
May your walls fall and may I live to tell.
F# B
May all the world forget you ever stood.
B F# B
And may all the world regret you did no good.
B F# B
San Quentin, you've been livin' hell to me.