San Quentin chords by Johnny Doe

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Verse 1
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San Quentin,
you've been a
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living hell to me
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You've galled at me since 1963
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I've seen them come and go
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and I've seen them die
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And long ago I stopped
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askin' why I said,
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Quentin, I hate every inch of you
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You cut me and you scarred
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me through and through
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And I'll walk out a wiser, weaker man
Mr.
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Congressman, why can't you under
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stand?
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San
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Quentin, what good do you think you do?
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Do you think that I'll be different
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when you're through?
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You've bent my heart and
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mind and warped my soul
Your snow walls turn my
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blood a little cold
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Quentin, may you rot and burn in hell
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May your walls fall, and may I live to tell
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May all the world forget you ever stood
And the whole world will re
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gret you did no good
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That's when you better live in hell for me