San Quentin chords by Nahko and Medicine for the People

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Intro 1

Verse 1
G 
Windy coastal California
F#m 
G 
Cradle me City of Angels
Bm 
G 
F#m 
G 
I know, I know it won't come eas   ily
Bm 
G 
Return to the source of light indefinitely
C 
Call a cab, 6 a.M
G 
Do it just before I'm driving
C 
Hold up, seat check, am I crazy
G 
Greet him and release him from
mental slavery
Bm 
C 
D 
G 
Walked the yellow line, penitentiary
Bm 
G 
C 
Feeling off- shore wind
D 
G 
come wink at me
Bm 
G 
C 
Weeping like a  waterfalls
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G 
To the call  of the ocean
Grandfather,
C 
D 
G 
please bring me your medicine

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Verse 2

I've come a long way to tell

you this story

There's no turning back now

Angels come when you least

expect 'em

I've seen some crazy dream

s manifested

Verse 3
Bm 
G 
C 
He said an eye for an eye,
F#m 
G 
a tooth for a  tooth
Bm 
G 
C 
F#m 
G 
A life for a life, I give  mine to you
Bm 
C 
F#m 
G 
He said an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth
Bm 
C 
F#m 
G 
A life for a life, I give  mine to you

Verse 4
G 
Hum- numbaway, away
C 
F#m 
G 
Hum-  numbaway, away
Bm 
G 
C 
Way way way way way
F#m 
G 
I've washed away
C 
Hum- numbaway, away
F#m 
G 
Hum-  numbaway, away
Bm 
C 
Way way way way way
F#m 
G 
I've washed away

Verse 5
Bm 
C 
G 
Sunrise flower San Francisco
Bm 
Have you ever met an angel?
G 
F#m 
G 
I know, I know only the half  of it
Bm 
C 
F#m 
G 
One side of the story, now I cannot forget
Bm 
C 
Here we go, another chapter,
F#m 
G 
one   step closer
Needed some closure,
C 
cross a couple borders
G 
Got into the mind of a tortured warrior
Bm 
C 
F#m 
G 
I'm not responsible for a dark  east past
C 
On a journey from the head to heart
F#m 
G 
Do you think you can last?
C 
Well, maybe these are growing pains
F#m 
G 
for such eloquence
C 
Grandmother came and
F#m 
G 
brought the evid  ence

Verse 6
C 
I've come a long way to tell
D 
you this story
Bm 
C 
Am 
There's no  turning back now
C 
D 
Angels come when you least
expect them
Bm 
I've seen some crazy
C 
dreams manifested

Verse 7
Bm 
G 
C 
He said an eye for an eye,
F#m 
G 
a tooth for a tooth
Bm 
G 
C 
F#m 
G 
A life for a life, I give  mine to you
C 
F#m 
G 
He said an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth
Bm 
C 
D 
G 
A life for a life, I give mine to you
Bm 
C 
G 
A life for a life, I give mine to you
Em 

Interlude 1

Verse 8
Bm 
G 
C 
G 
C 
F#m 
G 
I may be
Bm 
G 
C 
G 
Bm 
G 
C 
G 
a
Bm 
C 
G 
C 
stranger,
G 
F#m 
G 
D 
but I come  as a brother
Bm 
C 
G 
We  are not so different from
F#m 
G 
Bm 
one   another
C 
The man that you become and
D 
G 
the child you are
Bm 
C 
Your anger is a strength,
G 
G 
but it only goes so far

Verse 9
Bm 
G 
C 
G 
An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth
Bm 
C 
D 
G 
A life for a  life, I give mine to you
C 
He said an eye for an eye,
D 
G 
a tooth for a  tooth
Bm 
C 
A life for a life, I give mine to you
D 
A life for a life, I give mine to you