San Quentin Live chords by Johnny Cash

Chords with lyrics

Chords:

  G+G D7D7 C majorC
E MajorE|--3--2---0--------|
BB|--0--1---1--------|
G+G|--0--2---0--------|
D MajorD|--0--0---2--------|
A augmentedA|--2------3--------|
E MajorE|--3---------------|


Introduction:
G+G D7D7 G+G G MajorG
G+G D7D7 G+G G MajorG
C majorC C G+G G MajorG
G+G D7D7 G+G G MajorG

Verse 1:
G+G            D7D7       G+G
San Quentin, you've been livin' hell to me.
G+G            C majorC        G+G
You've goaded me since nineteen sixty three
G+G   C majorC                   G+G
I've seen 'em come and go and I've seen 'em die
 G+G        D7D7      G+G
And long ago I stopped askin' why


Verse 2:
G+G         D7D7          G+G
San Quentin, what good do you think you do?
G+G           C majorC           G+G
Do you think I'll be different when you're through?
G+G  C majorC                   G+G
You bend my heart and mind and you may my soul;
G+G            D7D7        G+G
Your stone walls turn my blood a little cold


Solo:
G+G D7D7 G+G G MajorG
G+G D7D7 G+G G MajorG
C majorC C G+G G MajorG
G+G D7D7 G+G G MajorG


Verse 3:
G+G          D7D7        G+G
San Quentin, may you rot and burn in hell.
G+G                     D7D7
May your walls fall down and may I live to tell.
D7D7  G+G              C majorC
May all the world forget you ever stood.
C majorC  G+G          D7D7        G+G
And the whole the world regret you did no good.
G+G            D7D7       G+G
San Quentin, you've been livin' hell to me.


Outro: