Capo III
San Quentin
Johnny Cash / Johnny Cash at San Quentin (1967)
spoken
An' - I was thinkin' about you guys yesterday.
Now, I been here three times before, an' I think I understand a little
about how you feel about some things.
It's none of my business how you feel about some other things
I don't give a damn how you feel about some other things!
But anyway, I tried to put myself in your place,
and I believe this is the way that I would feel about San Quentin.
| G | D | G | |
| San | Quentin, you've been | livin' hell to | me |
| G | C | G | |
| You' | ve hosted me since | nineteen sixty | three |
| C | G | |
| I've | seen 'em come and go and I've seen them | die |
| G | D | G | |
| And | long ago I | stopped askin' | why! |
| San Quentin, I hate ev'ry inch of you. |
| You've cut me and you scarred me thru an' thru. |
| And I'll walk out a wiser weaker man; |
| Mister Congressman you can't understand. |
solo
"San Quentin! San Quentin"
| San Quentin, what good do you think you do? |
| Do you think I'll be different when you're through? |
| You bent my heart and mind and you work my soul, |
| And your stone walls turn my blood a little cold. |
| San Quentin, may you rot and burn in hell. |
| May your walls fall and may I live to tell. |
| May all the world forget you ever stood. |
| And may all the world regret you did no good. |
| San Quentin, I hate ev'ry edge of you! |