G                                            D7
A little boy knocked at the warden's door of Sing Sing then in tears

                               G
Said sir I understand that 8-3-9-6-8 lives here

                                    C
Well that's my daddy sir and I just got to be near him

   D7                                           G
If you can't let him out you just got to let me in


       C                G
Let me in let me in 8-3-9-6-8's my dad

D7                           G
I watched them bury my momma and now he's all in the world I have

C                                   G
I can break your little rocks put a hammer in my hand

  D7                                            G
I just gotta be near daddy mister warden let me in


G                                    D7
Well I've checked through California Alcatraz out on the Rock

                                 G
From Folsom onto Leavenworth and no one had my pop

                                      C
Then I found the old news clipping in my mommas souvenirs

    D7                                     G
And here I am at Sing Sing 8-3-9-6-8 lives here


C                G
Let me in let me in 8-3-9-6-8's my dad

D7                           G
I watched them bury my momma and now he's all in the world I have

C                                   G
I can break your little rocks put a hammer in my hand

  D7                                                   G
I just gotta be near daddy mister warden please let me in