C
F
C
G7
C
A mile and a quarter of treacherous water keeps men in Alcatraz
G7
C
Three men did what folks have claimed for years could not be done
G7
C
Three men broke through prison walls and left there on the run
F
C
Tried to make a liar out of anyone who says
G7
C
Once you´re on the rock there´s no escape from Alcatraz
F
C
G7
C
A mile and a quarter of treacherous water keeps men in Alcatraz
F
C
G7
C
A mile and a quarter of treacherous water keeps men in Alcatraz
G7
C
They dug holes with sharpened spoons and then one night these three
G7
C
Climbed a shaft a twelve foot fence and took a raft to sea
F
C
Not the first to try but the first to almost get away
G7
C
From that fortress in the heart of San Francisco Bay
F
C
G7
C
A mile and a quarter of treacherous water keeps men in Alcatraz
F
C
G7
C
A mile and a quarter of treacherous water keeps men in Alcatraz
G7
C
Two men tried in ’37 and three in ’38
G7
C
Then again in ‘43 four convicts made a break
F
C
Jumped a cliff into the cold swift water of the bay
G7
C
Three were caught and one was shot just as he swam away
G7
C
Three men thought they had it made but traces have been found
G7
C
Memos at a rain soaked raft tell us these men were drown
F
C
Which just goes to prove it´s true what everybody says
G7
C
Once you´re on the rock there´s no escape from Alcatraz
F
C
G7
C
A mile and a quarter of treacherous water keeps men in Alcatraz
F
C
G7
C
A mile and a quarter of treacherous water keeps men in Alcatraz
F
C
G7
