G                                                G/F   Em
Sent him away in '38, California state, the case was tried
G                                                    G/F     Em
Henri Young was an orphan son, came undone when his sister cried
                C                    G
His time he'd serve, he'd stole for her
            C               G               D
Free men until, five dollar bill

G                                                           G/F    Em
But the grocery store had a postal door, federal law had to intervene
G                                                           G/F    Em
And underneath all the disbelief was a petty thief who was just 17
               C          G
He'd come at last, to Alcatraz
              C                  G             D
He'd come so far, with a weary heart


[Chorus]
         C                  D             G    G/F      Em
And as sure as my name is Henri Young, I never meant to hurt no one
      C             D                G          G/F     Em
I'd take back everything I stole, if God would come and save my soul
   C                              G
And then they'll hear these cries
             C                    G             D
An innocent man behind these eyes


[Verse 2]
          G                                                                  G/F         Em
Well, he stayed up late for the prison break, and he tried to escape, but the plan was blown
       G                                                            G/F    Em
And he begged and prayed but the warden came, threw him away, down in the hole
          C                   G
For 19 days, he was meant to stay
            C                      G             D
But he disappeared for three long years

          G                                                                  G/F    Em
Well they headed down to the underground, where they let him out to return to his room
          G                                                                  G/F         Em
And when morning came he was never the same and he stabbed McCain with the handle of the spoon
               C              G
From days gone past, to Alcatraz
                C                      G             D
From a man who steals, to a man who kills


[Chorus]
         C                  D             G    G/F      Em
And as sure as my name is Henri Young, I never meant to hurt no one
      C             D                G          G/F     Em
I'd take back everything I stole, if God would come and save my soul
   C                              G
And then they'll hear these cries
             C                    G             D
An innocent man behind these eyes


[Verse 3]
           G                                                  G/F    Em
Well the year was told on the radio DiMaggio and the war was at its worst
       G                                                    G/F    Em
Henri Young was an orphan son who came undone with murder in the first
        C             G
Death by gas, in Alcatraz
                  C                          G           D
Good man when he came, now who's the one to blame


[Chorus]
         C                  D             G    G/F      Em
And as sure as my name is Henri Young, I never meant to hurt no one
      C             D                G          G/F     Em
I'd take back everything I stole, if God would come and save my soul
   C                              G
And then they'll hear these cries
             C                    G             D
An innocent man behind these eyes