John Lennon
Attica State
Some Time In New York City (1972)

E a^b  e d e  x 4

e    e d     e  g e   d e
What a waste of human power
g    e d     b  a g   e     E
What a waste of human lives

Shoot the prisoners in the towers
Forty—three poor widowed wives

  E             G  
  Attica state, Attica state
  A                    E            E
  We're all mates with Attica state

Media blames it on the prisoners
But the prisoners did not kill

Rockefeller pulled the trigger
That is what the people feel

  Refrain

Free the prisoners, jail the judges
Free all prisoners everywhere

All they want is truth and justice
All they need is love and care

  Refrain

They all live in suffocation
Let's not watch them die in sorrow

Now's the time for revolution
Give them all chance to grow

  Refrain

Come together join the movement
Take a stand for human rights

Fear and hatred clouds our judgement
Free us all from endless night

  Refrain  x 2

  E             G  
  Attica state, Attica state
  G       A       E (reste)
  Attica, Attica, Attica state