Let Me In Chords

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Let Me In by Porter Wagoner is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, D7 and C. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			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 
    	

Chord diagrams

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