B                 E
Suppertime in the hole
B                 E
Suppertime in the hole
B          E
I shame my family
B        E
Shame my home
B        E
Suppertime...

E              B             G                       A
Old Saint John on death row, he's just waiting for a pardon
E              B             G                       A
Old Saint John on death row, he's just waiting for a pardon
E              B             G                       A
Old Saint John on death row, he's just waiting for a pardon
E              B             G                       A
Old Saint John on death row, boy he's just a-waiting...

E                            B             
All the white boys in their stay-pressed slacks, they're 
G                        A
home for the summer from college
E                         B                         G
Stayin' out late, getting rowdy at the bar, they're looking
              A
For trouble uptown
E                            B               G
They come up my block, about 5 or 6 of them, smashin' their
               A
bottles in the gutter
E                     B                 G                 A
Yelling all kinds of obscenities, about women and God and law

        B                 E
Another suppertime in the hole
B                      E
Suppertime
           B
I shame my family
         E
Shame my home
B             E
Suppertime...