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San Francisco Bay Blues

Words and Music by Jesse Fuller - 1958

Verse:-----------	------------------	------------------	------------------
Bb	Eb	Bb	-
Eb	-	Bb	-
Eb	Ebm6	Bb	G7
C7	-	F7	-
Bb	Eb	Bb	-
Eb	-	D7	-
Eb	Ebm6	Bb	G7
C7	F7	Bb	F7
Chorus:----------	------------------	------------------	------------------
Bb	-	-	Bb7
Eb	-	-	Bb
Eb	Ebm6	Bb	G7
C7	-	F7	-
Bb	-	-	Bb7
Eb	-	D7	-
Eb	Ebm6	Bb	G7
C7	F7	Bb	(repeat all)

8-beat intro.  Play 4-beats for each cell, reading from left to right.

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Verse:

I got the blues when my ba -by left me by the San Fran -cis -co Bay,

She's tak -in' an o -cean lin -er and she's gone so far a -way,

I did -n't mean to treat her so bad, She's the best gal I ev -er have had,

She said good -bye gon -na make me cry, I'm gon -na lay down and die.

I have -n't got a nick -el, Ain't got a lous -y dime,

If she don't come back I think I'm gon -na lose my mind,

If she ev -er comes back to stay, There's gon -na be an -oth -er brand new day

Walk -in with my ba -by down by the San Fran -cis -co Bay.

 

Chorus:

Sit -tin' down and look -in' through my back door, Won -d'rin which way to go,

Wo -man I'm so cra -zy 'bout she don't want me no more.

Think I'll take me a freight train, Be -cause I'm feel -in' blue,

Ride all the way till the end of the line, Think -in' on -ly of you.

Mean -while in an -oth -er cit -y Just a -bout to go in -sane,

Seems like I heard my ba -by the way she used to call my name,

If she ev -er comes back to stay There's gon -na be an -oth -er brand new day,

Walk -in' with my ba -by down by the San Fran -cis -co Bay.

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Arranged by Jim Bottorff

 

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