San Francisco Bay Blues Chords by Richie Havens
Tempo:
115.9 bpm
Chords used:
D
Em
G
E
Bm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Dm]
[E] [Gm]
[D] [Dm]
[E] [D#]
[Bm]
[A] I got the blues from my [Em] baby down by the San [D] Francisco Bay.
[Em] An ocean liner took her so [D] far away.
[Em] Well I didn't mean to treat [G] her so bad.
[D] She was the [A] best gal [B] I ever had.
[Em] Well she said goodbye and she made me [A] cry.
I wanna lay right down and die.
Ain't got [G] a nickel and I ain't [Em] got a [D] lousy dime.
And [G] if she don't come back [Em] I guess I'm gonna [F#] lose my mind.
[G] If she ever comes back to stay, [D] gonna be [F#m] another brand [B] new day.
[Em] When I go walking with my baby [E] down by the San [D] Francisco Bay.
Yeah, [G] yeah, yeah, yeah, [F#m] yeah, [Bm]
Lord, [E] Lord, [Dm] Lord.
Meanwhile in [E] another city, [Gm] oh Lord I'm just about [D] to go insane.
[Em] I thought I heard my baby call the way she used to [F#] call my name.
[G] If she ever comes back to stay, [D] gonna be [N] another [B] brand new day.
[G] When I go walking with my baby, [Em] [Bm] talking to my [G] baby, [Bm] playing to [G] my baby,
[Bm] Clinging to my [C#m] baby.
[Em] When I go walking with [E] my baby down [Bm] by the San [D] Francisco Bay.
[N]
[E] [Gm]
[D] [Dm]
[E] [D#]
[Bm]
[A] I got the blues from my [Em] baby down by the San [D] Francisco Bay.
[Em] An ocean liner took her so [D] far away.
[Em] Well I didn't mean to treat [G] her so bad.
[D] She was the [A] best gal [B] I ever had.
[Em] Well she said goodbye and she made me [A] cry.
I wanna lay right down and die.
Ain't got [G] a nickel and I ain't [Em] got a [D] lousy dime.
And [G] if she don't come back [Em] I guess I'm gonna [F#] lose my mind.
[G] If she ever comes back to stay, [D] gonna be [F#m] another brand [B] new day.
[Em] When I go walking with my baby [E] down by the San [D] Francisco Bay.
Yeah, [G] yeah, yeah, yeah, [F#m] yeah, [Bm]
Lord, [E] Lord, [Dm] Lord.
Meanwhile in [E] another city, [Gm] oh Lord I'm just about [D] to go insane.
[Em] I thought I heard my baby call the way she used to [F#] call my name.
[G] If she ever comes back to stay, [D] gonna be [N] another [B] brand new day.
[G] When I go walking with my baby, [Em] [Bm] talking to my [G] baby, [Bm] playing to [G] my baby,
[Bm] Clinging to my [C#m] baby.
[Em] When I go walking with [E] my baby down [Bm] by the San [D] Francisco Bay.
[N]
Key:
D
Em
G
E
Bm
D
Em
G
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [D#] _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] I got the blues from my [Em] baby down by the San [D] Francisco Bay. _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ An ocean liner took her so [D] far away. _ _ _ _
_ [Em] Well I didn't mean to treat [G] her so bad.
[D] She was the [A] best gal [B] I ever had.
_ [Em] Well she said goodbye and she made me [A] cry.
_ I wanna lay right down and die.
_ Ain't got [G] a nickel and I ain't [Em] got a [D] lousy dime. _ _
_ _ And [G] if she don't come back [Em] I guess I'm gonna [F#] lose my mind.
_ _ _ [G] If she ever comes back to stay, [D] gonna be [F#m] another brand [B] new day.
[Em] When I go walking with my baby [E] down by the San [D] _ Francisco Bay.
_ _ Yeah, [G] yeah, yeah, _ _ yeah, [F#m] yeah, [Bm] _
Lord, [E] _ Lord, [Dm] Lord.
Meanwhile in [E] another city, [Gm] oh Lord I'm just about [D] to go insane.
_ _ [Em] _ _ I thought I heard my baby call the way she used to [F#] call my name.
[G] If she ever comes back to stay, [D] gonna be [N] another [B] brand new day.
[G] When I go walking with my baby, _ _ [Em] _ [Bm] talking to my [G] baby, _ [Bm] _ _ playing to [G] my baby,
_ _ [Bm] _ Clinging to my [C#m] baby.
_ [Em] When I go walking with [E] my baby down [Bm] by the San [D] Francisco Bay. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
[E] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [D#] _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] I got the blues from my [Em] baby down by the San [D] Francisco Bay. _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ An ocean liner took her so [D] far away. _ _ _ _
_ [Em] Well I didn't mean to treat [G] her so bad.
[D] She was the [A] best gal [B] I ever had.
_ [Em] Well she said goodbye and she made me [A] cry.
_ I wanna lay right down and die.
_ Ain't got [G] a nickel and I ain't [Em] got a [D] lousy dime. _ _
_ _ And [G] if she don't come back [Em] I guess I'm gonna [F#] lose my mind.
_ _ _ [G] If she ever comes back to stay, [D] gonna be [F#m] another brand [B] new day.
[Em] When I go walking with my baby [E] down by the San [D] _ Francisco Bay.
_ _ Yeah, [G] yeah, yeah, _ _ yeah, [F#m] yeah, [Bm] _
Lord, [E] _ Lord, [Dm] Lord.
Meanwhile in [E] another city, [Gm] oh Lord I'm just about [D] to go insane.
_ _ [Em] _ _ I thought I heard my baby call the way she used to [F#] call my name.
[G] If she ever comes back to stay, [D] gonna be [N] another [B] brand new day.
[G] When I go walking with my baby, _ _ [Em] _ [Bm] talking to my [G] baby, _ [Bm] _ _ playing to [G] my baby,
_ _ [Bm] _ Clinging to my [C#m] baby.
_ [Em] When I go walking with [E] my baby down [Bm] by the San [D] Francisco Bay. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _