San Francisco Bay Blues
Eric Clapton (Jesse Fuller, 1955)
4/4 | d - D - d u D u |
1 2 3 & 4 &
Intro
| [C] | [F] | [C] | [C7] |
| [F] | [F] | [C] | [C7] |
| [F] | [F] | [C] | [A7] |
| [D7] | [G7] | [C] | [G7] |
I got the | [C] blues when my baby left me | [F] by the San Francisco | [C] Bay | [C7]
The | [F] ocean liner, | gone so far a- | [C] way | [C7]
I | [F] didn't mean to treat her so | bad, she was the | [C] best gal I ever, ever | [A7] had
She | [D7] said “Goodbye”, she'd | like to make me cry | [G7] I wanna lay down and | die
I | [C] ain't got a nickel and I | [F] ain't got a lousy | [C] dime | [C7]
If she | [F] don't come back, I | think I'm gonna lose my | [E7] mind | [E7] |
| [F] Ever get back to | stayin', gonna | [C] be another brand new | [A7] day |
| [D7] Walkin' with my baby down | [G7] by the San Francisco | [C] Bay | [C] |
Instrumental (Harmonica)
| [C] | [F] | [C] | [C7] |
| [F] | [F] | [C] | [C7] |
| [F] | [F] | [C] | [A7] |
| [D7] | [D7] | [G7] | [G7] |
Instrumental (Kazoo)
| [C] | [F] | [C] | [C7] |
| [F] | [F] | [E7] | [E7] |
| [F] | [F] | [C] | [A7] |
| [D7] | [G7] | [C] | [C] |
| [C] Sittin' down [F] lookin' through my | [C] back door |
| [C] Wonderin' which [F] way to | [C] go |
| [F] Woman I'm so | crazy about, | she don't love me no | [C] more |
| [F] Think I'll catch me a | [Fm] freight train | [C] because I'm feelin' | [A7] blue |
| [D7] Ride all the way to the | end of the line | [G7] thinkin' only of | you |
| [C] Meanwhile [F] in another | [C] city |
| [C] Just about to [F] go in- | [C] sane |
| [F] Well I heard my | baby, Lord, the | [E7] way she used to call my | name
If I | [F] ever get back to | stayin', there's gonna | [C] be another brand new | [A7] day |
| [D7] Walkin' with my baby down | [G7] by the San Francisco | [C] Bay, hey | [A7] hey |
| [D7] Walkin' with my baby down | [G7] by the San Francisco | [C] Bay | [A7]
Yeah I'm | [D7] walkin' with my baby down | [G7] by the San Francisco | [C] Bay [G7↓] | [C↓]
#Clapton plays it in this key (C).
#Jesse Fuller plays it in key of Bb in this video.
#Last Updated 3/20/18 JJ
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Eric Clapton (Jesse Fuller, 1955)
4/4 | d - D - d u D u |
1 2 3 & 4 &
Intro
| [C] | [F] | [C] | [C7] |
| [F] | [F] | [C] | [C7] |
| [F] | [F] | [C] | [A7] |
| [D7] | [G7] | [C] | [G7] |
I got the | [C] blues when my baby left me | [F] by the San Francisco | [C] Bay | [C7]
The | [F] ocean liner, | gone so far a- | [C] way | [C7]
I | [F] didn't mean to treat her so | bad, she was the | [C] best gal I ever, ever | [A7] had
She | [D7] said “Goodbye”, she'd | like to make me cry | [G7] I wanna lay down and | die
I | [C] ain't got a nickel and I | [F] ain't got a lousy | [C] dime | [C7]
If she | [F] don't come back, I | think I'm gonna lose my | [E7] mind | [E7] |
| [F] Ever get back to | stayin', gonna | [C] be another brand new | [A7] day |
| [D7] Walkin' with my baby down | [G7] by the San Francisco | [C] Bay | [C] |
Instrumental (Harmonica)
| [C] | [F] | [C] | [C7] |
| [F] | [F] | [C] | [C7] |
| [F] | [F] | [C] | [A7] |
| [D7] | [D7] | [G7] | [G7] |
Instrumental (Kazoo)
| [C] | [F] | [C] | [C7] |
| [F] | [F] | [E7] | [E7] |
| [F] | [F] | [C] | [A7] |
| [D7] | [G7] | [C] | [C] |
| [C] Sittin' down [F] lookin' through my | [C] back door |
| [C] Wonderin' which [F] way to | [C] go |
| [F] Woman I'm so | crazy about, | she don't love me no | [C] more |
| [F] Think I'll catch me a | [Fm] freight train | [C] because I'm feelin' | [A7] blue |
| [D7] Ride all the way to the | end of the line | [G7] thinkin' only of | you |
| [C] Meanwhile [F] in another | [C] city |
| [C] Just about to [F] go in- | [C] sane |
| [F] Well I heard my | baby, Lord, the | [E7] way she used to call my | name
If I | [F] ever get back to | stayin', there's gonna | [C] be another brand new | [A7] day |
| [D7] Walkin' with my baby down | [G7] by the San Francisco | [C] Bay, hey | [A7] hey |
| [D7] Walkin' with my baby down | [G7] by the San Francisco | [C] Bay | [A7]
Yeah I'm | [D7] walkin' with my baby down | [G7] by the San Francisco | [C] Bay [G7↓] | [C↓]
#Clapton plays it in this key (C).
#Jesse Fuller plays it in key of Bb in this video.
#Last Updated 3/20/18 JJ
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