Eric Clapton - San Francisco Bay Blues

Intro: /C     /F    /C    /C7    /F    /F    /C    /C7
       /F     /F    /Crun1/A     /D    /D    /G7   /G7 run2

Run 1:  There's an easy way to play this, and a better way:

Easy way:                 Better way:

-0--0-----]-----------------3--3--2--1-]-0---------
-1--1-----]-2---------------5--5--4--3-]-2---------
-0--0-----]-2---------------5--5--4--3-]-2---------
-2--2-----]-2--etc...-------5--5--4--3-]-2--etc...-
-3--3-2-1-]-0---------------3--3--2--1-]-0---------
----------]-----------------3--3--2--1-]-0---------

Run 2:  Simple bass run fill:

-1----------]-0-----
-0----------]-1-----
-0----------]-0-----
-0----------]-2-etc...
-2-----0--2-]-3-----
-3--3-------]-------

Verse 1.
          C                       F                    C       C7
I got the blues from my baby down by the San Francisco Bay,

            F                                 C       C7
(Where) the ocean liners, they aren't so far away.

  F                                            C           run1      A
I didn't mean to treat her so bad, she was the best girl I ever have had,

D                                    G7
Said goodbye, had to take a cry (?), I wanna lay down and die.


  C                        F                      C    C7
I ain't got a nickel and I ain't got a lousy dime.

       F                                          E7
If she don't come back, I think I'm gonna lose my mind.

     F                           C                fill1     A
If I ever get back to stay, it's gonna be another brand new day,

D                         G7                   C     G7
Walkin' with my baby down by the San Francisco Bay.

(Sweet harmonica & kazoo solos :)

Sittin' down lookin' from my back door, wondrin' which way to go,
The woman I'm so crazy about, she don't love me no more.
Think I'll catch me a freight train, 'cause I'm feelin' blue,
I'll ride all the way to the end of the line, thinkin' only of you.

Meanwhile, livin' in the city, thinkin' I'll go insane,
Thought I heard my baby's voice, the way she used to call my name.
If I ever get back to stay, it's gonna be another brand new day,
Walkin' with my baby down by the San Francisco Bay, hey hey,
Walkin' with my baby down by the San Francisco Bay,
Yeah, walkin' with my baby down by the San Francisco Bay.

(Ends on a C7)

for the ending, just repeat D, G7, C, and A7 until the final
"flourish" of C F C.


Chords:
C       x-3-2-0-1-0
F       1-3-3-2-1-1 (you can get away with x-0-3-2-1-1)
C7      x-3-2-3-1-0
A       0-0-2-2-2-0
D       x-0-0-2-3-2
G7      3-2-0-0-0-1
E7      0-2-0-1-0-0


Another Contributor posted:

after the kazoo solo...

C  F  C  C  F  C
F  F  C  C7
F  F  C  ?  A7
D  D  G7 G7


? - sorry, can't think of the name of this chord right now:

        1=]--3-
        2=]--3-
        3-]--0-
        4=]--0-
        5=]--2-
        6=]----

David Gray - Say Hello Wave Goodbye

capo II fret - chords relative to capo

G         3  2  0  0  3  3
Cmaj7     0  3  2  0  3  3
Dadd6/11  0  5  4  0  5  5 
Cmaj7/E   0  2  2  0  1  0
Bm        2  3  4  4  2  2
C         0  1  0  2  3  0
D         0  0  0  2  3  2


G                              Cmaj7     Dadd6/11   G           Cmaj7        Dadd6/11
Standin at the door of the pink Flamingo crying     in the rain
G                   Cmaj7     Dadd6/11  G                          Cmaj7          Dadd6/11
Here was a kind of so-so love and I'm   gonna make sure it doesn't happen again,
G          Cmaj7     Dadd6/11    G                       Cmaj7          Dadd6/11
You and I  had to be  the       standing joke of the year,
G                     Cmaj7     Dadd6/11      G                 Cmaj7          Dadd6/11
You were a runaround,       a lost and found  and not for me I feel,

    [Chorus]

    Cmaj7/E        G    Bm    C    D
    Take your hands off me,   hey,
    Cmaj7/E   G       Bm        C    D
    I don't belong to you, you see,
    Cmaj7/E     G          Bm             C       
    And take a look in my face, for the last time,
    Cmaj7/E            G                     Bm             C       D
    I never knew you, you never knew me,     Say hello goodbye,
    G      Cmaj7         Dadd6/11    G      Cmaj7         Dadd6/11
    Say hello and wave goodbye,


We tried to make it work, you in a cocktail skirt and me in a suit but it just wasn't me,
You're used to wearing less, and now your life's a mess, so insecure you see,
I put up with all the scenes, this is one scene that's goin to be played my way

(Chorus)
Say hello and wave goodbye

Under the deep red light I can see the make-up slidin down,
Well hey little girl you will always make up so take off that unbecoming frown,
As for me, well I'll find someone who's not goin cheap in the sales,
A nice little housewife who'll give me a steady life and not keep going off the rails,

(Chorus) Say hello and wave goodbye(repeated)