San Francisco Bay Blues

Jesse Fuller - 1954· Songs Well-Known in America · p.281

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(Capo 2)

G C G

I got the blues when my baby left me by the San Francisco Bay,

C B7

Like an ocean liner, she's gone so far away,

C A7

Well, I didn't mean to treat her so bad,

G A7

She was the best gal a guy ever had, She said good-bye, gonna make me cry,

I'm gonna lay down my head and die,

G C G

Well, I ain't got a nickel and I ain't got one lousy dime,

C B7

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

C A7 G A7

If she ever comes back to stay, it’s gonna be another brand-new day,

C G

Walkin' with my baby down beside the San Francisco Bay.

G C G

Well, I'm sittin' down lookin’ through my back door, just wonderin' which way to go,

C B7

The woman I'm so crazy for, says she don't want me no more,

C A7 G A7

Gonna take me a freight train, it’s as big as I'm feeling blue,

I'm going to ride all the way to the end of the line. Thinking only of you.

Meanwhile, in another city, I'm just about to go insane,

C B7

Seems I can hear my baby call, the way she used to call my name,

C A7 G A7

If she ever comes back to stay, there’s gonna be another brand-new day,

C G

Walkin' with my baby down beside the San Francisco Bay.