San Francisco Bay Blues (chromatic)

by Eric Clapton, Janis Joplin, Paul McCartney · posted by WaltP

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How to read this tab — notation key

+: Blow note
−: Draw note
b or ': Half-step bend
bb or '': Two half-step bend
bbb or ''': Three half-step bend
(###): Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
< or *: Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)

Full reference and posting tips in the tab guide.

Tab

SAN FRANCISCO BAY BLUES
By: Jesse Fuller
Eric Clapton, Janis Joplin, Paul McCartney
Key: C

3  3   2    3    3   2  3  3   3   3
I got the blues when my ba-by left me 
-3 -3  -3   -3  -3  -3  3
by the San Fran-cis-co Bay 
  4    4  4   4  4  4    4  4
She`s tak-en` an o-cean lin-er 
 4   -3    4   -5  4 -3  3
and she`s gone so far a-way 
4  4  -3   4   -3   4   -3  4  -5
I did-n`t mean to treat her so bad 
 -5   -5   6    6  -5* 6-5*  6   -3
She`s the best girl I ev-er have had 
-3   4    4   -3    4  -3  4   4  -3
She said good-bye, gon-na make me cry 
 3  -3  3  -4   -4   3  -33
I`m gon-na lay down and die 

2  3    3   3  2  3   3
I have-n`t got a nick-el, 
 -3   -3 -3  -3 -3  3
Ain`t got a lous-y dime 
4   4    4    4    4
If she don`t come back 
4   4   -3   4  -3  4   4   -4
I think I`m gon-na lose my mind 
-4 -4  4  4    4    4   4   -5
If she ev-er comes back to stay 
   5    -5  5  6  -5* 6 -5*   6    6  -3
There`s gon-na be an-oth-er brand new day 
 6   -5   4   -3 4  4
Walk-in` with my ba-by 
 4   -4 -4  -4   -4  -4  3   4
down by the San Fran-cis-co Bay

REPEAT

Play on a harmonica— watch which holes to blow & draw, with sound