{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1473546,"song":"San Francisco B C","artist":"Silver Jews","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11265824-san-francisco-b-c-chords-by-silver-jews/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1473546?type=chord","rating":4.96459,"votes":5,"content":"[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nOld San Francisco, San Francisco B.C.[/tab]\r\nI lived with my true love and she lived with me.\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\n\"Romance is the douche of the bourgeoisie\"[/tab]\r\nWas the very first thing she imparted to me\r\nWe had sarcastic hair, we used lewd pseudonyms\r\n[tab]                                            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWe got a lot of stares on the street back then.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nSince her dad, a local barber, had been beaten to death[/tab]\r\nShe had become a vocal martyr in the vegan press\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe cops had failed, they couldn't catch a bus[/tab]\r\nThey were looking for a male with a bad hair cut                                        \r\nEnter tumbleweed, exit love and our affaire d'amour \r\n[tab]                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWas set on self-destruct.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nShe said \"you don't make enough to provide for me.\"[/tab]\r\nI said \"what about the stuff that we quote believe?\"\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nShe said \"I left that on the sands of history[/tab]\r\nI've found a new man to take care of me\r\nHe dresses for success and emergency\r\n[tab]                                        [ch]C[/ch]                     \r\nand he moves a lot of concrete on the QVC.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\nInstrumental part: Dm, C\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nMiddleaged and deadly, like a cobra in the shade[/tab]\r\nSat in the midst of the smoke that he made\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nHis name was Mr. Games and he owned the place[/tab]\r\nIt was a lonely bar and grill in the Lower Haight\r\nHe had a jeweler's hands and a blurry face\r\n[tab]                                            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe knew I needed a chance so he gave me a break.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\n\"If I hire you now, can you start today?[/tab]\r\nI got a high-rise job down by the bay.\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nJust a couple of rocks and some firearms[/tab]\r\nThere's not many locks and just one alarm\r\nMy step-son Gene will pick you up and drive\r\n[tab]                                           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTry to be his friend, he's got a friendly side.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nDoll-house lightning and the next thing I knew[/tab]\r\nWe were back at our point of rendezvous.\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nI was in the possession of burglary tools[/tab]\r\nChildren's fur coats and diamonds and jewels\r\nGene's talking about insignificant shit\r\n[tab]                                                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nJust like crooks in the movies when they do that bit.[/tab]\r\n\r\ninstrumental again: Dm, C\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe said the power of metal will never be harnessed.[/tab]\r\nI thought the wages of metal should be heavily garnished.\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe were waiting for his dad to meet us there[/tab]\r\nGene took off his hat and I noticed his hair\r\nIt was neatly trimmed but a patch was bare\r\n[tab]                                           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI knew it wasn't new wave, it was human error.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nBefore I knew what I said, I said \"killer cut.\"[/tab]\r\nI watched him silently putting out a cigarette butt.\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nThen he came at me with some fist cuisine[/tab]\r\nI had to duck aside and that was bad for Gene\r\nCause when he went by me he tripped and fell\r\n[tab]                                              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThrough the glass coffee table at the Wong hotel.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nRight there and then Mr. Games walked in[/tab]\r\nWith my ex-true love on his gamy limb.\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nSo her dad's killer's dad was her new beau[/tab]\r\nAnd Games had a wife, whatta you know?\r\nShe got real real quiet till we chucked the kid\r\n[tab]                                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThen she went her way and I went his.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nOld San Francisco, San Francisco B.C. [/tab]","plain_text":"I lived with my true love and she lived with me.\n\nWas the very first thing she imparted to me\nWe had sarcastic hair, we used lewd pseudonyms\n\n\n\nShe had become a vocal martyr in the vegan press\n\nThey were looking for a male with a bad hair cut                                        \nEnter tumbleweed, exit love and our affaire d'amour \n\n\n\n\nI said \"what about the stuff that we quote believe?\"\n\nI've found a new man to take care of me\nHe dresses for success and emergency\n\n\nInstrumental part: Dm, C\n\n\nSat in the midst of the smoke that he made\n\nIt was a lonely bar and grill in the Lower Haight\nHe had a jeweler's hands and a blurry face\n\n\n\nI got a high-rise job down by the bay.\n\nThere's not many locks and just one alarm\nMy step-son Gene will pick you up and drive\n\n\n\nWe were back at our point of rendezvous.\n\nChildren's fur coats and diamonds and jewels\nGene's talking about insignificant shit\n\n\ninstrumental again: Dm, C\n\n\nI thought the wages of metal should be heavily garnished.\n\nGene took off his hat and I noticed his hair\nIt was neatly trimmed but a patch was bare\n\n\n\nI watched him silently putting out a cigarette butt.\n\nI had to duck aside and that was bad for Gene\nCause when he went by me he tripped and fell\n\n\n\nWith my ex-true love on his gamy limb.\n\nAnd Games had a wife, whatta you know?\nShe got real real quiet till we chucked the kid","chords":["C","B","G","Dm"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}