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San Francisco – Gregory Alan Isakov
I play the Bm and Fm like this, but I'm not really sure.
e|--Bm-----Fm1-------|
B|--0----1-------|
G|--4----1-------|
D|--3----3-------|
A|--2----3-------|
E|-------1-------|
Travis picking
e|-C--------|
B|-------1-|
G|---0-----|
D|-----2---|
A|-3-------|
E|---------|
CThe mist fills,
Fquiet Croom.
FSan CFranGcisAmcoG  F  
Cwhat the hell was all
Fthat talkin’ Cround,
Fwhere is it Cnow, Fsunny CcaliGforniAma?G  F  
i wake with Cyou, i Ffeel your Ccoat, Fsleep Clate GafterAmnoonsG  F  
and i hitched aClong, but Fi turned Cwrong,
how you Ammoved me along, with your Emshepard songs,
Feverytime you Gopened up Cto sing…
F  C  F  C  G  Am
F  C  F  C  F  C  G  Am  G  F
Cthe still sun, Fnever Cmoves, Facross the Csky…
Ffunny Cthing, GtimAme.
she Gmade yFou mine…Bm  
and she’ll rob you bliFmnd.
lay Cdown in Gyour new towAmnG  
Fmwalk the Cground.
  Amglass Emand houses     F  Gfill the Cfields.
F  C  F  C  G  Am
F  C  F  C  F  C  G  Am  C  F
F  C  F  C  F  C  G  Am
F  C  F  C  F  C  G  Am  G  F
Cnow the moon sees FeveryCthing
in this FsaniCtaGriuAmmC  F  
can i get Cthrough, like the Fmoon gets Cthrough,
Facross the Csea
GtreacheAmrous.G  F  
and now you’ve Cgone, after Fall we’ve Cknown,
and Fafter Call that Gi’ve Ambeen told…
caCliGforFnia’s coldBm  Fm  
lay Cdown in yGour new toAmwnEm  
Fmwalk the Cground
how you Ammade me weep on EmSansom St.
and Fhow you made the Gweather come.C  
F  C  F  C  G  Am
  F    C    F    C    F    C    G   Am(x2)    G  F  
Bm  Fm

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San Francisco – Gregory Alan Isakov

I play the Bm and Fm like this, but I'm not really sure.

Bm Fm

e|-------1-------|

B|--0----1-------|

G|--4----1-------|

D|--3----3-------|

A|--2----3-------|

E|-------1-------|

Travis picking

e|---------|

B|-------1-|

G|---0-----|

D|-----2---|

A|-3-------|

E|---------|

The mist fills,

F C

quiet room.

F C G Am G F

San Francisco

what the hell was all

F C

that talkin’ round,

F C F C G Am G F

where is it now, sunny california?

C F C F C G Am G F

i wake with you, i feel your coat, sleep late afternoons

C F C

and i hitched along, but i turned wrong,

Am Em

how you moved me along, with your shepard songs,

F G C

everytime you opened up to sing…

F C F C G Am

F C F C F C G Am G F

C F C F C

the still sun, never moves, across the sky…

F C G Am

funny thing, time.

G F Bm

she made you mine…

and she’ll rob you blind.

C G Am G

lay down in your new town

Fm C

walk the ground.

Am Em F G C

glass and houses fill the fields.

F C F C G Am

F C F C F C G Am C F

F C F C F C G Am

F C F C F C G Am G F

C F C

now the moon sees everything

F C G Am C F

in this sanitarium

C F C

can i get through, like the moon gets through,

F C

across the sea

G Am G F

treacherous.

C F C

and now you’ve gone, after all we’ve known,

F C G Am

and after all that i’ve been told…

C G F Bm Fm

california’s cold

C G Am Em

lay down in your new town

Fm C

walk the ground

Am Em

how you made me weep on Sansom St.

F G C

and how you made the weather come.

F C F C G Am

F C F C F C G Am G F

(x2)

Bm Fm

About San Francisco Chords by Gregory Alan Isakov

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