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San Francisco Bay

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[Verse 1]
GMaybe I'm a loner,
CMaybe I'm a Gman,
CMaybe I'm a Gfool,
But Dtried to underGstand.
GI've been a dreamer,
And CI've been Garound,
And CI've spent my Gtime
In Dmany lonesome Gtowns.C  G  
[Verse 2]
I Gused to know a woman,
I Cused to know a Gchild,
SomeCtimes she was so Ggentle,
SomeDtimes she'd be so Gwild.
I Ggave her all my lovin,
And CI gave her all my Gyouth,
So Ccertain of the Gfuture,
So Dsure we found the Gtruth.G7  
[Chorus]
San FranCcisco Bay,
Where my love and I did Grun away,
We were looking for aAmnother day,
D7But we couldn't find the Gwords to say..G7.
San FranCcisco Bay,
All the flowers that we Ggave away,
Didn't know our sky was Amturing gray,
  D7We were so young in San FranGcisco Bay.
[Interlude]
G  C  G  Am  D  G
[Verse 3]
So you Gsee my darling,
Just Cwhy I've been so Gstrange,
I've Chad so many Gheartaches,
It's Dhard for me to Gchange.
So Gwhen you talk of lovin,
And Cgoing away with Gme,
I Cstill can't help reGmembering
The Dway things used to Gbe...G7  
[Chorus]
San FranCcisco Bay,
Where my love and I did Grun away,
We were looking for aAmnother day,
D7But we couldn't find the Gwords to say..G7.
San FranCcisco Bay,
All the flowers that we Ggave away,
Didn't know our sky was Amturing gray,
  D7We were so young in San FranGcisco Bay.G7  
[Outro]
San FranCcisco Bay,
Where my love and I did Grun away,
We were looking for aAmnother day,
D7But we couldn't find the Gwords to say...G7  
San FranCcisco Bay,
All the flowers that we Ggave away,
(Fade)

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San Francisco Bay

by Smokie

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[Verse 1]

Maybe I'm a loner,

C G

Maybe I'm a man,

C G

Maybe I'm a fool,

D G

But tried to understand.

I've been a dreamer,

C G

And I've been around,

C G

And I've spent my time

D G C G

In many lonesome towns.

[Verse 2]

I used to know a woman,

C G

I used to know a child,

C G

Sometimes she was so gentle,

D G

Sometimes she'd be so wild.

I gave her all my lovin,

C G

And I gave her all my youth,

C G

So certain of the future,

D G G7

So sure we found the truth.

[Chorus]

San Francisco Bay,

Where my love and I did run away,

We were looking for another day,

D7 G G7

But we couldn't find the words to say...

San Francisco Bay,

All the flowers that we gave away,

Didn't know our sky was turing gray,

D7 G

We were so young in San Francisco Bay.

[Interlude]

G C G Am D G

[Verse 3]

So you see my darling,

C G

Just why I've been so strange,

C G

I've had so many heartaches,

D G

It's hard for me to change.

So when you talk of lovin,

C G

And going away with me,

C G

I still can't help remembering

D G G7

The way things used to be...

[Chorus]

San Francisco Bay,

Where my love and I did run away,

We were looking for another day,

D7 G G7

But we couldn't find the words to say...

San Francisco Bay,

All the flowers that we gave away,

Didn't know our sky was turing gray,

D7 G G7

We were so young in San Francisco Bay.

[Outro]

San Francisco Bay,

Where my love and I did run away,

We were looking for another day,

D7 G G7

But we couldn't find the words to say...

San Francisco Bay,

All the flowers that we gave away,

(Fade)

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