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| Em-   -   If you're | Cgoing       to | GSan    Fran     | Dcisco      |
| Em-   Be  sure  to  | Cwear      some | Gflowers in your | Dhair       |
| Em-   -   If you're | Ggoing       Bm7to | CSan    Fran     | Gcisco      |
| G-  G6-  You're gonna| Bmmeet      some | Em7gentle   Gpeople | Dthere      |
| EmFor  those    who | Ccome        to | GSan    Fran     | Dcisco      |
| Em-   -   Sum  mer  | Ctime      will | Gbe  a  love-in  | Dthere      |
| Em-   -    In  the  | Gstreets     Bm7of | CSan    Fran     | Gcisco      |
| G-   -    G6Gen  tle | Bmpeo  ple  with | Em7flowers in their| Dhair       |
| FAll  across  the  | Dmna    tion     | Fsuch a strong vi| Dmbra  tion  |
| G-   Peo  ple   in | motion         | G-   -   G-   -   |
|TFheres a whole gener| Dma     tion    | Fwith a new expla| Dmna    tion |
| G-   Peo  ple  in  | mo     tion    | D-   peo  ple in | mo    tion |
|  D-   -   D-   -    |
| EmFor  those   who  | Ccome        to | GSan    Fran     | Dcisco      |
| Em-    Be sure  to  | Cwear      some | Gflowers in your | Dhair       |
| Em-   -    If  you  | Gcome        Bm7to | CSan    Fran     | Gcisco      |
| G-   -    G6Sum mer  | Bmtime      will | Em7be a  love  in  | Gthere      |
|  G-   -    G-   -   | Em-   -   Em-   -  |
| F#m7-    -     E7If you | Acome        C#m7to | DSan    Fran     | Acisco      |
| A-   -   A6Sum  mer  | C#mtime      will | F#m7be  a  E7love  in | Athere      |
|  A-   -    -   E-   |  A6-   -   -   A6- |  D-   -   D-   -  | A-  A-  -  - |

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San Francisco

by John Phillips

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Bm7

Em7

F#m7

C#m7

C#m

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Em C G D

Em C G D

Em G Bm7 C G

G G6 Bm Em7 G D

Em C G D

Em C G D

Em G Bm7 C G

G G6 Bm Em7 D

F Dm F Dm

G G G

| - Peo ple in | motion | - - - - |

F Dm F Dm

G D

D D

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Em C G D

Em C G D

Em G Bm7 C G

G G6 Bm Em7 G

G G Em Em

| - - - - | - - - - |

F#m7 E7 A C#m7 D A

A A6 C#m F#m7 E7 A

A E A6 A6 D D A A

| - - - - | - - - - | - - - - | - - - - |

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