--------------------------------------------------------------------------- San Francisco Bay Blues - Eric Clapton --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12 String Acoustic Eric Clapton MTV Unplugged 1992 EADGBE Chords ------ E A D G B E ---------------- C 0 3 2 0 1 0 F x 0 3 2 1 1 C7 0 3 2 3 1 0 G 3 2 0 0 0 3 A7 x 0 2 0 2 0 D7 x x 0 2 1 2 G7 3 2 0 0 0 1 E 0 2 2 1 0 0 E7 0 2 0 1 0 0 - listen to song to get strumming pattern. It can be written by tab but the only way to get it to perfection is to listen to the song and get it yourself. - I broke the song up into verses to make it easier to understand and play. The way I broke the song up into verses may not necessarily be the way it was written by that artist but all the wording is the same. Riff ---- Run down A string from 3 to 0 [Intro] (first part of first verse) [Verse 1] C F C C/G C C7 I got the blues from my baby livin by the San Francisco Bay F C C/G C C7 The ocean liner's gone so far away F C (riff) A7 (x0225) Didn't mean to treat her so bad she was the best girl I ever have had D7 G7 [3x3001] Said goodbye, I can take a cry, I want to lay down and die C F C C/G C C7 I ain't got a nickel and I ain't got a lousy dime F E E7 If she don't come back, think I'm gonna lose my mind F C (riff) A7 If I ever get back to stay / it's gonna be another brand new day D7 G7 C G7 Walkin with my baby down / by the San Francisco Bay [kazoo Solo] [Verse 2] C F C C F C Sittin down looking from my back door....wonderin which way to go F C Woman I'm so crazy bout....she don't love me no more F C (riff) A7 Think I'll catch me a freight train....cause I'm feelin blue D7 G7 Ride all the way to the end of the line....thinkin only of you C F C C F C Meanwhile livin in the city....just about to go insane F E E7 Thought I herd my baby's voice....the way she used to call my name F C * A7 And if I / ever get back to stay....its gonna be another brand new day D7 G7 C * A7 Walkin with my baby down by the San Francisco Bay Hey Hey D7 G7 C * A7 Walkin with my baby down by the San Francisco Bay D7 G7 C CC F F F F C C C7 Yeahh walkin with my baby down by the San Francisco Bay