Gerry Rafferty, Baker Street (1978)
Key: :[E] (w: Gerry Rafferty)
INTRO: [A] [F/G] [G] [G] :
[x3]
INSTRUMENTAL: (SAX SOLO)
[E] ^
[G] [E] ^
[G] [D] [Bm] [A] [A7]
VERSE 1:
[B] Winding your way down on
[B] Baker Street
[B] Lite in your head and
[B] dead on your feet
Well an-
[F#m]-other crazy day, you
[A] drink the night away
And for-
[E]-get about every-
[E]-thing
VERSE 2:
[B] This city desert makes you
[B] feel so cold
It's got
[B] so many people but it's
[B] got no soul
And it's
[F#m] taken you so long, to
[A] find out you were wrong
When you
[E] thought it held every-
[E]-thing
BRIDGE 1:
[Em7] You used to think that it was
[Bm] so easy
[Em7] You used to say that it was
[Bm] so easy
But
[D] you're tryin,
[A] you're tryin
[E] now
[E]
BRIDGE 2:
[Em7] Another year and then you'd
[Bm] be happy
[Em7] Just one more year and then you'd
[Bm] be happy
But
[D] you're cryin',
[A] you're cryin
[B] now
[G]
INSTRUMENTAL: (SAX SOLO)
[E] ^
[G] [E] ^
[G] [D] [Bm] [A] [A7] :
[x2]
VERSE 3:
[B] Way down the street there's a
[B] light in his place
He
[B] opens the door, he's got that
[B] look on his face
And he
[F#m] asks you where you've been, you
[A] tell him who you've seen
And you
[E] talk about any-
[E]-thing
VERSE 4:
[B] He's got this dream about
[B] buyin' some land
He's gonna
[B] give up the booze and the
[B] one night stands
And
[F#m] then he'll settle down, it's a
[A] quiet little town
And for-
[E]-get about every-
[E]-thing
BRIDGE 3:
[Em7] But you know he'll always
[Bm] keep moving
[Em7] You know he's never gonna
[Bm] stop moving
Cause
[D] he's rollin',
[A] he's the rolling
[E] stone
[E]
BRIDGE 4:
[Em7] And when you wake up it's a
[Bm] new morning
[Em7] The sun is shining it's a
[Bm] new morning
And
[D] you're going,
[A] you're going
[B] home
[G]
INSTRUMENTAL: (GUITAR SOLO)
[E] ^
[G] [E] ^
[G] [D] [Bm] [A] [A7] :
[x2]
INSTRUMENTAL: (SAX SOLO)
[E] ^
[G] [E] ^
[G] [D] [Bm] [A] [A7]