Gerry Rafferty, Baker Street (1978)
Key: :[D] (w: Gerry Rafferty)
INTRO: [G] [D#/F] [F] [F] :
[x3]
INSTRUMENTAL: (SAX SOLO)
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[F] [D] ^
[F] [C] [Am] [G] [G7]
VERSE 1:
[A] Winding your way down on
[A] Baker Street
[A] Lite in your head and
[A] dead on your feet
Well an-
[Em]-other crazy day, you
[G] drink the night away
And for-
[D]-get about every-
[D]-thing
VERSE 2:
[A] This city desert makes you
[A] feel so cold
It's got
[A] so many people but it's
[A] got no soul
And it's
[Em] taken you so long, to
[G] find out you were wrong
When you
[D] thought it held every-
[D]-thing
BRIDGE 1:
[Dm7] You used to think that it was
[Am] so easy
[Dm7] You used to say that it was
[Am] so easy
But
[C] you're tryin,
[G] you're tryin
[D] now
[D]
BRIDGE 2:
[Dm7] Another year and then you'd
[Am] be happy
[Dm7] Just one more year and then you'd
[Am] be happy
But
[C] you're cryin',
[G] you're cryin
[A] now
[F]
INSTRUMENTAL: (SAX SOLO)
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[F] [C] [Am] [G] [G7] :
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VERSE 3:
[A] Way down the street there's a
[A] light in his place
He
[A] opens the door, he's got that
[A] look on his face
And he
[Em] asks you where you've been, you
[G] tell him who you've seen
And you
[D] talk about any-
[D]-thing
VERSE 4:
[A] He's got this dream about
[A] buyin' some land
He's gonna
[A] give up the booze and the
[A] one night stands
And
[Em] then he'll settle down, it's a
[G] quiet little town
And for-
[D]-get about every-
[D]-thing
BRIDGE 3:
[Dm7] But you know he'll always
[Am] keep moving
[Dm7] You know he's never gonna
[Am] stop moving
Cause
[C] he's rollin',
[G] he's the rolling
[D] stone
[D]
BRIDGE 4:
[Dm7] And when you wake up it's a
[Am] new morning
[Dm7] The sun is shining it's a
[Am] new morning
And
[C] you're going,
[G] you're going
[A] home
[F]
INSTRUMENTAL: (GUITAR SOLO)
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[F] [D] ^
[F] [C] [Am] [G] [G7] :
[x2]
INSTRUMENTAL: (SAX SOLO)
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[F] [D] ^
[F] [C] [Am] [G] [G7]