Gerry Rafferty, Baker Street (1978)
Key: :[G] (w: Gerry Rafferty)
INTRO: [C] [G#/A#] [Bb] [Bb] :
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INSTRUMENTAL: (SAX SOLO)
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[Bb] [G] ^
[Bb] [F] [Dm] [C] [C7]
VERSE 1:
[D] Winding your way down on
[D] Baker Street
[D] Lite in your head and
[D] dead on your feet
Well an-
[Am]-other crazy day, you
[C] drink the night away
And for-
[G]-get about every-
[G]-thing
VERSE 2:
[D] This city desert makes you
[D] feel so cold
It's got
[D] so many people but it's
[D] got no soul
And it's
[Am] taken you so long, to
[C] find out you were wrong
When you
[G] thought it held every-
[G]-thing
BRIDGE 1:
[Gm7] You used to think that it was
[Dm] so easy
[Gm7] You used to say that it was
[Dm] so easy
But
[F] you're tryin,
[C] you're tryin
[G] now
[G]
BRIDGE 2:
[Gm7] Another year and then you'd
[Dm] be happy
[Gm7] Just one more year and then you'd
[Dm] be happy
But
[F] you're cryin',
[C] you're cryin
[D] now
[Bb]
INSTRUMENTAL: (SAX SOLO)
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[Bb] [G] ^
[Bb] [F] [Dm] [C] [C7] :
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VERSE 3:
[D] Way down the street there's a
[D] light in his place
He
[D] opens the door, he's got that
[D] look on his face
And he
[Am] asks you where you've been, you
[C] tell him who you've seen
And you
[G] talk about any-
[G]-thing
VERSE 4:
[D] He's got this dream about
[D] buyin' some land
He's gonna
[D] give up the booze and the
[D] one night stands
And
[Am] then he'll settle down, it's a
[C] quiet little town
And for-
[G]-get about every-
[G]-thing
BRIDGE 3:
[Gm7] But you know he'll always
[Dm] keep moving
[Gm7] You know he's never gonna
[Dm] stop moving
Cause
[F] he's rollin',
[C] he's the rolling
[G] stone
[G]
BRIDGE 4:
[Gm7] And when you wake up it's a
[Dm] new morning
[Gm7] The sun is shining it's a
[Dm] new morning
And
[F] you're going,
[C] you're going
[D] home
[Bb]
INSTRUMENTAL: (GUITAR SOLO)
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[Bb] [G] ^
[Bb] [F] [Dm] [C] [C7] :
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INSTRUMENTAL: (SAX SOLO)
[G] ^
[Bb] [G] ^
[Bb] [F] [Dm] [C] [C7]