Gerry Rafferty, Baker Street (1978)
Key: :[A] (w: Gerry Rafferty)
INTRO: [D] [A#/C] [C] [C] :
[x3]
INSTRUMENTAL: (SAX SOLO)
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[C] [A] ^
[C] [G] [Em] [D] [D7]
VERSE 1:
[E] Winding your way down on
[E] Baker Street
[E] Lite in your head and
[E] dead on your feet
Well an-
[Bm]-other crazy day, you
[D] drink the night away
And for-
[A]-get about every-
[A]-thing
VERSE 2:
[E] This city desert makes you
[E] feel so cold
It's got
[E] so many people but it's
[E] got no soul
And it's
[Bm] taken you so long, to
[D] find out you were wrong
When you
[A] thought it held every-
[A]-thing
BRIDGE 1:
[Am7] You used to think that it was
[Em] so easy
[Am7] You used to say that it was
[Em] so easy
But
[G] you're tryin,
[D] you're tryin
[A] now
[A]
BRIDGE 2:
[Am7] Another year and then you'd
[Em] be happy
[Am7] Just one more year and then you'd
[Em] be happy
But
[G] you're cryin',
[D] you're cryin
[E] now
[C]
INSTRUMENTAL: (SAX SOLO)
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[C] [A] ^
[C] [G] [Em] [D] [D7] :
[x2]
VERSE 3:
[E] Way down the street there's a
[E] light in his place
He
[E] opens the door, he's got that
[E] look on his face
And he
[Bm] asks you where you've been, you
[D] tell him who you've seen
And you
[A] talk about any-
[A]-thing
VERSE 4:
[E] He's got this dream about
[E] buyin' some land
He's gonna
[E] give up the booze and the
[E] one night stands
And
[Bm] then he'll settle down, it's a
[D] quiet little town
And for-
[A]-get about every-
[A]-thing
BRIDGE 3:
[Am7] But you know he'll always
[Em] keep moving
[Am7] You know he's never gonna
[Em] stop moving
Cause
[G] he's rollin',
[D] he's the rolling
[A] stone
[A]
BRIDGE 4:
[Am7] And when you wake up it's a
[Em] new morning
[Am7] The sun is shining it's a
[Em] new morning
And
[G] you're going,
[D] you're going
[E] home
[C]
INSTRUMENTAL: (GUITAR SOLO)
[A] ^
[C] [A] ^
[C] [G] [Em] [D] [D7] :
[x2]
INSTRUMENTAL: (SAX SOLO)
[A] ^
[C] [A] ^
[C] [G] [Em] [D] [D7]