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  13 <h1 class="songtitle">San Francisco Bay Blues</h1>
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  16 <p>Words and music Jesse Fuller<br />
  17 Performed by Bob Dylan at Gerdes Folk City (New York, NY), Sept. 1961
  18 w/ Jim Kweskin, and occasionally during the late 80s<br />
  19 Tabbed by Jeffrey Kokosinsky</p>
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  21 <p>It has been said (don't remember by who) that whereas Chuck Berry has
  22 three different songs that he puts different texts to, Jesse Fuller
  23 had one. He wrote She's (or You're) no good on <em>Bob Dylan</em> as
  24 well.</p>
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  26 <pre class="chords">
  27 C/g    332010
  28 C/b    x22010
  29 E-em-E 022100-022000-022100 (hammering on and off the G string)
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  34 <pre class="verse">
  35 C/g . . . F . . . C . /b . A7 . . . F . . . G . . . C . . . C . . .
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  37           C                         F                    C
  38 I got the blues from my baby livin' by the San Francisco Bay
  39     F                        C
  40 The ocean liners not so far away
  41   F                                            C           C/b       A7
  42 I didn't mean to treat her so bad; she was the best girl I ever have had
  43 D7/F#                               G7
  44 I said goodbye; I can take a cry, I wanna lay down and die
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  47 <pre class="refrain">
  48   C                        F                 C
  49 I ain't got a nickle and I ain't got a lousy dime
  50     F                                        E-em-E
  51 She don't come back, think I'm gonna lose my mind
  52        F                                C/g        C/b       A7
  53 If she ever get back to stay it's gonna be another brand new day
  54 D7/F#                G7                        C
  55 Walkin' with my baby down by San Francisco Bay
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  59 Sittin' down lookin' from the back door wondrin' which way to go
  60 Woman I'm so crazy 'bout she don't love me no more
  61 Think I'll catch me a freight train cause I'm feelin' blue
  62 Ride all the way to the end of the line thinkin' only you
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  65 <pre class="refrain">
  66 Meanwhile livin' in the city just about to go insane
  67 All I heard my baby Lord the way she used to call my name
  68 If she ever get back to stay it's gonna be another brand new day
  69 Walkin with my baby down by San Francisco Bay
  70 Walkin with my baby down by San Francisco Bay
  71 Yeah, walkin with my baby down by San Francisco Bay
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