Portland Ukulele Choir Ukulele Songbook

San Francisco Bay Blues – key of G

Words and Music by Jesse Fuller - 1954

Verse 1 |G |C |G |G7 | I got the blues when my baby left me by the San Francisco Bay C | |G |G7 | O-cean liner gone so far a-way___ I didn't C | |G |E7 | mean to treat her so bad, she was the best gal I ever have had A7 | |D7 | Said good-bye, made me cry, Wan-na lay down and die Chorus:

|G |C |G |G7 | I ain't got a nickel and I ain't got a lousy dime_____ If she C | |B7 | | don't come back, I think I'm gonna lose my mind________ If she C | |G |E7 | Ever comes back to stay, it's gonna be another brand new day A7 |D7 |G | | Walkin’ with my baby down be-side the San Francisco Bay___

Instrumental: verse 1 & Chorus Verse 2 G C |G | C |G | Sittin down looking from my back door, wonderin’ which way to go C | | |G | Woman I'm so crazy about... don't love me no more C | |G |E7 | Think I'll catch me a freight train....cuz I'm feel-in’ blue A7 | |D7 | | Ride all the way to the end of the line....thinkin’ only of you Verse 3 G C |G | C |G | Mean while in another city....just about to go in-sane___ C | |B7 | | Thought I heard my baby the way, she usesd to call my name If she C | |G |E7 | ever comes back to stay....its gonna be another brand new day A7 |D7 |G |E7 | Walkin’ with my baby down be-side the San Francisco Bay, hey, hey, hey A7 |D7 |G |E7 | Walkin’ with my baby down be-side the San Francisco Bay, A7 |D7 |G C |G | Yeah walkin’ with my baby down be-side the San Francisco Bay

Portland Ukulele Choir Ukulele Songbook

SAN FRANCISCO BAY BLUES

Verse 1.

Chorus:

Portland Ukulele Choir Ukulele Songbook

SAN FRANCISCO BAY BLUES – PAGE 2